Has anyone played around with using ChatGPT to make listing descriptions

[bajasierra]

Since ChatGPT has been "the talk of the town" recently, I am wondering if anyone has tried to use it to create ad copy for product listings?   I already have a decent size inventory but I have found my "bottleneck" is the time it takes to photo my items and write up this text description, that hopefully is at least somewhat persuasive.   

I've dabbled in trying this - and it has worked a little, but some of the things it writes are, frankly, over the top.   For example, I asked it to write a watch description with some basic information, and it said something like, "the band on this watch is fantastic - you can wear it all day without the slightest discomfort".    That is a bit too "over-hyped" for my tastes, even worse when you consider the thing that wrote it wasn't even human!

I think this could get better with some training and standard templates, but I haven't had much time to explore this further.   What do you guys think?  Is this the future?  I mean, wouldn't it be cool if you could just give it a picture and have it do all the work.   It might as well buy the items I sell also, and while it is at it, it would be nice if it would clean my apartment so I can just goof around all day, which is what I really want to do.   What do you guys think?  Will this technology change the way we sell?

[rosszonebricks]

My take:  It takes longer to write *good* prompts (to avoid garbage in / garbage out) and to proofread the output carefully than to just write it yourself.

[pls-consignments]

Just curious, how does ChatGPT help you as a seller? Does it save time? Increase sales? Make your listings more visible? I'm intrigued.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

I have not tried this free tool (which I think is a Chrome Extension), but it apparently allows you to go to your existing listing, and use GPT to optimize your title and description (based, presumably, on what you already say there). Just though some here might want to play around with it.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ebaygpt-chatgpt-ebay-list/cbmmciaanapafchagldbcoiegcajgepo...

Note to Khoros: I'm not affiliated with the tool, this is for informational purposes, I'm not advertising.

[18704d]

I have to agree with the garbage-in-garbage-out responses here.

I've tried ChatGPT for a few listing descriptions.   I first tried it for a vintage 1980s era Oster Osterizer blender.  I gave ChatGPT the model number, color, etc.  What I received was disappointing.

ChatGPT started with "Introducing the Oster Galazie Dual Range 14 blender". 

Excuse me.  "Introducing"????  This blender has been on the market for decades.

It then continued on with a few fluffy sentences of how it will "save your life in the kitchen" and "make cooking a breeze" and other useless comments like that.  So my first attempt was like that old phrase "all sizzle and no steak".

I next tried it for an certain electrical device.  This time, I gave it the make and model and asked it to look up all of it's characteristics and features.  I did find ChatGPT did a good job of that, telling me it's wattage, amperage, and other details it would have taken me a few minutes to google.

I haven't really used ChatGPT for eBay since then.  But if I do, it would be to tell it to "clean up this description and make it easier to read".   

[famousnate717]

I use it but sometimes it’s too complicated or to complex maybe for it and it starts to go backwards on me…. It’s “short term memory” is surprisingly bad…. Give you a example 

on titles I say something like what title would you use for the item (if I’m already working on something with it) and I’ll say use 80 characters…. It will always just give me the most concise option regardless it’s always under 80 so I have to remind it …. How many characters is that title? …. It will count it plus the “ “s as characters…. And then I say that’s not 80 characters…. It will think for a second and then go oh that’s right sorry here you go…. 

it always does something like this anyway