20 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 20 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 1–8 (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. Every shot opens in the in-app camera with the outline right on the live view — line the car up inside it, then tap the shutter.
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 20 shots
In order. You’ll get each one on its own screen.
Photos stay on this phone while you shoot. On the finish screen, one big SEND button pushes the whole set straight in — no downloading, no emailing files. Then mark Pictures DONE in the CAR CITY LIST.
Line the car up inside the outline, then tap the shutter.
The live guide camera couldn’t start on this phone — camera permission denied or no camera available. No problem: use the Take Photo button below instead. You’ll still check the photo on the next screen before moving on.
No photo yet for this shot.
Line the car up in the live camera above, then tap the shutter.
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 — it sends with the photos. Give it a quick check before you hit SEND.
One last step — send the set
Look over all 20 shots below, then tap the one big button. Every set goes to Jourdan first — nothing is posted until he has seen the finished set and approved it. There is no other button, and nothing to download.
- 1Tap SEND. The photos go one at a time and the button counts them up — “Sending photo 3 of 20” — so you always know it’s working.
- 2Weak signal? If it stalls partway, just tap SEND again when you have signal — it picks up with the photos that are still missing. Nothing downloads to this phone, ever.
- 3Jourdan reviews the finished set — backdrop treatment on shots 1–8, interiors as shot — and gives the final say before anything reaches the website.
Keep this screen open until you see “Sent — you’re done.” Then you can close the app.
After you send
- Shots 1–8 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 — and only after Jourdan has approved the finished set.
All 20 shots — in order
Check each shot. Tap one to go back and retake it before you send.
Starting a new vehicle clears this set from the phone. Only start one after you’ve seen “Sent — you’re done.”