What actually happens between the photo you take in the aisle and the listing that sells on eBay. No magic, six steps, all of them explained.
Open Flipit on your phone and tap Scan an item. The camera opens directly; take one clear photo of the front, the label, or whatever shows the brand and model. The photo is shrunk on your phone before upload so it's fast on store wifi, and it's stored privately in your account.
An AI vision model reads the photo and returns a precise identification: brand, model, category and condition, plus a short eBay search query built from the identifiers it found, such as the model number rather than the marketing name. That query is what drives the next step, and you can see it on every result.
Flipit asks eBay's own API for listings that match the search query and the item's condition, new or used. Then it cleans the results, because raw eBay searches are full of noise:
Where eBay provides sold prices for a category, Flipit uses the last 90 days of actual sales and tells you how many it found. Where it doesn't, Flipit falls back to current asking prices and labels the result as such, because an asking price is a hope, not a sale. If fewer than three usable comps exist, Flipit says so and shows the AI's own estimate instead of pretending.
The comps it used are listed under every result with a link to each eBay listing, so you can check its work.
Type the tag price. Flipit takes the mid comp, subtracts eBay's final-value fee and the per-order charge, subtracts what you'd pay, and shows you the net profit and the return on your money. Then it gives a one-word verdict:
Every verdict lists its reasons in plain words. You're the one holding the item; Flipit is the second opinion that never gets excited.
Tap List it on a scan, or start a new listing with up to eight photos. Flipit produces the whole thing:
Everything is editable before you save. The AI writes the first draft; you know the item.
eBay: connect your seller account once from Settings. This uses eBay's own sign-in page, so Flipit never sees your password, and you can disconnect any time. After that, Publish to eBay creates a fixed-price listing with your photos, title, description and price, using the shipping, payment and return policies already on your eBay account. If eBay requires item specifics Flipit had to guess, it tells you which ones to check.
Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist don't allow apps to post for you. Flipit gives you a ready-to-paste pack, opens the site, and lets you mark the listing posted so your tracking stays honest.
Publishing to eBay is a Pro feature. Everything else works on the free plan.
When a listing sells on eBay, Flipit marks it sold with the real sale price the next time you open your listings. Ending a listing in Flipit ends it on eBay too, so an item can't sell twice. Sales you make elsewhere take one tap to record.
Analytics shows profit, sell-through and monthly totals, and everything exports to CSV for your spreadsheet or your accountant.
Flipit does paid AI work and pulls live marketplace data, so the things that cost us money cost you a credit. Everything else is free on every plan.
| Action | Cost |
|---|---|
| Quick scan in the store | ⅓ credit |
| Full analysis with listing | 1 credit |
| Saving, editing, tracking, marking sold | Free |
| Publishing to eBay, sold sync | Free on Pro and Business |
| Analytics and CSV export | Free |
| Plan | Credits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 5, for life | $0 |
| Pro | 150 a month | $19 a month or $190 a year |
| Business | 600 a month | $49 a month or $490 a year |
| Top-up pack | 25, never expire | $5, any plan |
A failed analysis is refunded automatically. Your plan's credits are used first, then top-ups.
It needs a connection to identify the item and fetch comps; the photo is shrunk first so a weak signal usually suffices. No signal, no scan, though the photo is kept so you can retry outside.
It's right most of the time on branded items with visible model numbers, and it's the weakest on generic unbranded goods. That's why the search query and the comps are always shown: if it named the wrong thing, you'll see it in ten seconds and can ignore the verdict.
eBay releases sold-price data per category and per app. Where Flipit has it, you get sold prices. Where it doesn't, you get asking prices, labeled as such, and the verdict can never be better than Maybe.
No. Any eBay seller account with business policies set up will do. eBay walks you through policies the first time you list anything.
Flipit runs in your phone's browser. Add it to your home screen from the browser menu and it opens full-screen like an app. An Android app is planned.
Scan the next thing you're unsure about. If Flipit saves you from one bad buy, it has paid for a year of Pro.
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