How should I bundle my collection items?

💡 Good practice: While it is not against the rules, it is better to keep items with a 'use by' date and items with a 'best before' date in separate listings.

If you have several of exactly the same item with the same date, create one listing. One photo that clearly shows the date is enough.

Examples:

20 bananas 🍌

10 identical cheese sandwiches 🥪

8 strawberry yoghurts 🍧

Similar items are the same kind of product that only differs by flavour, filling or variety. For example:

Because the dates can vary, every different date must be clearly shown across your listing photo(s), take more than one photo if you need to, and add extra detail in the description if it helps.

❗Important note about Add Collection: If you're creating a bundle of similar items that aren't identical, such as sandwiches with different fillings or yoghurts in different flavours, please note that Add Collection won't automatically add this information to the listing. Therefore, you will need to add the fillings or flavours to the description yourself. It is important for requesters to know what is included in a bundle before they request a listing.

Every different date in your listing, whether Use By or Best Before, must be clearly shown in your listing photo(s). If the items you're grouping have different dates, make sure every one of those dates is visible, not just one.

Don't group different types of food together

Grouping unrelated food into one listing isn't correct practice on Olio. When items like bread, bananas, salads and ready meals all go in one listing, requesters can't tell what they'll actually collect, and your listings are much harder to browse. Please create a separate listing for each type of food.
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So instead of one listing for:

Create separate listings for:

Separate listings make it much easier for people to browse and request the items they want.