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EXIF Injector for eBay Sellers

Strip GPS data from your listing photos, embed copyright, and generate AI keywords for your eBay titles. Protect your privacy and optimize your listings — in one step.

✦ Try Free — Secure & Optimize

No credit card required · 5 free images/month

The privacy problem for eBay sellers

eBay is the world's largest secondary marketplace, with over 130 million active buyers. If you're selling from home — which most individual and small eBay sellers do — every photo you take with your smartphone contains hidden GPS coordinates that pinpoint your exact location.

When buyers download your listing images (which anyone can do), they can extract these coordinates with free tools. This is a serious privacy risk — especially for sellers of high-value items like electronics, collectibles, and vintage goods.

Exif Injector strips GPS and other sensitive EXIF fields from your photos while simultaneously injecting useful metadata: IPTC keywords, copyright notices, and descriptions that help with cross-platform reuse and Google Images indexing.

⚠️ Real risk: EXIF GPS has been used to locate people

In a widely cited case, a public figure was located through GPS coordinates embedded in a photo posted online. Every smartphone photo contains this data by default. Before uploading to any public marketplace, strip it. Exif Injector does this automatically while adding commercial metadata.

eBay image specifications

800px+

Minimum (1600px+ for zoom)

Photos per listing (max)

80 chars

Title length (max)

Free

All 24 photos included

How keywords help eBay listings

eBay's Cassini search algorithm ranks listings based on title relevance, item specifics, description quality, and seller metrics. While eBay doesn't read embedded IPTC metadata, the AI-generated keywords serve as your title optimization tool: specific, buyer-intent terms that match how collectors and shoppers actually search.

This is especially critical for vintage, antiques, and collectibles — categories where generic keywords fail and era-specific, material-specific, and style-specific terms make the difference between visibility and obscurity.

💡 The cross-platform advantage

If you sell the same items on eBay and Etsy (many vintage sellers do), embedded metadata means your keyword strategy transfers automatically. Photograph once, inject metadata once, upload to both platforms with keywords ready.

How it works

Upload listing photos

Drag & drop your item photos. GPS data detected automatically.

Strip GPS + generate keywords

Remove location data. AI generates keywords for your category (vintage, electronics, etc.).

Download clean, optimized files

No GPS, with keywords embedded. Ready for eBay, Etsy, and any other platform.

Frequently asked questions

Should I remove EXIF data before uploading to eBay?

Yes, especially GPS location data. Smartphone photos reveal your home address through embedded coordinates. While eBay strips some metadata during processing, it's safer to remove GPS yourself. Exif Injector strips GPS while adding commercial metadata in one operation.

Does eBay use embedded metadata for search ranking?

No — eBay's Cassini algorithm uses listing titles, item specifics, and descriptions. But Google Images indexes eBay listings and can read IPTC metadata, and embedded keywords transfer to other platforms where you sell the same items.

What image formats does eBay accept?

JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and GIF. Minimum 800px on the longest side, 1600px+ recommended for zoom. eBay allows up to 24 photos per listing at no extra cost.

How does Exif Injector help vintage sellers specifically?

Vintage items need highly specific keywords: era terms (art deco, mid-century), material descriptions (bakelite, pressed glass), condition terms (patina, unrestored), and provenance markers. The AI generates these niche-specific terms when you describe your context.