Small auction companies - how are you actually managing your lot catalogs right now? (We built something after watching too many people drown in spreadsheets)
I've been talking to small auction operators for the past few months. Estate sale companies, equipment liquidators, local auction houses running 10-200 lots per sale.
Almost every single one is doing the same thing:
- Photographing items on their phone
- Manually typing descriptions into a spreadsheet
- Copy-pasting into an email to buyers
- Rebuilding the whole thing for the next auction
One operator told me she spends 6-8 hours just on catalog prep before a single sale. That's before any of the actual auction work.
So we built AuctionsMadeEZ - you snap photos, AI pulls item details and condition notes automatically, lots get organized into a catalog, and you can email your buyer list directly from the same place. PDF exports that look professional enough to send to serious buyers.
We're early. One auction company is piloting it now. I want to know if we're solving the right things before we go wider.
What does your current process look like? Where does it break down?