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Scan an item to get its price
What do you want to know?
Each one starts the same valuation, and your result opens on the part you picked.
You asked: What’s it worth?
Point your camera at any item: take a photo, scan a barcode, or enter details manually to get a market-backed price. Free, no app download, works in your browser.
- No sign-up for your first scan
- Listings behind every range
- Photos never sold or shared, except with OpenAI to identify the item.
What can I scan?
Almost anything with a resale market. These checkers know what to look for:
How the price scanner works
Start the way that suits the item: snap or upload a photo, scan or type a barcode, describe it in words, or paste a link to a listing you’re looking at. You can add up to five photos of one item (JPG, PNG, HEIC or WebP, up to 10 MB each). Close-ups of labels, model numbers, maker’s marks and any damage help most.
Then pick the question: What’s it worth?, Sell it, Find it cheaper or Is this a good deal? Each runs the same valuation and opens the result on the part you picked, priced in the country and currency you choose.
What happens after you start
- PriceSnap identifies the item from your photos or words. The result says “Identified by AI · check it”, and when two versions of an item are priced very differently, it may ask which one you have.
- It searches the web for prices of that same item in your market: listings, shop prices and any sales a page shows with a date.
- Prices for a different version, for parts, for an accessory or for several items sold together are left out, and so is any price far from the rest.
- The range is worked out in code from the prices that are left, never picked by the AI. With six or more prices it’s the middle half of them, so one odd listing can’t stretch it, and the typical price leans toward sales over asking prices.
- A label above the range says how much to trust it. “Strong evidence” needs at least three verified sales from three different sources, mostly in your market. “Estimate” means fewer sales or more asking prices. With fewer than two usable prices you get “Not enough prices yet” and no number.
Every price behind the range is on the result, linked to its page and labelled Sold (verified), Sale not verified, Asking not sold, New at shop or Retail guide, so you can check it yourself. More on how PriceSnap works.
What a result shows
Besides the range and the prices behind it, a result can show:
- Where to buy it: offers from Google Shopping in the countries it covers, Amazon in the United States and other shops on the web, sorted by the total with delivery.
- If you sell it: what you’d keep after fees and shipping on each marketplace, and a listing you can copy.
- A price check: type the asking price of one you’ve seen and get a verdict (Great, Good, Fair, Pricey or Can’t judge) with a suggested offer.
- The condition it priced: change it at no cost if it doesn’t match your item.
Examples
- A coin from a jar. Photograph both sides. If the year or mint mark is readable, PriceSnap uses it; if a detail it can’t see would change the price, it asks you.
- A trading card. Photograph the front with all four corners in the frame. The set symbol and card number tell printings apart, and a graded card’s label should be readable.
- Headphones in the box. Scan or type the barcode. There’s no barcode database behind it yet, so the code is matched by searching the web; a photo of the box helps.
- A listing you might buy. Paste the link and type the asking price. PriceSnap can’t open listings, so the price check works from the price you type or a screenshot.
What the price can and can’t tell you
A result is a market estimate from public listings and any sales we can cite, not a formal appraisal. For tax, insurance or probate paperwork, use a qualified appraiser.
It assumes the item is genuine. Authenticity can’t be checked from photos, so for designer goods, watches, jewelry and signed items, check the marks and paperwork yourself before you rely on the price.
Asking prices are what sellers hope to get, not what buyers paid, so a range made mostly of listings carries the Estimate label. Condition, edition and missing parts often move the price a long way, and prices change, so check the dates behind a result.
Price scanner questions
Is the price scanner free?
Yes. You can value items without an account, and a free account gives you more each month. Only a result that shows a price uses one of your valuations: “Not enough prices yet”, items it can’t identify and research that stops never count. The current allowances are on the plans page.
Do I need to download an app?
No. The scanner runs in the browser on your phone or computer and can use your phone’s camera.
What happens to my photos?
Location and other hidden details are removed. Photos go to OpenAI to identify and research the item, and OpenAI doesn’t train on them. The original is deleted after processing, and a smaller copy is kept with the item until it’s deleted.
Why didn’t I get a price?
A range needs at least two usable prices for the same item. When there aren’t enough, PriceSnap says why instead of guessing, and no valuation is used. A close-up of a label or mark, or a few more details, often helps.