How to Export Your Auction Catalog to AuctionZip
Yes, you can build your catalog once from photos and send it straight to AuctionZip. Gavelist writes the titles and descriptions from your lot photos and exports a CSV formatted for AuctionZip import, so you upload a finished catalog instead of typing lots one at a time.
How to export your auction catalog to AuctionZip
The workflow is photo-in, catalog-out, then upload:
- Photograph the lots and upload the photos to Gavelist.
- Run the description pass. One action writes a title and description for every lot, at 1,000+ lots in about 10 minutes.
- Review and edit the drafts.
- Export a CSV formatted for AuctionZip import. Gavelist produces a spreadsheet with the lot data ready for AuctionZip, the same universal CSV that any spreadsheet-import platform accepts.
- Upload to AuctionZip using its catalog import for a CSV.
According to AIM (2025), manual auction cataloging throughput runs 15-25 lots per hour depending on item complexity, at labor rates of $14-$28 per hour. According to Estimint's cataloging analysis, manual cataloging of a 200-lot sale takes 46-64 hours including photography, description writing, and data entry. Cataloging from photos collapses the description and data-entry portions of that.
Catalog once, list on AuctionZip and everywhere else
The catalog you build is not tied to AuctionZip. Gavelist exports ready-made files for HiBid, LiveAuctioneers, Proxibid, and BidWrangler, plus a universal CSV/XLS formatted for import by AuctionZip, AuctionMethod, Wavebid, AuctionFlex 360, and any other spreadsheet-import platform. You catalog once and decide where the sale runs.
According to Technavio (2025), North America contributes 41% to the growth of the global online auction market, and sellers reaching that market increasingly list the same inventory across more than one platform. A catalog that exports to all of them is worth more than one locked to a single site.
Built for the way AuctionZip sellers work
AuctionZip is one of the longest-running auction listing directories and marketplaces, widely used by estate and general-line auctioneers to advertise and run sales. Its audience skews traditional and estate, the kind of sale that produces a house full of mixed lots at once. A Gavelist catalog built once from those photos feeds an AuctionZip listing without re-keying, and the same file serves the seller's other platforms.
According to AuctionNinja's photography best practices guide, auction lots should have at least three photos, one main featured photo plus at least two secondary photos from varying angles, and Gavelist reads all of them when it drafts each lot.
Frequently asked questions
How do I upload a catalog to AuctionZip? Catalog the lots from photos in a tool like Gavelist, export a CSV formatted for AuctionZip import, and upload it through AuctionZip's catalog import.
Does Gavelist export to AuctionZip? Yes. It produces a universal CSV formatted for AuctionZip import, the same spreadsheet any import-capable platform accepts.
Can I use the same catalog on AuctionZip and other platforms? Yes. The catalog exports to AuctionZip via CSV and to HiBid, LiveAuctioneers, Proxibid, and BidWrangler as ready-made files, so you are not locked to one.
Sources
- Auction Item Manager, "Tracking Cost Per Lot." aimhq.com
- Estimint, "AI Auction Cataloging for Auction Houses." estimint.com
- Technavio, "Online Auction Market Growth Analysis" (2025). technavio.com
- AuctionNinja, "Photography Best Practices for Auction Lots." auctionninja.com
More: list one auction on multiple platforms and every platform Gavelist exports to.