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Supplier Listings

How to create high-quality listings that attract the right buyers and move quickly.

Updated 1 April 2026

Overview

A listing is your battery stock's public entry on the marketplace. Buyers and recyclers use your listing to assess whether the batch fits their needs before submitting an offer or enquiry. The more accurate and complete your listing, the fewer back-and-forth questions you receive — and the faster deals close.

Creating a Listing

Go to Listings → New Listing in your supplier dashboard. The listing wizard walks you through each section in order. You can save a listing as a draft at any point and return to it later.
To publish a listing, your Stripe Connect payout account must be connected and active. See Stripe Connect Country Availability.

Battery Specifications

Technical specs are the first thing buyers look at. Complete every field you can.

Chemistry and Format

Chemistry — select the battery chemistry from:
  • Lithium-ion (covers NMC, NCA, LFP, LCO variants)
  • Lithium metal
  • Lead-acid (VRLA and flooded)
  • NiMH and other
Format — choose the physical form of the stock:
  • Pack — a complete assembled battery system
  • Module — a sub-unit of a pack, not a complete system
  • Cell — individual cell units

Key Performance Specs

  • Quantity — number of units available. Be accurate: buyers plan logistics around this.
  • Weight — weight per unit in kg. Required for transport planning.
  • State of Health (SOH) — the battery's remaining capacity as a percentage of its original rated capacity. Where you have test data, use it. Where you do not, make a reasonable estimate and note the basis.
  • Voltage — nominal voltage per unit.
  • kWh capacity — where known, the energy capacity per unit.
  • Year manufactured — helps buyers assess cycle age and chemistry generation.
  • Original application — the sector or product type the battery came from (EV, energy storage, industrial equipment, etc.).

Identification

  • Manufacturer and model — helps buyers match to datasheets and verify specs independently.
  • Part number — where available.
  • VIN (for EV packs) — the vehicle identification number of the source vehicle, if applicable.

Test Data

If you have test results, upload them. Tested listings close faster because buyers have less to verify. Fields include:
  • Cycle count
  • Internal resistance
  • State of charge at time of listing
  • Test date and methodology

Condition Declaration

Every listing requires a condition declaration. This is your statement of the battery's physical and functional state. It is incorporated into the deal agreement, so accuracy matters — inaccurate declarations can affect dispute outcomes.
You must declare:
  • Physical condition — choose from: new, functional, degraded, damaged, or critical
  • Damage — whether any units have visible damage (none damaged / some damaged)
  • Damage details — if some units are damaged, describe the nature of the damage
Be honest. Buyers inspect on collection. Discrepancies between your declaration and the physical condition they find can stall deals and damage your reputation on the platform.

Compliance Documents

For lithium-ion and lithium metal batteries, you will be asked to declare compliance status and upload supporting documents.
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS) — upload the manufacturer's SDS or a third-party equivalent
  • UN38.3 test report — declare whether your stock holds a UN38.3 certificate
See Battery Compliance and Safety for a full explanation of what each document is and when it is required.

Photos

Photos are the buyer's first look at the physical stock. Good photos reduce doubt and speed up decisions.
What to photograph:
  • Multiple angles of representative units
  • Any visible damage or wear (do not hide defects — buyers check on collection)
  • Labels, nameplates, or identification markings
  • Packaging or pallet arrangement if relevant
Technical guidance:
  • Minimum one photo required to publish; more is better
  • Maximum file size: 10MB per image
  • Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, WEBP
Upload photos at the media step of the listing wizard. Photos can be reordered after upload — put the most informative image first.

Pricing Mode

Choose how buyers can interact with your listing.
Each listing has one required transaction currency (GBP, EUR, or USD). This currency is fixed at listing level and is reused across offers, deals, payment, and payout.
Fixed price — set a firm price per unit. Enables the Buy Now button. Buyers proceed directly to a deal without negotiation. Use this when you know the market value and want to minimise back-and-forth.
Negotiated — leave pricing open. Buyers submit offers and you can accept, counter, or decline. Use this when market price is uncertain, the batch is unusual, or you want to qualify buyer intent before committing.
You can change the price on a published listing at any time. In-progress offer threads are not affected — only new interactions use the updated price.
See Pricing and Offers for detail on the offer and counter-offer process.

Channel Mode

Each listing can be set to one or more channels:
  • Sale — makes the listing available to buyers in the marketplace
  • Recycling — makes the listing available to recyclers in the directory
  • Both — available to both buyers and recyclers simultaneously
If you are unsure whether your stock has second-life value or should go straight to recycling, setting both channels lets the market tell you.

Collection Details

Address

The collection address is set at the listing level and can differ from your registered business address. Enter the address where the stock is physically located.

Schedule

Set the days and hours you can accommodate a pickup — Monday through Friday. Configure independent windows for each available day. Days with no window set are hidden from buyers.
Example: If you are only available Tuesday–Thursday, 8am–4pm, set windows for those days only.

Site Equipment

Declare whether forklift access is available at your collection site. Large or heavy units require this. Buyers need to know in advance to send the right vehicle and equipment.
If there are loading constraints — bay height, weight limits, access restrictions — note these in the listing description.

Listing Status

A listing moves through the following states:
  • Draft — created but not published; not visible in the marketplace
  • Published — live and visible; buyers can submit offers
  • In negotiation — at least one active offer thread is open
  • Under deal — an offer has been accepted and an active deal exists
  • Completed — the deal has closed
You can edit a published listing at any time. Collection details, description, and photos can all be updated. Changing the price does not affect offers already in progress.

Tips for Listings That Move Quickly

  • Complete every specification field — incomplete listings get fewer enquiries
  • Upload a real SDS and test data rather than leaving these blank
  • Set a realistic collection schedule rather than leaving days overly broad
  • Use the description to flag anything unusual (non-standard configurations, mixed condition within the batch, access constraints at your site)
  • Price with the platform fee in mind — the fee is shown at listing creation so you can set a price that nets what you need