Before the truck shows up
Don't pay to move what you could sell.
Movers charge by weight and volume. Every box you load has a price. Evaluu scans your stuff and tells you what each thing is worth — and what it'll cost to move — so the truck leaves with only the things that earn their seat.
• No credit card
• Scan a box in 60 seconds
• Works before the movers quote
$0.70–$2
per pound, on a long-distance move. Every textbook, lamp, and dish has a price tag you're not seeing.
$4K–$10K
average cost of a cross-country move. The "stuff you'll figure out later" pile is most of it.
~30%
of what people pay to move, they later regret. Couches, mattresses, bookshelves, kitchen overflow.
60 sec
to scan a box and decide whether it earns the move. Faster than asking the group chat.
The moment you're in
You're not actually moving things. You're moving money.
"Every box you tape shut is a small bet you'll be glad you brought it."
The truck is booked. The lease is up. There's a stack of boxes between you and the door, and another room you haven't started. You don't have time to research every chair and every set of plates — so you default to "pack it, decide later." And later is the most expensive place to decide.
The math is brutal. Movers charge by weight and volume. Long-haul is a dollar or two a pound. The couch you don't really like? You're about to pay $340 to put it in a new apartment that you'll then replace it in.
Evaluu sits in your pocket while you pack. Point. Scan. See the value. See the move cost. Decide before the tape goes on.
What this looks like in real life
One scan per box, then a clear call.
Scan furniture, electronics, lamps, kitchenware — anything that takes up space on the truck.
See what each item is worth right now — and what it'll cost to move.
Tag each item Move / Sell / Donate. Export the list to share with movers, the new household, or your insurance.
Cut the truck weight. Pocket the resale. Land in the new place lighter and a few hundred dollars ahead.
What people overpay to move
The most expensive boxes on the truck are the ones nobody opens.
These are the line items the movers won't flag for you. They charge the same to haul a $40 lamp as a $4,000 one.
The couch you've already replaced.
The mid-tier sofa you don't really love. It costs more to truck across town than it's worth as a resale.
The "maybe I'll use it" kitchen box.
The fondue set. The bread machine. The extra blender. Every cubic foot is paying rent in the truck.
The bookshelf you don't actually like.
Big, heavy, going to scratch in transit. The new place has different walls. It's worth more to whoever wants it now than to the future you.
The "I'll figure it out later" pile.
The lamps. The art. The half-good electronics. Some of these are worth real money. Some aren't worth the box. Evaluu tells you which is which — before it goes on the truck.
THREE STEPS
Pack lighter. Land smarter.
Designed to use while you're packing, not after. One scan, one decision, on to the next item.
01 — Scan
Scan room by room.
Open the app, point your camera, work through one room at a time. Furniture, electronics, lighting, art, kitchen.
No spreadsheet. No Google rabbit hole. Just a list that builds itself as you go.
02 — Know
See keep-vs-move math.
Every item shows its fair resale value next to a ballpark cost to move it. The decision becomes obvious.
Sell · move · donate, tagged in one tap.
03 — DECIDE
Load the truck lighter.
Sell before the truck shows up. List with prices you can stand behind. Donate the rest with a real record. Pay to move only what's worth landing in the next place.
Most users save four figures on a cross-country move.
What you can actually do with it
A move-ready inventory, built in the rooms you're packing.
01
Cut the moving bill before it's quoted.
Less weight on the truck = a cheaper quote. Scan your stuff first, drop what isn't worth bringing, and watch the estimate drop with it.
Cost · Movers
02
Sell the right stuff before moving day.
Get a defensible asking price for furniture, electronics, and lighting. List with confidence and turn cubic feet into cash before the truck comes.
Resale ·
Marketplace
03
Hand the movers a real inventory.
Export an item-by-item list, with values, for the mover and for your moving insurance declaration. If something breaks or goes missing, you have a record — not a guess.
Downsizing
04
Downsize without the regret.
Moving from a house to an apartment? From a four-bedroom to a two? Know what's worth keeping for the next place — and what you'll be glad you let go of.
Downsizing
05
Land in the new place ahead.
Show up lighter, with a clear sense of what you own, what it's worth, and what you'll want to replace. The first week in the new place is easier when the math already adds up.
Settling in · Setup
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We were quoted $2,800 to move our two-bedroom across the country. I spent a weekend scanning every room with Evaluu. We sold the couch, the bookshelf, and three boxes of kitchen stuff we never used. The revised quote came in at $1,840 — and we cleared another $1,100 on resale. Best weekend of work I've done in a long time.
A couple moving cross-country
Questions people ask first
What you're
probably
wondering.
Most of these come up the first time someone realizes the math. If something isn't here, write to us — we usually reply within a few hours.
"You shouldn't be paying movers to haul stuff you'd rather replace."
How fast can I get through a whole apartment?
One bedroom in 20–30 minutes, working room by room. You scan the big stuff (furniture, lighting, electronics, art) and group the small stuff by box. You don't have to scan every fork — just the things big enough to matter on a moving quote.
How does it calculate move cost?
Evaluu estimates weight and cubic footage for each item, then applies long-haul and local-rate ranges from major moving carriers. It's a defensible ballpark, not a quote — useful enough to know which items make the truck. Plug in your actual mover's rate and the math gets sharper.
Can I share the inventory with the movers and my insurance?
Yes. Every item you scan goes into a private inventory you can export — for the mover's declaration form, for your renter's or homeowner's insurance, or just to share with whoever you're moving with.
Where do I actually sell the stuff Evaluu flags?
Wherever you already do — Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp, eBay, local consignment. Evaluu doesn't take a cut and doesn't push you onto a particular platform. You get a price you can stand behind, and you keep all of it.
Is it free?
Get started free — scan, value, and tag items at no cost during your move. The export and shared-inventory features (for movers, insurance, and households moving together) are part of our paid tier. You can decide once you've used it.
What about sentimental stuff I'm definitely keeping?
Scan it anyway. Knowing the value isn't about selling — it's about insuring it in transit, declaring it correctly to the mover, and knowing what you'd need to replace if something happened. The peace of mind is the point.
Start in the room you're packing right now
Pay to move what you'll actually want there.
Make an account, scan the next box, and see what it's costing you to bring along. No credit card. No commitment. Just clear numbers, before the tape goes on.
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• Your inventory is private
• Cancel any time