Each plan lets you export a number of lots per month, from 25 on White Belt to 3,500 on Black Belt. Exporting is the only thing that uses it. Adding catalogs, lots and photos, and letting LotJitsu write your listings, never does.
When a lot counts
A lot counts the first time you export it with photos. After that it counts again only if you add a new photo, or replace one, before you export it again.
| What you do before exporting | Does the lot count? |
|---|---|
| Export it with photos for the first time | Yes |
| Add or replace a photo, then export again | Yes |
| Export it again with no changes | No |
| Edit its title, description or any other field | No |
| Rotate, reorder or remove photos, or change the Cover Photo | No |
- A lot counts only when the export package finishes building. An export that fails counts nothing.
- An imported lot is a new lot. It counts the first time you export it with photos.
- Deleting a lot does not give its count back.
Whose allowance an export uses
An export always uses the allowance of the catalog's Owner, whoever starts it. If a Collaborator exports your catalog, it counts against your plan.
Before you export
The last step of an export tells you what this export will use, before anything is built:
- This export is free: every lot exports unchanged.
- This export will count a number of your remaining lots this month.
If the export needs more lots than you have left, the export button is replaced by a message saying how many more lots it needs. You can wait for your reset or move to a larger plan. An export includes the whole catalog, so it waits until all of its counted lots fit.
When it resets
- On a paid plan, every month on the same day of the month as your renewal date. This is true for yearly plans too: a yearly plan's allowance resets every month, not once a year.
- On White Belt, every month on the day of the month you signed up.
- Unused lots do not carry over.
- When you upgrade, your larger allowance applies at once and your reset date stays the same. Lots you already exported this period still count.
- When you move from White Belt to a paid plan, your allowance starts again from that day.
Warnings
- At 80%, you see Close to your monthly export limit: on your computer as a banner above the header, and on your phone as an Alert under the bell.
- At 100%, it changes to You've reached your monthly export limit on your computer. On your phone the Alert is Monthly export limit reached.
- The Owner also gets an email and an Alert at each line, once per period.
- On your phone, if you try to export new or changed lots once the allowance is used up, you see Limit Reached, for example "You have used 25 of 25 lots. Manage your account at lotjitsu.com." The export does not run. Swipe the message down or tap outside it to close it.
You can still add lots, take photos and export lots that have not changed while you are at the limit.
See where you stand
- On your phone: Check your usage in the app (Account Usage).
- On your computer: Check your usage on your computer (Monthly Usage).
To raise your allowance, see Upgrade your plan.
