The AI writes it, not the database
Every scan produces an original title and description written in your format – so no two auction houses ever publish the same paragraph.
Barcode Scanning
Scan the barcode, skip the typing
Point your phone at any UPC, EAN, or ISBN and AuctionWriter pulls in product photos and specifications from a catalog of more than a billion products – then writes an original title and description for the lot.
Included with every paid plan – iOS and Android
Scan
One scan, and the lot builds itself
Some lots need an expert eye. Others just need a scanner. When the item already carries a barcode, there is no reason to type a word of it.
- Reads UPC, EAN, and ISBN codes – the barcodes printed on nearly all retail packaging
- No scanner gun to buy, pair, or charge – your phone or tablet camera is the scanner
- Product photos and specifications land on the lot automatically
- AI writes an original title and description using your formats and instructions
- Add your own condition photos and notes before or after the scan
- Products in the catalog
- 1 Billion+
- UPC, EAN, and ISBN
- 3 Formats
- Product photos per scan
- Up to 10
- From scan to a finished lot
- Seconds
Inventory
Built for the inventory that already has a barcode
When you are moving a pallet of retail goods, cataloging every box by hand is the slowest part of the sale – and it is the part a barcode can do for you.
Customer returns
Pallets of returned retail goods that arrive boxed, labeled, and ready to scan.
Liquidation & overstock
Truckloads of store inventory where every SKU is already in the catalog.
Tools & electronics
Power tools, small appliances, and consumer electronics with the specs printed on the carton.
Books & media
ISBN scanning pulls the title, author, and cover art for books, DVDs, and games.
Toys & collectibles
Sealed figures, sets, and boxed collectibles that sell on the exact product name.
Grocery, health & beauty
Bulk lots of consumables where nobody wants to type out thirty product names.
Product Data
Real product data, not a guess
A scan brings back what the manufacturer actually published about the item, so your lot starts from facts instead of a photograph of a closed box.
- Product photos, added straight to the lot
- Product title
- Brand
- Size, color, and material wherever the manufacturer publishes them
Originality
Everything a UPC scanner gets wrong, fixed
We have been blunt about the problem with traditional UPC scanners: they dump generic manufacturer text and stock photos into your catalog, which frustrates bidders and buries your listings under duplicate content. So we built ours the other way around.
Your photos, front and center
Product images give bidders a clean reference shot. Your own condition photos sit right alongside them, and you decide how many stock photos each scan adds – or turn them off entirely.
Your rules still apply
Custom instructions, description formats, title length, categories, custom fields, language, and currency all carry over exactly as they would on a lot you photographed yourself.
Condition is yours to describe
A scan can say what the product is. Only you can describe the one in front of you. Add a note in Details for AI and the finished lot reflects what you saw.
Coverage
If it sold in a store, it is probably in here
Our product catalog is compiled from manufacturer registries and retail catalogs worldwide – more than a billion items, growing every day. That includes the goods you actually see on a returns pallet.
Mass retail & warehouse
- Walmart
- Target
- Costco
- Sam's Club
- BJ's Wholesale
- Meijer
- Big Lots
- Kmart
- Sears
Online marketplaces
- Amazon
- eBay
- Etsy
- Overstock
- Wayfair
- Newegg
- Zappos
- QVC
Home improvement & hardware
- The Home Depot
- Lowe's
- Menards
- Ace Hardware
- Harbor Freight
- Tractor Supply
- Northern Tool
Electronics & office
- Best Buy
- B&H Photo
- Staples
- Office Depot
- Micro Center
- GameStop
Grocery, pharmacy & health
- Kroger
- Publix
- Albertsons
- Whole Foods
- Walgreens
- CVS
- Rite Aid
Apparel, home & department
- Macy's
- Kohl's
- JCPenney
- Nordstrom
- Dillard's
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- IKEA
- Williams Sonoma
Sporting goods, auto & pet
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- Academy Sports
- Bass Pro Shops
- AutoZone
- Advance Auto Parts
- O'Reilly
- Chewy
- PetSmart
International
- Tesco
- Sainsbury's
- Argos
- Currys
- Carrefour
- Otto
- MediaMarkt
- Canadian Tire
- Bunnings
- Woolworths
Product data is compiled from manufacturer and retailer catalogs worldwide. Retailer names are the trademarks of their respective owners and do not imply affiliation or endorsement. Coverage varies by product and region.
Controls for the whole workspace
Owners decide how scanning fits the way their house catalogs – then every device on the team follows the same rules.
On or off, workspace-wide
Owners can switch barcode scanning off for the whole team under Settings → Fields if you would rather every lot be photographed by hand.
Cap the product photos
Choose how many product images each scan adds to a lot, from one up to ten, so your own photos keep the lead position.
Nothing wasted on a miss
If a barcode is not in the catalog, nothing is charged. Photograph the item and let AI catalog it the usual way.
Barcode scanning questions
UPC, EAN, and ISBN barcodes – the codes printed on virtually all retail packaging, plus the ISBNs on books, DVDs, and games. Point the AuctionWriter camera at the code and the app reads it.
No. Your phone or tablet camera is the scanner, so there is no hardware to buy, pair, or charge. If you already catalog on mobile, you already have everything you need.
More than one billion, compiled from manufacturer registries and retail catalogs around the world and updated continuously.
No. Every lot gets an original title and description written in your chosen format with your custom instructions applied – nothing from the manufacturer is copied into your listing. Pair it with your own photos of the actual item and every lot stays unique to your sale.
You will get a quick notice and nothing is charged against your generations. Snap photos of the item and catalog it the way you normally would.
Looking up a product requires an internet connection. Everything else in the mobile app – photographing lots, editing, and queuing your work – runs offline and syncs as soon as you are back in range.
Yes. Barcode scanning is included with every paid plan, and each successful scan uses one lot generation from your monthly allowance – the title and description it writes are not charged again.
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