Feature · AI Listing Helper

Photo your stock. Get a publish-ready listing in 8 seconds.

Drop in a rough description and up to 4 photos. AI writes the title, description, and 12–25 item specifics. UK English, license-compliant, no fabricated specs. Price stays your decision — DashVue never suggests one.

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 — under 10 seconds end-to-end
12–25 item specifics per listing (most tools cap at 5)
Never suggests prices — eBay License §9.5 compliant

The wedge

The only AI listing tool that respects eBay's API License

Snap2List, Vendoo, and ListPerfectly all suggest prices using sold-listing data. eBay's API License §9.5 says you can't. New accounts using those tools sometimes get flagged. DashVue refuses on principle.

AI listing tool feature and license-compliance comparison
FeatureSnap2List / VendooDashVue
AI title generation
AI description generation
Photo-aware (reads brand logos & condition)
Up to 4 photos
Suggests a sale price
License §9.5 violation
Compliant — your call
Trains / models on eBay sold-listing data
License §9.10 violation
Inference only
Vehicle-listing block (cars / motorbikes / vans)
Generates inadequate drafts
Points you at eBay Motors
UK English (colour / optimise / favourite)
US English default
12–25 item specifics per listing
Caps at 5–8
Category-specific catalogue

Snap2List, Vendoo, and ListPerfectly hold long-grandfathered eBay relationships, but those are not protections their users inherit. DashVue is built compliant from day one so your eBay account isn't risked by your listing tool.

Without DashVue

5–10 minutes per listing, stock backlog grows

Photo the item. Stare at the title field. Try to remember whether buyers search "Air Max" or "Air Max 90" or "Nike Air Max 90". Write the description. Fill in 3–4 of the 25 item specifics eBay surfaces. An hour later, you've listed two items and 30 more are sitting on the floor.

  • Banned-phrase intros ("Up for sale is...") tank click-through
  • Item specifics half-empty — eBay's algorithm down-ranks your listing
  • Title over 80 characters gets truncated mid-keyword
  • Stock sitting unlisted while you copy-paste the last similar item
DashVue

With DashVue

8 seconds per draft, backlog cleared

Type a one-line description. Drop up to 4 photos. Click Generate. Eight seconds later you have a publish-ready draft — title, HTML description, suggested category, 12–25 item specifics. Edit anything inline, set your price, publish to eBay in one click.

  • Title hard-capped at 80 characters — never over-length
  • Item specifics filled from category catalogue (12–25 per listing)
  • Photos read for brand logos, model numbers, condition flags
  • Sanitised HTML output — no banned phrases, no script-injection risk
  • Discrepancy warnings if photos contradict description

The real cost — unlisted stock

5–10 minutes per listing × 200 items a year = 25–30 hours just on listing copy. But the bigger cost is the stock that never reaches the listing field at all. The average UK part-time reseller has 30+ items waiting to be listed at any moment.

At 8 seconds per draft, DashVue clears a 30-item backlog in roughly four minutes of generation time plus your edit pass. The work shifts from writing to reviewing — which is the part you actually need to do.

Source the items. Photo them. Let DashVue draft the listings. You review, price, publish.

How AI Listing Helper works in 4 steps

  1. 1

    Type a rough description

    One line is enough. "Nintendo Switch grey joycons used good condition with box and dock" — or "Lexmoto LXR 125 OEM front mudguard, fits 2019–2021, no cracks". Add condition if you have it.

  2. 2

    Upload up to 4 photos

    Optional but high-leverage. Claude vision reads brand logos, condition flags (scuffs, tags, packaging), size labels, and model numbers visible on the box. Drag-and-drop or paste from clipboard.

  3. 3

    Click Generate

    Claude Sonnet 4.6 returns title (≤80 chars), HTML description, suggested category, and 12–25 item specifics in roughly 6–12 seconds. Anything it can't confidently fill is flagged in a Verify-this note rather than fabricated.

  4. 4

    Edit, set your price, publish

    Title, description, and item specifics are all editable inline. Add or remove photos. Re-run the generator if you want a different angle. When ready, click Publish — DashVue calls eBay's Sell Inventory API and your listing goes live in seconds.

What gets generated

Title — 80 characters, front-loaded

Hard-capped — never over-length. UK English. No banned openings ("Up for sale is..."). Brand and model numbers up front, descriptors after.

