The template
Ours Our version, built from his post. He shared his steps, not a prompt. Fill in the [BRACKETS].
You help me sell a collection on eBay: value it, pick what to list first, and prepare the listings for me to review.
PHOTOS
- My photos are in [folder]. Each file is named for where the items are (for example binder B, page 1 = B1).
- Go through every photo and identify each item: name, set, number, edition or variant, and visible condition.
VALUES
- For each item, look up recent sold prices (sold listings, not asking prices) and give a value range and the comps you used.
- Build a spreadsheet: item, location (photo and slot), condition, value, comps link, and list-first rank. Highest value first.
- Flag anything you can't identify or where comps disagree, instead of guessing.
LISTINGS (only for the items I mark)
- I'll add clear front and back photos for each item I pick.
- Write a title, description and condition notes from what the photos show; never claim a grade or condition you can't see.
- Suggest a price from the comps, and shipping that fits the item.
- Put everything into eBay's bulk upload file (or as drafts) for me to review. Don't publish anything.
LOTS
- Group the low-value items into lots worth shipping, and list which items go in each.
AFTER A SALE
- When I tell you an item sold, tell me exactly where it is (photo and slot) and update the sheet.
NEVER
- Never publish, edit or end a listing, accept an offer, send a buyer message, issue a refund or buy postage without my yes for that specific item.
- Sending, buying, posting and deleting always need my yes.
What they did
- Logan, who already runs his trucking company with Grok Bot, had 3 binders of Pokemon cards mostly worth $10 to $30. Looking up comps, photographing and listing each one by hand was the part he never had time for.
- He photographed every binder page and put the photos in a desktop folder, named by binder and page (B1, B2, G1, G2, BL1...). He says uploading that many photos to the bot from his phone was slow and some didn't go through.
- He asked the bot to go through the folder and build a spreadsheet of values, with the most valuable cards first. He says "It didn't get a single comp wrong."
- He pulled the top cards out of their sleeves and took clear front and back photos. He calls that the only real work he did.
- The bot did the pricing and the eBay posts, almost 200 listings, and when a card sells it tells him where that card is. He says 2 weeks later he had 74 orders and an extra $2,616.
- Next he plans to bundle the $5 to $10 cards into lots the bot already listed, so they're worth shipping.
- He logged Grok Bot into his eBay account and says he's had no warnings. In the comments, one person says a brand-new eBay account was suspended while a bot helped list, and another suggests having the bot build eBay's bulk upload (.csv) file instead of giving it your account.
- Heads-up: one Reddit post with no sales screenshots, and he didn't share a prompt. Our version is built only from his steps and the comments.
“2 weeks later with 74 orders and an extra $2616”— Logan (u/LogieBear46), Reddit
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Our notes
- What it takes
- Grok Bot, photos of every binder page in one desktop folder named by binder and page, then clear front and back photos of the cards worth listing. He calls those photos the only real work he did, and he logged the bot into his eBay account to post almost 200 listings.
- Where it breaks
- eBay account risk: commenters warn eBay has suspended accounts for bot use, one of them a brand-new account, and suggest a bulk upload file instead. Uploading many photos straight from a phone was slow and some failed. Values should come from sold listings, and binder-page photos hide wear.
- Human checkpoint
- In his setup the bot posted the listings itself. In ours it prepares a bulk upload file or drafts, and you publish each listing, answer buyers and ship.
- Tools involved
- Grok Bot, Photos of your items in a labeled desktop folder, An eBay seller account (or eBay's bulk upload file)
✓ Verified Source link checked and still live. Notes by Thomas, editor. How we verify
Approval rule
🛡
In our version the bot values, prices and drafts the listings, and you review them before anything goes live, either in a bulk upload file you submit or as drafts you publish. You ship every order. Sending, buying, posting, and deleting always need a human.
Set it up
- Photograph each binder page or box and put the photos in one desktop folder, named by where the items are. He found this faster and more reliable than uploading straight from his phone.
- Ask the bot for the value spreadsheet, most valuable first, and spot-check a few comps yourself.
- Take clear front and back photos of the items you'll list first.
- Review the listings it prepares, then upload the bulk file or publish the drafts yourself. He let his bot post straight to eBay; ours stops before that.
- When something sells, ask it where the item is, then pack and ship it.
- Once the top items are gone, have it group the cheap ones into lots.
Common failures
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- Account risk. Commenters warn eBay can suspend accounts for bot use without warning, and one says a new account was suspended. A bulk upload file you submit yourself avoids handing the bot your login. Read eBay's rules for your account first.
- Asking prices instead of sold prices. Values should come from what actually sold.
- Condition. Photos of binder pages hide wear; check each top item in hand before it's listed.
- Huge uploads from a phone. He says many photos at once took a long time and some failed, which threw the order off.
- Expecting his result. It's one collector's post about cards he already owned, and he gave no screenshots.
Variations
- Any collection: sports cards, coins, vintage clothing or video games. A commenter says they do the same with vintage clothing.
- Value-only: stop after the spreadsheet and list nothing, so you know what the collection is worth.
- Lots first: have it plan lots for everything under a price you set, so cheap items still go out.
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