Growlist 2.0 - spreadsheet upload now available

[DFeff]

Some of you may know that I've been working on a better way to track plant collections - here's my profile as a quick "show me, don't tell me" example: Collecto.rs . My team and I just built out a handy new feature - we now support spreadsheet uploads! For everyone with an existing spreadsheet, we've made it super easy to migrate on over without having to start from scratch.

For the moment, we're testing things with a structured spreadsheet format. Here's how to use it:
1. Signup for a collecto.rs account and set your username.
2. Duplicate this Google sheet and copy+paste your data into the relevant columns.
- Please choose from the drop-down options in those columns with pre-defined choices (don't edit the pre-defined options in these columns).
- Any images you'd like included need to be hosted at a publicly-accessible URL.
3. Leave a message here with a link to this spreadsheet, or email it to me at david@collecto.rs when it's ready to be uploaded to your account.

Alternatively, you can send your existing spreadsheet to david@collecto.rs and I can format it for you and get it uploaded to your account.

We're working towards a user-facing feature that allows the upload of any spreadsheet, interprets the data in that spreadsheet, and then intelligently matches that data to the columns in our database that make the most sense.

 

[DFeff]

We all love trading plants, but there's consistent friction in the trading experience:

• digging through a spreadsheet or forum comments looking for what others have to trade (some of which are outdated)
• figuring out what the owner actually wants to trade for

So I added a simple trading layer to collecto.rs:
• You can mark plants in your collection as available to trade
• You can list what you’re interested in trading for
• Anyone viewing your profile can make an offer (doesn't have to be a user of collecto.rs)
• No emails, phone numbers, or personal contact info exposed to strangers unless you want to pursue a trade off-platform

It’s intentionally pretty lightweight and not meant to replace local swaps or community trading threads. It's more like a way to make intent clearer and reduce back-and-forth.

This is very much early and I’m interested in what feels useful vs annoying:
1. Is listing “what you’re looking for” helpful?
2. Would you want trade history / reputation later?
3. Anything that would make this safer or less spammy?


And here's a example link of my collection filtered by items that are available to trade: https://collecto.rs/David?by=isForTrade&collection=plants
Here's a direct link to an item available to trade (Sarracenia Saurus): Sarracenia