# Listing Grader

> Use a guided listing checklist and assemble a draft from details you mark Recorded, keeping unknowns and photo checks separate.

[Canonical tool](https://makethisuseful.com/start/listing-grader)

You check your item and listing, then report which details are recorded. The tool counts your choices and assembles your supplied wording; it does not analyze a listing or photos, verify authenticity, assign a market value, or promise a sale.

## Use your own information

This is a guided self-assessment. You read your own document or notes, choose Recorded, Not recorded, Unknown, or Not applicable for each criterion, and enter the supporting wording or its location. The tool does not read, analyze, or verify a pasted or uploaded document.

Start without an account. Your entries stay in this browser tab; available tab storage keeps them through refresh. The page tells you when storage is unavailable.

Recorded means you found the information. Not recorded means you checked and it is missing from the document. Unknown means you have not established the answer. Not applicable is a deliberate exclusion. A blank answer never becomes a failed condition.

## Read and edit the assessment

You check your item and listing, then report which details are recorded. The tool counts your choices and assembles your supplied wording; it does not analyze a listing or photos, verify authenticity, assign a market value, or promise a sale.

Each recorded criterion counts once. The percentage is recorded / (recorded + confirmed missing); unknown and not-applicable answers are excluded. The report always shows these counts alongside the percentage. If no applicable criteria have been checked, no percentage is given. This is a checklist of supplied information, not an independent verification.

Take away a listing draft made only from item details you marked Recorded. Unknown, missing, and excluded details remain in a separate review note. Photo notes stay separate because entering text does not upload or inspect an image. Check the draft against the item before publishing it yourself.

Change answers to recalculate. Review the takeaway alongside your source, edit your assessment note and next steps, then print or choose Save as PDF in the browser print dialog. The Make your own link and QR open the blank tool; they do not carry your entries.

## Public example URLs

GET /start/listing-grader?example=starter displays an authored fictional example and its assessment in the initial HTML. Change example=complete for the completed example, or add focus=first-step for the first suggested next step. Supported values are example=starter|complete and focus=all|first-step.

These parameters select only maintained public examples and settings. Add fresh=1 to begin a separate blank browser draft; the browser consumes that flag and keeps edits to the new draft through refresh. Other parameters do not enter the assessment. Do not put personal details, medicine text, addresses, or private documents into URLs. GET, HEAD, crawling, and prefetching do not submit work, call a model, publish an artifact, or incur generation charges.

## Visible criteria

### Clear item identity

The title identifies the item, model, or material without unsupported claims.

Next question: Add the item name and known model or material; leave uncertain claims out.

### Condition and known flaws

The listing describes observed condition and any known faults or wear.

Next question: Describe the condition and known wear in plain words, including what has not been tested.

### Price and what is included

A price, quantity, and included accessories are stated.

Next question: State the price, quantity, and exactly what comes with the item.

### Size or fit details

Relevant dimensions, capacity, or compatibility are recorded with units.

Next question: Add relevant measurements with units, or mark this criterion not applicable.

### Photos of the actual item

The listing includes your item from useful angles and shows known wear.

Next question: Add clear photos of the actual item and its known wear; avoid stock photos presented as yours.

### Pickup or delivery terms

The general pickup area or shipping terms and an agreed handoff method are clear.

Next question: Add a general pickup area or shipping terms; arrange private address details directly with the buyer.

## Try the maintained public examples

- [Fictional oak side-table listing](https://makethisuseful.com/start/listing-grader?example=starter): Authored fictional input and its initial assessment.

- [Fictional oak side-table listing: first next step](https://makethisuseful.com/start/listing-grader?example=starter&focus=first-step): The same public example, focused on its first next step.

- [Fictional side-table listing ready to review](https://makethisuseful.com/start/listing-grader?example=complete): Authored fictional input and its initial assessment.

- [Fictional side-table listing ready to review: first next step](https://makethisuseful.com/start/listing-grader?example=complete&focus=first-step): The same public example, focused on its first next step.

## What the fictional starter example produces

### Listing draft and review note

Record: Fictional oak side-table listing
3 recorded. 2 confirmed not recorded. 1 still unknown.

### Listing draft — review before publishing

The wording below is copied from item details you marked Recorded. Check it against the item and the destination’s fields before publishing.

**Clear item identity — Recorded**

Oak side table, one drawer.

**Price and what is included — Recorded**

$45, table only.

**Pickup or delivery terms — Recorded**

Pickup in the town center by arrangement.

### Details still to review or deliberately excluded

**Condition and known flaws — Not recorded — I checked**

No supporting text supplied.

**Size or fit details — Not recorded — I checked**

No supporting text supplied.

### Photo review note

This note does not contain, inspect, or attach item photos. Check the actual images and any repeated facts yourself.

**Photos of the actual item — Unknown / not checked**

No supporting text supplied.

### Before you publish

**Condition and known flaws — Not recorded — I checked**

Describe the condition and known wear in plain words, including what has not been tested.

**Size or fit details — Not recorded — I checked**

Add relevant measurements with units, or mark this criterion not applicable.

**Photos of the actual item — Unknown / not checked**

First check whether this is recorded or applies; the answer remains unknown. Add clear photos of the actual item and its known wear; avoid stock photos presented as yours.

[Start with your own information](https://makethisuseful.com/start/listing-grader)
