In our latest Master Class, The Building Blocks of Builder Templates, we talked about one of Upright Lister’s best tools – Builder Templates. These templates help your team list items quickly and with consistency. This session shared helpful tips and a simple guide to fix them.
🎥 Watch the full 40-minute Master Class or dive into the first 10 minutes below to get started.
🆕 New to Builder Templates? Read our Help Center guide: Overview of Templates, Categories, & Listing Strategies.
From Frustration to Flow: How Teams Are Rethinking Listings
Listing can feel repetitive and prone to mistakes. Teams often spend time retyping the same details, correcting brand name typos, or going back to add missing info. Without a clear structure, important details get skipped or added too late. This slows down listing and creates uneven quality.
That’s where Builder Templates make a difference. Upright’s Jonathan Conda and Adam Kragt showed how templates help make listing fast and organized.
Builder Templates are dynamic tools that connect input fields to output content in Upright Lister. Each input field creates a variable. That variable powers what your team adds and what buyers see.
When set up right, templates become a reliable system that your staff can use over and over again. Imagine this:
- The title builds itself from a few dropdowns
- Descriptions change automatically based on what’s selected
- eBay-required fields are already mapped in the template
Listings on average take five to seven minutes per item. Now they can take two to three. And those minutes add up, especially when your team is listing hundreds of items a day.
Speed isn’t the only improvement. Templates make your operations faster and more efficient. That way, your team can spend more time listing great inventory and less time fixing details.
The Mechanics Behind Builder Templates
The session started with Builder Templates 101. These templates let you build structured listing flows using tools like:
- JavaScript logic for smart, dynamic rules
- Parent-child category mappings to simplify large category trees
- Keyboard-friendly tab orders
Advanced Tips for Customization
The Master Class also dove into next-level configurations, like:
- Nested conditionals for multi-outcome logic
- Clean up descriptions with HTML tags and shift-enter formatting
- Auto-warn when eBay character limits are exceeded using .length functions
- Match eBay-required specifics exactly for autofill optimization
- Using math to determine garment sizes
As your organization grows, keeping templates clean and consistent becomes essential. The right setup saves time, prevents errors, and helps your team use Lister effectively.
Let Us Help You Build Smarter Listings
Need help setting up optimized templates from scratch? We’ve got you covered.
Our new Builder Templates Professional Service includes:
- Full category refreshes for your marketplace(s)
- Custom templates built for high-volume verticals
- Integration with eBay autofill logic
- TTL optimization and team adoption training
- Scalable deployment across multi-location operations
This is not a one-size-fits-all solution. We build templates based on your specific inventory.
Ready to cut your listing time in half?
Whether you’re just starting with Lister or looking to scale, Builder Templates deliver fast results. You’ll see improvements in speed, accuracy, and team workflow.
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