When it comes to listing items, you will quickly see that you need four things—a good description, good tags, good photos and a good idea on how much shipping will cost.

In reality, I list around 10 to 20 items per week.  Because of this, I started to pull my hair out because I was getting lost—I would get started working and I had no idea where I was the day before.  Did I take pictures of this item?  What about a description?  Did I pack something along the way?

It would take me a long time to get my head wrapped around to see what I was doing the day before.  I had to get a better system so I could see what I did before I lost my mind.

What I did was I started with a spreadsheet on my computer—I made a column for the items that I was working on.  Then from there, I made checklist-style columns for the decription, photos and packing.  Then I created another one for if it was listed, and then a final column for where the item was to be listed.  After I wrote down what I had done for each item, I realized I had a little of everything done for those items.

Then I made the realization that I need to batch the work together—meaning that I group all of the photos together, then I do the videos, then all of the descriptions.  When all of that gets done, I will pack every item.

Then I get to spend the time to list the item on either Etsy or eBay so it can be for sale.

Spending the time to batch all of the like items together (or to group it) and write down what I have done has actually helped save me time in the long run.

You don’t have to use a spreadsheet when you do this.  You could use a pad of paper or even a dry erase board—you can use whatever you feel comfortable with.

So, take the time to batch what you have to do on the items you want to sell.  It really helps!