Cataloging lots shouldn't be so time consuming.
Save your and your employees' valuable time! Catalog Caddy automatically renames your auction photos for bulk upload, uses advanced image detection technology to generate titles and descriptions for your lots, and hands you a paste-ready sheet for Auction Flex and HiBid. Our systems cut down cataloging time for your estate sale or catalog auction from weeks to hours.
Get in touchUpload your photos
Drop in a batch of lot photos, then click the first and last photo of each lot to group it.
Automatically catalog each lot
HiBid optimized titles and descriptions so that your lots aren't missed by bidders searching for your items.
Export and paste
Renamed images ready for Auction Flex's bulk upload, plus rows you can paste straight into your import sheet. Read below how the bulk image upload process works with Auction Flex.
How the Auction Flex bulk upload works
Catalog Caddy names each photo using your lot number and that photo's position within the lot. The third photo of lot 12 becomes 12-3.jpg, the first photo of lot 45 becomes 45-1.jpg, and so on.
Export the renamed batch
In two clicks, Catalog Caddy renames every photo with its lot-and-position name already applied. This saves the renamed images to your computer for upload into your auction software. No tediously sorting each image into a separate folder or renaming each photo by hand.
Open Auction Flex's bulk image upload
These renamed photos integrate into Auction Flex's bulk image upload perfectly. On AF360, go to Pre Auction > Lot Images and select "Select Lot Images." This may look slightly different depending on your version of Auction Flex.
Auction Flex matches photos to lots automatically
It reads the lot number in each filename and attaches every photo to the right lot on its own.
Auction Flex 360's own naming instructions (Pre Auction > Lot Images) match Catalog Caddy's output exactly, so there's nothing to reformat.
From titles and descriptions to Auction Flex
Run image detection on all your lots
Catalog Caddy generates a title and description for every lot in the batch.
Review what it generated
Results vary with the quality and detail in your photos, what information exists online about the item, and how you like to stylize your own titles and descriptions. Edit anything before moving on.
Copy for Spreadsheet
Click "Copy for Spreadsheet," then paste into the Google Sheet or Excel template below. Save or download that sheet as a CSV.
Import into Auction Flex
In Auction Flex, go to Pre Auction > Lots > Import Lots, click Auto-Map, then upload the CSV file.
Download the spreadsheet template, matching this exact column order.
Selecting photos for a lot
Click the first photo of a lot, then the last, and Catalog Caddy groups the whole range for you. Missed one? Click just that single photo in the pool, then hit "Pull from Pool" on the lot card to add it in without redoing the range.
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1st click selects the start of the lot. 2nd click on the last photo completes the range, grouping everything in between.
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Missed a photo? Select it by itself in the pool, then click Pull from Pool on the lot card to add it in, no need to redo the range.
Tips for the best image detection results
Photograph measurements
Include a close-up shot with a ruler or caliper reading in the photo pool for a lot. It helps the image detection technology describe sizes and dimensions accurately.
Capture as much detail as possible
Close-ups of maker's marks, hallmarks, signatures, and other unique identifiers give the image detection technology what it needs to write a more specific, more accurate description.
Clean up before you export
Don't want that measurement close-up in your final listing photos? After running image detection, click the X on any photo inside a lot to send it back to the pool, it won't affect the title or description already generated.
Built for how auction houses actually work
Matches your existing workflow
Output is formatted for Auction Flex's bulk image upload and HiBid's import sheet, so there's no reformatting.
Fast on big batches
Processes multiple lots in parallel instead of one at a time, so a large batch doesn't mean a long wait.
Careful with accuracy
Only reports details it can actually see in the photos. Makers' marks and models are never guessed.
Straightforward pricing
Pay only for the lots you catalog, with no bloated software subscription to justify.
Want early access?
Catalog Caddy is currently onboarding auction houses directly. Reach out and we'll get you set up.
catalogcaddy@outlook.com