Speed Up Your Listing Process with AI! Efficiency Techniques to Triple Your Hourly Wage
Hello! This is Merukaku.
"Listing takes too much time..."
"Thinking of titles and descriptions is a hassle"
"I always struggle with pricing"
I'm sure many of you have these kinds of worries.
There have been recent changes to Mercari's terms of service, and I have been moving my operations from Mercari to Mercari Shops. In doing so, I've realized that we should always strive for efficiency in listing, whether on Shops or Mercari.
The reason is that if a task that used to take 30 minutes can be finished in 10, you can dedicate those 20 minutes to the next task, and above all, it leads to an increase in your hourly wage.
You can imagine that being able to list 6 items in 10 minutes results in a better hourly wage than only being able to list 2 items in an hour.
So, what should you do about it?
The answer is to utilize AI.
In this post, I will explain in detail the AI utilization techniques I actually use.
Just by trying these out, your work will become surprisingly fast.
3 Tasks You Can Streamline with AI
I will explain how I actually use it.
I use AI for all of the following three things when listing on Mercari.
Product titles
Descriptions
Price research
I have turned this into a workflow for my students and the outsourcers who handle listings for me, and I share it with everyone to use.
1. Creating product titles
First, regarding product titles, I'm sure you have one or two masterpieces you've created in the past.
Efficient creation method
Paste the titles that performed well in the past into the AI
Instruct it to "use this as a reference"
Send an image that shows the entire product
Tell it, 'Create a title, here is a reference example'
With just this, it will create a wonderful title for you.
By having the AI learn your past success patterns, you can improve efficiency while maintaining your own style.
2. Creating the Description
And this is where it gets amazing!
Based on that title, we will create the description.
By simply conveying the product's features and condition, the AI will even create an attractive description for you.
A task that would take over 10 minutes to think through from scratch can be completed in 1 minute with AI.
3. Price Research
If you use AI for price research, it will do it with extremely high accuracy. This has the biggest time-saving effect.
Problems with conventional price research
Usually, when you try to do price research:
The product you want to list doesn't show up easily
You end up thinking, 'Ugh, which one should I use as a reference?'
It's common to spend over 10 minutes searching and still not know
If you decide on a price randomly, you might lose out on a potential higher sale price
You don't want to lose money after spending all that time listing, right?
Recommended AI: 'Genspark'
There is an AI I recommend for price research.
That is an AI called **Genspark**.
Compared to other AIs, it provides output with extremely high accuracy.
I had been using standard ChatGPT until now, but its price research accuracy wasn't that high... However, when I used Genspark, the accuracy was quite high, which really surprised me.
Genspark's Excellent Features
It's an AI specialized for research, and to explain just how amazing it is:
First, it provides a description of what kind of product it is
How much it would be if you took it to a local buyback shop
The market price if it were brand new
It provides all of that as well
Furthermore, the prices it provides are:
This if you want to sell quickly
This is the optimal recommended price
This if you want to sell patiently
It gives you prices in three options. I thought this was amazing.
I really thought this was impressive.
Actual Accuracy
When I checked online to see how high the price accuracy actually is, it was pretty much spot on, and when I actually set those prices and listed the items, they often sold within a week, which is a good sign.
It's a bit frustrating when an item you priced yourself sells immediately, making you wonder if you could have sold it for more, but when it sells in about a week after listing, I often feel that the price was just right.
I truly feel that setting prices using Genspark like this provides prices that are spot on with the market value.
Phenomenal Time-Saving Effect
Moreover, it completes the title, description, and price all together in just about 5 minutes.
It's common for it to take about 30 minutes if you do it yourself. It's great to be able to save time by utilizing AI.
You will be able to feel that your hourly wage has increased surprisingly when converted.
Points to Note When Using AI
However, while AI is convenient, caution is also necessary.
That is, you must perform the final check yourself.
AI is ultimately just a tool, so you must make the final decisions yourself.
Even if AI makes a mistake, blaming the AI won't change the situation.
Therefore:
Use AI only as a reference
Make the final decision yourself
If used well, AI is like hiring an excellent manager.
Benefits of Using AI
By using this effectively on Mercari as well:
Fatigue will decrease
The number of listings will increase
Sales will increase
You will have more mental breathing room
You will have time to think about your next business expansion
This will have a compounding effect.
Why not try using the AI introduced here to hire an excellent manager for the bargain price of about 2,000 yen per month and experience lightning-fast work for yourself?
Summary
Accelerate listing tasks with AI
3 points for efficiency on Mercari
Creating Product Titles
Creating Descriptions
Price Research
Recommended AI Tools
ChatGPT: Best for titles and descriptions
Genspark: Use this if you want to set the perfect market price
Please make full use of the AI introduced here to accelerate your Mercari tasks.
By doing so, you will increase your hourly wage, optimize your workflow, and produce results with higher accuracy than a human could in just a few minutes.
And when that high-precision output is generated, I think you will be truly impressed by how amazing it is.
I especially recommend the price research feature of Genspark. Without it, work just doesn't progress at all.
Why not try using AI for your listings and get a taste of being a Mercari pro, even as a side-hustle beginner?
Thank you for reading until the end.