LotJitsu builds an export package for your platform. It does not connect to, sign in to or upload to HiBid, LiveAuctioneers, Proxibid, AuctionNinja, WaveBid and BidWrangler. You upload the package yourself, on your platform's own import page, the same way you would upload a file you made by hand.
Before you start
- You need the package (a ZIP file). See Export a catalog on your computer or Export a catalog on your phone.
- You need a seller account on your platform that is allowed to import lots.
- Check that the catalog was set to the right platform before you exported. The package is laid out for that platform only. See Choose a platform and fields.
Steps
- Get the ZIP onto the computer you use for your platform. On a computer, the file is in your browser's downloads. On a phone, save it somewhere you can reach from your computer, or log in to LotJitsu on the computer and download it again from History. See Find and download a previous export on your computer.
- Unzip the package into a new, empty folder. Inside are one spreadsheet (a CSV file) and the photos.
- Open your platform's import page for the sale, in the platform's own website or software.
- Upload the CSV file as the lot or inventory file.
- Upload the photos the way your platform asks for them. Each photo's file name starts with its lot number, which is how the platform matches photos to lots.
- Check a few lots on the platform before you publish the sale.
Each platform has its own import screens, and its own help is the final word on them.
Good to know
- Do not rename, move or edit the files inside the package. A renamed photo no longer matches its lot, and a spreadsheet saved again by Excel or Numbers can change in ways your platform refuses.
- To change a lot, edit it in LotJitsu and export again, then upload the new package. See Export a catalog again.
- Values LotJitsu warned about at export, such as a title longer than the platform allows, are in the file exactly as you left them. Your platform may shorten them.
- LotJitsu never asks for your platform password and cannot publish, edit or close a sale. Nothing goes live on your platform unless you upload it.
- File names, columns and photo limits for each platform are in Platform reference.
