Create a catalog on your computer

Using the LotJitsu app? See Create a catalog on your phone.

A catalog holds the lots you are preparing for one platform. You name it, pick the platform you will upload to, and choose the fields each lot collects.

Steps

1. On the Catalogs page, click Add Catalog at the top right. The New Catalog window opens at 1 of 2.
2. Under Catalog Name, type a name you will recognize later.
3. Under Select Platform, click the platform you will upload this catalog to: AuctionNinja, HiBid, LiveAuctioneers or Proxibid.
4. Click Continue. It stays greyed out until you have a name and a platform.

5. On 2 of 2, check the list under Include Fields. The count beside the heading (for example 4 of 17) shows how many fields every lot will collect. Fields marked required are always ticked. Click the Auto pill on a field to have LotJitsu write it from your photos. Click N more fields to see the rest of the platform's fields.
6. If any field is set to Auto, choose a tone under Automated Writing Style. The SAMPLE card shows how that style reads.
7. If you want formatted descriptions, turn on Use Rich-text (HTML) formatting. This switch does not appear for HiBid, which takes plain text only.
8. Click Create catalog.

The window closes and your new, empty catalog opens, ready for Add First Lot.

Good to know

• Where it lands. New catalogs are always created at the top level of your Catalogs page, outside any folder. To file one, drag its row onto a folder. See Organize catalogs with folders on your computer.
• Names. A name can be up to 200 characters. Two catalogs in the same folder, or two at the top level, cannot share a name. If the name is taken, "A catalog with that name already exists" appears and the window stays open with your choices.
• To change your mind on step 2, click Back. Picking a different platform resets the field list to that platform's starting set.
• If you see Couldn't load the fields for {platform}. Try again., click Retry.
• Include Condition is not in this window. It is in Catalog Settings, along with everything you chose here.
• What each field and pill means: Choose a platform and fields and How LotJitsu writes your listings.