19 shots.
Same order.
Every car.
The Car City Photo & Listing Standard, shot by shot — like the old TradeRev walkaround. Follow the prompts, take the picture, move to the next. No guessing what comes next.
The rules — read before you shoot
From the Employee Handbook — Photo & Listing Standard. No exceptions.
Shoot after safety and full detail — never before. A photographed car is a finished car.
Same 19 shots, same order, every car, every time. If a shot doesn’t apply (e.g. no infotainment screen), note it and move on — don’t skip silently.
Shots 1–5 (marked BACKDROP) get the Car City backdrop treatment. Interiors and close-ups are published as shot.
Landscape orientation, car fills the frame, no people, and no readable plates of other customers’ vehicles in the background.
Photograph flaws, don’t hide them.
When the set is complete, mark the Pictures column DONE in the CAR CITY LIST. A unit goes live only with the full set and an approved asking price.
The 19 shots
In order. You’ll get each one on its own screen.
Photos stay on this phone during the session. Download them — plus the vehicle data file — on the finish screen, then mark Pictures DONE in the CAR CITY LIST.
No photo yet for this shot.
Tap Take Photo below — it opens your camera.
Why doesn’t this apply?
The handbook rule: note it, don’t skip silently. One short line is enough — it shows on the finish screen.
Stuck on a shot? Shoot it as it is — condition is the point. Flaws photographed sell cars; flaws hidden come back as complaints.
Set complete
Stock —
Vehicle summary
Everything the website listing needs — check it before you download.
Reviewed the set? Submit it
Look over all 19 shots below first. Nothing is published until Jourdan has reviewed and approved the photos — pick the submit that matches where this set is at.
- 1Both submits send the complete set straight in — every photo taken, the INTERNAL VIN photo, and the vehicle data file — already named by stock number. No signal on the lot? The package downloads to this phone instead, so nothing is lost.
- 2Matched by stock # + VIN to the inventory record already created when this unit was stocked — no duplicate listing.
- 3Finished for the website: exterior shots get the studio backdrop + Style B frame, interiors go up as shot. No digital wash — the car shows as it is. Price is the only other gate — if it’s not already on file, Jourdan will be asked before it goes live.
Shot by someone else? Pending review
Use this if anyone other than Jourdan took the pictures. The package is flagged PENDING JOURDAN REVIEW — it goes to Jourdan first, and nothing reaches the website until he approves it.
Already approved by Jourdan Approved
Use this only for sets Jourdan has already reviewed and approved — including sets he shot himself and reviewed on this screen. The package is flagged APPROVED for Muse to finish and upload to the website inventory.
Either submit sends the full package straight to Car City — keep this screen open until it confirms. If the send can’t get through, the package downloads to this phone instead.
Before this unit goes live
- Download the photos below — files are already named by stock number + shot number.
- Shots 1–5 get the Car City backdrop treatment before publishing. Interiors and close-ups go up as shot.
- Mark the Pictures column DONE in the CAR CITY LIST.
- A unit goes live only with the full set + an approved asking price.
All 19 shots — in order
Tap a shot to go back and retake it. Download each photo you need.
Starting a new vehicle clears this set from the phone. Make sure you’ve downloaded what you need first.