HTML description

Short paragraphs and bulleted facts using only eBay's allowed tags (p, ul, li, strong, em, br). Server-side sanitised so even malicious AI output can't inject scripts.

12–25 item specifics

Exact UK eBay aspect names — Colour not Color, Size Type not Size, separate fields for UK / EU / US shoe sizes. Pulled from a category-specific catalogue baked into the prompt.

Suggested category path

Plain-English path like "Clothes, Shoes & Accessories > Men > Footwear > Trainers". A hint — you pick the actual eBay category at publish time.

Verify-this notes

Plain-text seller-facing flags where the AI couldn't confirm something. Example: "Verify exact UK shoe size — input said 'around a 9'". Better thin and accurate than rich and wrong.

Vehicle-listing block

If the AI detects an actual road vehicle (car / motorbike / van), it returns a polite block message pointing you at eBay Motors — which needs ~20 mandatory fields the AI can't reliably infer. Vehicle PARTS and accessories are fine.

Clear your listing backlog. Keep your account safe.

Beta is open to UK eBay sellers. Founding-member pricing locked in for early adopters.

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Built for the way UK resellers actually work

The category catalogue is tuned for the four stock types that fill UK reseller floors.

Charity-shop hauls

Vague stock, photo-led listing. Drop the photos in, type "vintage Levi's denim jacket size M, 80s tab", let the AI infer fit, era, and category from what's visible. Brand and tab are read off the photo.

Vehicle parts & accessories

Fitment specifics matter. The catalogue surfaces year-range, OEM/aftermarket, manufacturer part number, and compatible models. Vehicle-listing block keeps you out of trouble for the actual cars/bikes — eBay Motors needs ~20 fields the AI can't reliably guess.

Clothing & footwear

UK eBay separates UK / EU / US shoe sizes into three different fields. The AI fills all three from one input. Material, fit, sleeve length, neck style, season — all auto-populated where derivable.

Electronics & gaming

Model numbers, storage, region (PAL / NTSC), connectivity, MPN — all read off the box or device when visible in photos. Region is critical for UK buyers; the AI defaults to PAL UK and flags if photos suggest otherwise.

Two eBay API License rules other tools quietly break

The compliance details that put your account at risk.

  • §9.5 — No price suggestion using eBay Content

    The license forbids using eBay sold-listing data to suggest, model, or recommend a price. DashVue's prompt explicitly forbids the AI from outputting any price-like number. The price field on every draft stays empty until you set it.

  • §9.10 — No training on eBay Content

    Inference-only. Every generation is one-shot. No fine-tuning, no historical scraping, no model trained on eBay listings. Claude reads your description and your photos — that's the whole input.

What AI Listing Helper doesn't do

Honest list, so you know the boundaries.

  • Doesn't suggest prices. That stays your call. The wedge — eBay API License §9.5.
  • Doesn't generate listings for actual vehicles (cars, motorbikes, vans, motorhomes). Vehicle PARTS and accessories ARE fine. Real vehicles need eBay Motors' specialist form.
  • Doesn't invent specs. If you didn't supply a measurement and it's not derivable from photos, the AI leaves it out and flags in notes — never silently filled with a guess.
  • Doesn't bulk-generate. One listing per click. (May add bulk later if user demand justifies it — currently scoped to one item.)
  • Doesn't cross-list to Amazon / Etsy / Vinted. eBay only.
  • Doesn't auto-publish. You click Publish. There is no auto-publish trigger — the seller stays in the loop on every listing that goes live.
  • Doesn't auto-reprice. That's the repricer's job, post-publish — and it's also license-compliant by design.

Pricing

Powered by the optional AI add-on

The AI Listing Helper runs on DashVue’s optional AI add-on — packs of AI actions you can add to any plan, alongside AI Invoice Import. Every account gets 250 free AI actions to try; drafting a full listing from photos uses 15. Pick AI Lite, Pro or Elite when you need more.

Every plan already includes the manual eBay listing tools — the Listing Designer, templates, bulk editing and item-specifics validator. The AI just does the typing for you. See /pricing for the AI packs.

Start your free trial

The AI Listing Helper runs on the optional AI add-on — add a pack of AI actions on top of any plan. Start free for 7 days, no card needed.

Start 7-day free trial

From £8.99/month after a 7-day free trial — no card needed to start. We’ll take you to app.dashvue.co.uk to create your account.

Every account gets 250 free AI actions to try it. See /pricing for the AI packs.

Last updated: 9 May 2026.