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Hand-editing hundreds of eBay titles replaced: 480 card listing titles cleaned in under an hour

Picked and checked by Olga Pearson, host of The Practical AI Show · Published

Result

self-reported

Using eBay Seller Hub CSV export, one title format, and Grok Bot to rewrite titles, he cleaned up 480 eBay card listing titles in less than an hour, then bulk-uploaded the edits.

TechNRKTreasureTrove (@TechNRKTreasure) sells trading cards on eBay. "Sell one like this" left titles inconsistent after a few hundred listings. He downloaded active listings as CSV, picked one format (Year Set - Player #CardNumber Parallel Team), had Grok Bot rewrite every title under 80 characters and flag missing data, then uploaded via eBay's bulk edit template after testing a few rows.

Who did it

TechNRKTreasureTrove (@TechNRKTreasure)eBay trading-card sellerTechNRKTreasureTrove (@TechNRKTreasure) on X (article) · Nov 5, 2026

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  1. In eBay Seller Hub, download active listings as CSV. Keep Item number as Text.
  2. Pick one title format under 80 characters and write the rules (never guess card numbers).
  3. Give Grok Bot the export and format; have it return a CSV with item number and new title, plus flagged rows.
  4. Fix flagged rows by hand. Test 2 or 3 rows in the bulk edit template before the full upload.
  5. Upload the full file and spot-check a dozen live titles.
Copy-paste prompt
Here is my eBay active listings CSV and my title format: Year Set - Player #CardNumber Parallel/Insert Team. Rewrite every title to match, keep each under 80 characters, fix misspelled player names, and return a CSV with Item number and new Title. Flag any row missing a number, parallel, or team. Never invent a card number.

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What to watch out for

Self-reported in his X article. He says he used Grok for this run ("AI Bot of choice (I used Grok for this one)") and also refers to Grok Bot in the steps. Bulk title edits can hurt search if the format is wrong, so test a few rows first. Build it with Page: a collector-facing shop page that lists sets the same way as your titles.

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