{"id":711,"date":"2022-02-06T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2022-07-09T12:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T17:34:43","slug":"importing-sales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/?page_id=711","title":{"rendered":"Importing Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Import sales from other sources into the Yard Sale Treasure Map app. It takes just a few minutes of effort to populate sales for a small city. After adding sales, return to the YSTM app on your phone to keyword search and navigate your treasure map. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coordinate with friends, your community, Facebook groups, etc, to divide the work of importing sales across sources or geographical regions. Help make the most complete weekly treasure map possible! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"import-using-the-website\">Import using the Website<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On your desktop\/laptop computer access the following webpage: <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/spreadsheet.html\">yardsaletreasuremap.com\/spreadsheet.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#sign-in\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#sign-in\">Sign into a Google account<\/a>, or create a new Google account if you don&#8217;t have one. This lets you keep track of sales you add and will immediately sync with the app on your phone signed into the same account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy \/ paste or type the <strong>address<\/strong>, <strong>description<\/strong>, and <strong>start time<\/strong> to a spreadsheet row. Title and date fields populate automatically, so adjust these as needed. If the source is a website try opening two browser windows to more easily move sale details over, like so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spreadsheet_add_sales_9sec.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spreadsheet_add_sales_9sec.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" width=\"411\" height=\"231\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to include the sale <strong>description<\/strong>! You will be able to view and search this information within the app. You can also add <strong>private notes<\/strong> that only you will see within the app when <a href=\"#sign-in\">signed in<\/a> with the same account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-06-at-8.16.55-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-06-at-8.16.55-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" width=\"251\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-06-at-8.16.55-AM.png 722w, https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-06-at-8.16.55-AM-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"import-using-the-app\">Import using the App<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales can also be added directly using the app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/add-sale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/add-sale.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725\" width=\"66\" height=\"68\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the <mark style=\"background-color:#eee\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Shopper<\/mark> toggle. A <mark style=\"background-color:#eee\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">\u2316<\/mark> button is available to verify that the entered address can be found. If the address field is empty this button will automatically find the address of your currently location, which is useful if you come upon a sale in progress that is missing from the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_39465A45A54E-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_39465A45A54E-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-721\" width=\"252\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_39465A45A54E-1.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_39465A45A54E-1-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_39465A45A54E-1-768x944.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding full sale descriptions in the app may be difficult, so keyword toggles are available to help describe the sale quickly. The <strong>Marker color<\/strong> applies to your map only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_EAC397C56DBA-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_EAC397C56DBA-1-634x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-722\" width=\"259\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_EAC397C56DBA-1-634x1024.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_EAC397C56DBA-1-186x300.jpeg 186w, https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_EAC397C56DBA-1-768x1240.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_EAC397C56DBA-1.jpeg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sign-in\">Sign-in<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When signed into a Google account you have more control over the sales you add. Your imported sales appear with a special \u2726 icon to help you stay organized within the community map. Notes and marker colors also sync across your device. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website spreadsheet requires sign-in so you can maintain control over the sales you add. Sales added here sync with the app signed into the same account. If you don&#8217;t have a Google account you can create one on the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"more-resources\">More Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Read<a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/?p=648\"> this blog post<\/a> for an in depth look and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DtaJjeSvpR0\">this YouTube video<\/a> for a live demo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Import sales from other sources into the Yard Sale Treasure Map app. It takes just a few minutes of effort to populate sales for a small city. After adding sales, return to the YSTM app on your phone to keyword &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/?page_id=711\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsaletreasuremap.com\/blogit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}