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Welcome to the samla.ai blog
The samla.ai blog is open: product news, collecting stories and practical ways to know, enjoy and pass on the things you own. Here is what to expect from us.
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Keep one record of a family home together
Help family members work from the same photos and notes while sorting a home. Learn when to use a shared collection or a public item page.
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The samla.ai marketing team2 min lukuaika
Turn a cataloged item into a listing
Put your saved photos and notes to work. Prepare a marketplace listing from your samla.ai catalog, review the details and choose your price.
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The samla.ai marketing team2 min lukuaika
A little research before you choose a selling price
Use Value tracker in samla.ai to revisit estimates and comparable listings before choosing a price for something you might sell.
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The samla.ai marketing team2 min lukuaika
When you inherit a house full of things
Make a gentle start on an inherited home. Photograph familiar objects, save their stories and build a record your family can return to.
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The samla.ai marketing team2 min lukuaika
Kitchen drawers and housewares
Give the kitchen a useful memory: photograph favourite tools and matching sets, note where they live, and keep track of what you pass on.
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The samla.ai marketing team2 min lukuaika
How do you document the instruments in the house?
Photograph your instruments, record serial numbers and repairs, and give the cables a home. Keep useful details together for playing, sharing or selling.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
How do you catalog comics without grading every issue?
Make your longbox searchable with cover photos, issue numbers and condition notes. Keep track of gaps and variants before the next back-issue hunt.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
The coin jar nobody has sorted
How to catalog a mixed coin jar: photograph both sides, read year and mint mark, and get a list that separates holiday change from the pieces worth a second look.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Moving out: catalog what you take with you
How to catalog what leaves the family house for a first apartment: scan what you pack, leave a list of what stays, and keep the record for the next move.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Photograph your holiday decorations once
Give decoration boxes useful names, photograph the pieces you want to find, and make next season’s search a little shorter.
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The samla.ai team2 min lukuaika
What's new in samla.ai 1.1.142: Value tracker on Analytics
samla.ai 1.1.142: Value tracker on collection and inventory Analytics, walk-in location selection, add-item estimates in your currency, plus stability fixes.
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The samla.ai marketing team1 min lukuaika
Brick sets: sealed, built, or missing a bag
How to catalog brick sets so completeness is visible: sealed box, built model, spare bags counted, instructions kept with the set.
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The samla.ai team2 min lukuaika
Board games and sealed boxes: when completeness changes the price
How to catalog board games so completeness is visible: sealed or opened, punchboard intact, spare cards counted, missing bits named.
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The samla.ai team2 min lukuaika
Make a record of your jewelry
Photograph your jewelry, keep visible marks and family stories together, and make a useful record before taking questions to a jeweler.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
First editions hiding on ordinary shelves
Take a closer look at the books you already own. Record covers, title pages and printing details, then use the right references to check an early edition.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Look it up before you buy it
At a flea market or browsing eBay, use Look up to explore an item’s identity and estimated value before deciding whether it is coming home with you.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
What happens when something leaves your collection
Record a sale, gift or other departure while keeping the item’s photos and history. Find departed items in the Archive and restore a record if it returns.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
Export your collection as a PDF or CSV
Export the items you need as a PDF with photos or a CSV for a spreadsheet. Filter by room, location or category, then save or share the file.
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The samla.ai development team3 min lukuaika
Draft a classified ad from your item
Turn your item’s photos and details into a classified-ad draft. Check the description, condition and price, then make it yours before you post.
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The samla.ai development team3 min lukuaika
What's new in samla.ai 1.1.118: a value tracker for your items
What's new in samla.ai 1.1.118: a value tracker for your items, with a price history and comparables on every item, one Workbench list for everything you track, a note for the AI when you scan, and Sign in with Apple.
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The samla.ai marketing team3 min lukuaika
Publish an item to a marketplace
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.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
Share one item as a web page anyone can open
Give an item its own public page, check what it shows and send the link. Learn how sharing works and how to turn the page off again.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
Find something in your collection
Search within a collection, narrow the list with relevant filters and switch between covers and rows. Find the item you came looking for.
