Whatnot CSV Template: Where to Get It and How to Fill It In (2026)
If you want to put more than a handful of items on Whatnot, you will end up at the bulk upload template. It is the fastest way to get 50 or 500 listings into your account, but it only works if every cell matches what Whatnot expects. This guide shows where to get the current template, what is inside it, and the exact values comic sellers should use.
Values in this guide were checked against the template on October 15, 2026. Whatnot updates the template, so always start from a fresh download.
Where to download the Whatnot CSV template
Get the template from Whatnot itself, not from a copy someone posted in a group. In your Whatnot Seller Hub, open the bulk listing upload. It links to Whatnot’s official template, which is a Google Sheet. Make your own copy of that sheet (or download it), fill it in, then save the Template tab as a CSV file to upload.
Why a fresh copy matters: the template changes. Between March and October 2026, Whatnot removed two top-level categories and added or removed about 60 subcategories. An old template can carry category names that no longer exist, and those rows fail.
What is inside the template
The workbook has four tabs:
- Template – the sheet you fill in. One row per listing.
- Values – the allowed categories, shipping profiles and hazmat options.
- Subcategory Dropdown – which subcategories belong to each category.
- Condition Dropdown – which conditions are allowed for each subcategory.
The Template tab has 21 columns, in this order:
- Category
- Sub Category
- Title
- Description
- Quantity
- Type
- Price
- Shipping Profile
- Offerable
- Hazmat
- Condition
- Cost Per Item
- SKU
- Image URL 1 through Image URL 8
Keep the header row exactly as it comes. Do not rename, reorder or delete columns, even ones you leave blank.
The exact values for comics
Most failed uploads come from a cell that is close to right but not exact. For comics, these are the values in the current template:
| Column | Use exactly |
|---|---|
| Category | Comics & Manga (with the ampersand, not “and”, and not “Comics”) |
| Sub Category | Modern Comics, Vintage Comics, Comic Art, Anime & Manga or Pop Culture Memorabilia |
| Condition | Graded, Gem Mint, Mint, Near Mint, Very Fine, Fine, Very Good, Good, Fair or Poor |
| Type | Auction, Buy it Now or Giveaway |
| Hazmat | Not Hazmat for comics |
Graphic novels and trades are different. In the current template, Graphic Novels is a subcategory of Books, not of Comics & Manga, and its conditions are Brand New, Like New, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor. If you put “Near Mint” on a graphic novel row, that row fails.
Shipping Profile
Shipping Profile is a weight range, written exactly as the Values tab lists it, for example 1-3 oz, 4-7 oz, 8-11 oz or 1 lb. Weigh one packed item (bag, board and mailer included) and pick the range it falls in. If you created a custom shipping profile in Whatnot, the template notes that you can type its name in this column instead.
A quick fill-in checklist
- Start from a fresh template copy, not last month’s file.
- Pick Category, Sub Category and Condition from the dropdowns rather than typing them.
- Check that each Condition is allowed for that row’s Sub Category.
- Use image links that open in a private browser window. If you have to log in to see the picture, Whatnot can’t see it either.
- Save only the Template tab as CSV before uploading.
- After the upload, look in your Drafts. Bulk uploads land there first, and you publish or assign them to a show from Drafts.
Skip the spreadsheet
Filling the template by hand is fine for a few dozen books. For a whole shipment or a long box, it is slow, and one wrong subcategory can sink a row. LiveSeller Pro builds the Whatnot file for you from a CLZ export, a distributor shipment file or a slab scan, with the category and cover images already filled in, so you review a finished file instead of starting from a blank sheet. See Exporting to Whatnot for how it works, or start with Comic Edition.
Related: every Whatnot CSV column explained and Whatnot CSV upload not working? Fixes for the common errors.