Batch Builder: Don’t Publish Half a Batch at 2AM

A batch is a curated collection of assets sold together: 200 mixed-grade Dell Latitudes, 50 ThinkPad T14s with Grade A cosmetic, a pallet of monitors in three sizes. The batch is the atomic unit of sale — buyers acquire the batch, not the individual assets. The batch builder is the wizard that produces a coherent one without forgetting steps.

The four steps

1. Source: pick the assets. Filter by warehouse, category, grade, tag. The wizard validates that each pick passes the sellable-quality gate; assets that don’t are surfaced with a reason.

2. Compose: arrange the assets into the batch. Set the lot title, description, photos (or use the platform-generated tile from the asset photo set). Define the unit (per-batch, per-pallet, per-asset) and the quantity.

3. Price: set the asking price, the minimum acceptable, and the published-price strategy (fixed, negotiable, indicative). Optionally, link to a price-sheet for repeat-buyer discounts.

4. Publish: review the batch, the assets, the price, the visibility (public, restricted to verified buyers, restricted to a buyer list). Confirm. The batch goes live, the listings get created, the channel-exclusivity guard fires (see channel-exclusivity article).

Why a wizard

Because a batch without a price or a description is not ready for a buyer. The wizard refuses to advance without the required fields, so a batch that lands in production is one a buyer can actually buy.

Drafts

The wizard saves progress at every step. A half-built batch lives as a draft on /market/batches and resumes exactly where it was left, even three days later. No more "I started this batch yesterday, where did it go."