{"id":45259,"date":"2026-05-15T04:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=45259"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:46:14","slug":"the-garagesale-selling-everything-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=45259","title":{"rendered":"the &#8216;garagesale&#8217; \/ selling everything process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>i wrote this as a <a href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/share\/a8dd3a7516fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prompt for Gemini+<\/a>: <sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote modern-footnotes-footnote--hover-on-desktop \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"00000000000002140000000000000000_45259\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  title=\"hi! i want to create an info graphic of the process of selling items on my &#8220;garaagesale&#8221; website (see other chats) here is the rough steps:\n\n\n\ntake a picture of the item to be soldupload pictures of itemsfor each item:decide it&#8217;s fate: keep, trash, garagesale, etcfor items NOT going to garagesale: move the pics to another dirfor items going to garagesale:name files properlyget additional info (amazon link, mfgs&#8217; linkif req&#8217;d, test item as best as we can (one of the &#8220;value adds&#8221; we offer is ensuring the crap isn&#8217;t sold at least by us)put this info inthe .jpg &#8220;comments&#8221; property (all of them)move them to my downloads for next stepscreate the listing on garagesalemake new (or if similar exists, make copy of) list4ingsend emaail to joan with:link to garaesale listinghow much i wantlink to the cell in the &#8220;selling stuff&#8221; gsheetwhen joan wants to make facebook marketplace:use the pics, description, and want price freom the garaeslae listingput the link to the fbmarket listing into the &#8220;selling stuff&#8221; gsheet, column ??when the item sells:update the selling stuff gsheet with $soldforupdate the fbmarket listing with &#8220;SOLD&#8221; (or better to delete?)repeat for next item,\n\n\n\ni would like an info graphic that show these steps. I will flech them out in more detail laters. ideally i would like to see thi graphic at different levels: high level for the ~8 major points? with expanders arrows to open the details of each main point, and down to the &#8220;open this file, email it to someone&#8221; level.how do?\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-00000000000002140000000000000000_45259-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-00000000000002140000000000000000_45259-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">hi! i want to create an info graphic of the process of selling items on my &#8220;garaagesale&#8221; website (see other chats) here is the rough steps:<br \/><br \/>\n\n\n\ntake a picture of the item to be sold<br>upload pictures of items<br>for each item:<br>decide it&#8217;s fate: keep, trash, garagesale, etc<br>for items NOT going to garagesale: move the pics to another dir<br>for items going to garagesale:<br>name files properly<br>get additional info (amazon link, mfgs&#8217; link<br>if req&#8217;d, test item as best as we can (one of the &#8220;value adds&#8221; we offer is ensuring the crap isn&#8217;t sold at least by us)<br>put this info inthe .jpg &#8220;comments&#8221; property (all of them)<br>move them to my downloads for next steps<br>create the listing on garagesale<br>make new (or if similar exists, make copy of) list4ing<br>send emaail to joan with:<br>link to garaesale listing<br>how much i want<br>link to the cell in the &#8220;selling stuff&#8221; gsheet<br>when joan wants to make facebook marketplace:<br>use the pics, description, and want price freom the garaeslae listing<br>put the link to the fbmarket listing into the &#8220;selling stuff&#8221; gsheet, column ??<br>when the item sells:<br>update the selling stuff gsheet with $soldfor<br>update the fbmarket listing with &#8220;SOLD&#8221; (or better to delete?)<br>repeat for next item,<br \/><br \/>\n\n\n\ni would like an info graphic that show these steps. I will flech them out in more detail laters. ideally i would like to see thi graphic at different levels: high level for the ~8 major points? with expanders arrows to open the details of each main point, and down to the &#8220;open this file, email it to someone&#8221; level.<br>how do?<\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>I asked gemini to make sense of this; it came up with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 1: Inventory Intake<\/strong> <span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6a06fd15470d3\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\" &lt;--- click to expand\"    > &lt;--- click to expand<\/span><div id=\"target-id6a06fd15470d3\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1. Item Intake<\/strong>: Photographing the inventory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2. Triage: Deciding the fate (keep, trash, or sale) and moving non-sale photos.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 2: Item Preparation<\/strong> <span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6a06fd1547115\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\" &lt;--- click to expand\"    > &lt;--- click to expand<\/span><div id=\"target-id6a06fd1547115\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3. Content Curation: Renaming files and gathering additional data like links.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4. Value-Add Testing: The physical &#8220;no crap&#8221; check to ensure quality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5. Metadata Tagging: Writing information into the .jpg comments and moving files to downloads.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase 3: Marketing &amp; Sales<\/strong> <span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6a06fd154713f\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\" &lt;--- click to expand\"    > &lt;--- click to expand<\/span><div id=\"target-id6a06fd154713f\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6. Primary Listing: Creating the entry on your site and emailing Joan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7. Secondary Marketing: Joan posting on Facebook Marketplace and updating the Google Sheet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8. Reconciliation: Updating logs once sold and marking the Facebook listing<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I then asked for an &#8220;infographic&#8221; that show this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-1536x857.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-2048x1143.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-1226x684.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garagesale-process-chart-1.png-675x377.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li><span>1<\/span><div>hi! i want to create an info graphic of the process of selling items on my &#8220;garaagesale&#8221; website (see other chats) here is the rough steps:<br \/><br \/>\n\n\n\ntake a picture of the item to be sold<br>upload pictures of items<br>for each item:<br>decide it&#8217;s fate: keep, trash, garagesale, etc<br>for items NOT going to garagesale: move the pics to another dir<br>for items going to garagesale:<br>name files properly<br>get additional info (amazon link, mfgs&#8217; link<br>if req&#8217;d, test item as best as we can (one of the &#8220;value adds&#8221; we offer is ensuring the crap isn&#8217;t sold at least by us)<br>put this info inthe .jpg &#8220;comments&#8221; property (all of them)<br>move them to my downloads for next steps<br>create the listing on garagesale<br>make new (or if similar exists, make copy of) list4ing<br>send emaail to joan with:<br>link to garaesale listing<br>how much i want<br>link to the cell in the &#8220;selling stuff&#8221; gsheet<br>when joan wants to make facebook marketplace:<br>use the pics, description, and want price freom the garaeslae listing<br>put the link to the fbmarket listing into the &#8220;selling stuff&#8221; gsheet, column ??<br>when the item sells:<br>update the selling stuff gsheet with $soldfor<br>update the fbmarket listing with &#8220;SOLD&#8221; (or better to delete?)<br>repeat for next item,<br \/><br \/>\n\n\n\ni would like an info graphic that show these steps. I will flech them out in more detail laters. ideally i would like to see thi graphic at different levels: high level for the ~8 major points? with expanders arrows to open the details of each main point, and down to the &#8220;open this file, email it to someone&#8221; level.<br>how do?<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i wrote this as a prompt for Gemini+: I asked gemini to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[2248,2256],"class_list":["post-45259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-garagesale","tag-process","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45259"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45268,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45259\/revisions\/45268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}