90-day automation experiment · Day 1 of 90
How much of eBay can I automate?
Starting completely from scratch and documenting what works, what fails, and how much manual work can realistically be removed.
Starting point today
0 → ?- Active listings
- 0
- Orders
- 0
- Sold
- 0
- Sales
- $0.00
Baseline locked · Day 01 / 90
THE TARGET WORKFLOW
- 01Take photosHuman
- 02ReviewHuman + AI
- 03ApproveHuman
- 04Ship when soldHuman
FIELD NOTE · DAY 1
Starting a new 90-day side project.
The goal isn’t really to build a massive eBay business. I’m more interested in using it as an automation experiment and seeing how much manual work I can remove.
Over the next 90 days I want to experiment with:
- Identifying items from photos
- Finding model numbers
- Researching recently sold prices
- Generating titles and descriptions
- Filling in item specifics
- Recommending pricing
- Tracking inventory
- Adjusting prices based on performance
- Automating as much of the post-sale workflow as eBay allows
THE HUMAN PART
Obviously, some things still need a human. I still have to take the photos, store the inventory, pack the boxes, and ship the orders.
But the end goal is basically: take photos → review → approve → ship when sold.
I have a ridiculous amount of computer hardware, server equipment, electronics, and random stuff around, so I might as well use it as test inventory.
Starting at $0 today.
I’ll share what I build, what works, what fails, and how automated I can realistically make the whole process over the next 90 days.
Day 1.