The samla.ai development team
The people who build the samla.ai app. This series takes one feature at a time: why we built it, then how to use it.
Posts by The samla.ai development team
What happens when something leaves your collection
Sold, drunk, gifted, lost: samla.ai records the departure instead of deleting the item. How to mark one, where the item goes, how to bring it back, and why deleting was the wrong model.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team4 min read
Get your collection out as a PDF or a CSV
For the insurer, the executor, the accountant and the spreadsheet: how to export your catalog or a filtered slice of it, what each format contains, and why export exists at all. A Pro and Ultra feature.
- Product
The samla.ai development team3 min read
Let the AI write the classified ad
For everywhere you sell that is not a connected marketplace: generate a ready-to-post ad from an item you already scanned, in your language and with local pricing. A Pro and Ultra feature.
- Product
The samla.ai development team4 min read
Put a listing on Discogs, Reverb or eBay without retyping it
The item you already scanned is most of the listing. How to connect a marketplace, publish from the item screen, track the listing status and end a listing.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team4 min read
Share one item as a web page anyone can open
Turn a single item into a public samla.ai page and send the link. What the page shows, what it never shows, how to revoke it, and why it is free on every plan.
- Product
- Engineering
The samla.ai development team4 min read
Finding one thing in a collection of five hundred
Search, filter, sort and switch views inside a collection room. How the Collection Explorer keeps a big collection usable, which filters each category gives you, and when to use list view instead of grid.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team4 min read
Give your collection the same shape as your house
Where is the Blue Note box? Places in samla.ai store the answer, from the building down to the shelf. How to set a location while you scan, photograph a place, and move a lot of items at once.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team4 min read
How do we catalog the house together?
Invite the household with a code so everyone catalogs into the same samla.ai collection. Pro includes two family members, Ultra up to six, and monthly scans are shared.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team5 min read
Look up mode: what is this worth, before you own it
Price-check a whole flea market table without adding anything to your collection. How Look up mode and the Look up box work, what they cost, and what happens to the results you never decide on.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team4 min read
How to scan your first item with samla.ai
Point your phone at one thing you own and watch samla.ai name it, file it and fill in the details. A four-step walkthrough of the Add flow, what the AI fills in for you, and what it costs.
- Product
- Collecting
The samla.ai development team4 min read
Put the whole shelf in your pocket
Photograph an item and samla.ai identifies it, fills in the details that decide its value, and files it where it lives.