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The samla.ai development team3 min lukuaika
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.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
How do we catalog the house together?
Invite someone to catalog with you from their own phone. Share items, locations and a scan allowance, with two people total on Pro or up to six on Ultra.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
Look up mode: what is this worth, before you own it
Explore an item’s identity and estimated value before saving it. Learn how Look up results, scan allowances and Keep or Discard work.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
How to scan your first item with samla.ai
Start with one object: take clear photos, review the suggested details and add where you keep it. A practical guide to your first samla.ai item.
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The samla.ai development team4 min lukuaika
Downsizing without losing track of what matters
Make a manageable record before deciding what to keep, give or sell. Photos, locations and shared notes can help you work through a home at your own pace.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
From catalog entry to marketplace listing
Put the photos and details in your catalog to work in a marketplace draft. Check condition, set a price and review the listing before publishing.
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The samla.ai team2 min lukuaika
Svepet, a quieter scan, and a PDF you can send
What's new in samla.ai: a wordmark we named Svepet, a PDF export that opens on a cover page, and a scan queue that stays out of your way.
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The samla.ai marketing team2 min lukuaika
I inherited a stamp collection - now what?
Begin with a record of inherited albums as they are. Keep photos and family stories together, then investigate individual stamps or seek specialist help when ready.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Are my old trading cards worth anything?
Find out which cards deserve a closer look. Record the set, printing and condition, compare the same versions and consider whether specialist help would be useful.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Know what is in every box before you tape it shut
Record the things you want to find before packing them away. Match each item to a clearly labelled box and update its location when the box moves.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Sorting a parent's home, room by room
Work through a parent’s home at a manageable pace. Keep photos, stories and practical notes together, and give family members a shared record to discuss.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Why home inventories never get finished
Why do home inventories stall after one shelf? The work per item is small, but it multiplies. AI changes the arithmetic and what a finished inventory can do.
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Johan Bjerke6 min lukuaika
Records to keep for an insurance claim
Keep photos, receipts, serial numbers and useful item details together. Build a manageable home inventory and check what your insurer would need.
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The samla.ai team2 min lukuaika
Keep track of your sneaker collection
Record style codes, sizes, wear and box details. Keep a useful history of your pairs and a better starting point when you decide to sell.
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The samla.ai team2 min lukuaika
samla.ai is on Google Play
samla.ai arrives on Android. Sign in to access your collection across supported devices, with subscription management through the place you bought your plan.
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The samla.ai marketing team3 min lukuaika
A wine cellar you can search from the couch
Racks you cannot see into, bottles bought in batches, drinking windows kept in your head - a photographed cellar answers 'do we still have that Barolo?' without a trip downstairs.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Bring your record collection online
Photograph sleeves and labels, check the pressing and keep your condition notes together. Find the records you own and the crate they belong in.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Find out what is in your attic
Start with one attic box. Photograph unfamiliar things, explore their identity and keep the useful details while you decide what to keep or pass on.
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The samla.ai team3 min lukuaika
Keep useful things in use
Find what you already own, remember where it belongs and make it easier to lend, use or pass on. Start with one useful thing in the cupboard.
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- Keräily
samla.ai research3 min lukuaika
Thirteen collectible categories, and why they are not one form
This August update added detail fields for handbags, instruments and footwear. See what changed, with current guidance on categories, selling and public sharing.
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The samla.ai marketing team4 min lukuaika
Sharing an item is now free for everyone
This update made public item pages available on every plan. Show someone a find, check what the page includes and turn sharing off when you are done.
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The samla.ai marketing team3 min lukuaika
The selling update: from cataloged to listed
This update brought marketplace drafts, listing statuses and classified-ad tools together. See what shipped and the current choices for selling from your collection.
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The samla.ai marketing team4 min lukuaika
The look up and review update
This release introduced Look up for researching before saving, and a review queue for results needing attention. Here is how the two features help you work.
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The samla.ai marketing team3 min lukuaika
samla.ai 1.0 is on the App Store
The first samla.ai release began with photo-based cataloging, suggested details and a free plan. A look back at version 1.0, with links to what came next.
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The samla.ai marketing team3 min lukuaika
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