Before you take the first offer
They count on you not knowing. Now you do.
Pawn shops, resale buyers, "we buy gold", same-day Marketplace lowballers — every one of them knows what your item is worth. You should too. Evaluu gives you the real number in 60 seconds, so the floor you sell from is yours, not theirs.
• 60-second scans
• Walk in informed
• No credit card
The information gap
They already know the number.
You should too.
Men's watch
$80
Their first offer
$480
Fair market
Silver tea set
$120
Their first offer
$640
Fair market
Designer handbag
$60
Their first offer
$420
Fair market
Men's watch
$40
Their first offer
$380
Fair market
The moment you're in
Selling something to cover something. That's the situation.
"You're not desperate. You're deciding under a deadline. There's a difference."
The vet bill came in higher than the estimate. The car needs the timing belt before Monday. Rent's due in a week and the freelance check hasn't cleared. Tuition. A medical bill. A flight to be there for someone. There are a hundred good reasons to need money in a short window, and almost none of them are anyone's fault.
What happens next is the part you control. You can take whatever the first buyer offers, or you can take ninety seconds to know what your item is actually worth and decide from there. Same item. Same buyer. Very different outcome.
Evaluu doesn't take a cut, won't list anything for you, and isn't going to suggest you sell anything you'd regret. It just hands you the number so the deal is fair on both sides.
What changes when you walk in informed
You decide. Not them.
You know the floor — the lowest fair price you should accept.
You know the ceiling — what to ask for, with comps to back it up.
You know which item to lead with — the one that closes the gap fastest with the least sentiment lost.
You walk out paid fairly, not paid quickly.
Where the money disappears
Four places people leave money on the table.
Not because the buyers are bad — because the buyers are informed and the sellers aren't. Evaluu evens that up in 60 seconds.
The pawn shop.
Pawn shops resell at retail and need a margin. The first number is almost never the best number — and a quick "let me think about it" is more powerful than people realize.
"We buy gold" and the strip-mall shops.
Walk-in gold and silver buyers quote against the spot price minus a margin that's anywhere from 25%–70%. Knowing the melt value before you walk in is the easiest 15-second arbitrage in selling.
The Marketplace lowballer.
"$80 OBO today, cash, can pick up in an hour." A polite but very practiced opening. Knowing your real number — and that you can wait two more days — is the entire negotiation.
The same-day estate buyout.
Buy-out companies clear a whole house in an afternoon — convenient, fast, and priced for the buyer. A 10-minute scan of the highest-value items first can change the offer by thousands.
THREE STEPS
Scan. Know. Counter.
Designed for the parking lot, the waiting room, the moment right before you walk in.
01 — Scan
One scan, one item.
Phone, camera, item. Sixty seconds. Works on the curb, in the car, at the counter, in the meetup lot. No login wall, no waiting room.
Watches, jewelry, designer goods, electronics, instruments, art, furniture.
02 — Know
Get the floor, ceiling, and counter.
Three numbers, in plain English: the fair market value (what it's worth), the floor (what you shouldn't sell below), and the suggested counter (what to ask for).
Sourced from current resale comps, with citations you can show.
03 — Counter
Take the deal — on your terms.
Walk in, say the number, take the deal that meets it. Or walk away and try the next buyer. Either way, you're choosing — not reacting.
Most users land 2–6× the buyer's opening offer.
What you can actually do with it
Sell what you choose to sell. For what it's worth.
01
Walk into the pawn shop with a floor.
The single highest-leverage thing you can do at a counter is know the number before you slide the item across. The conversation gets short, the offer gets better, and you go home with what you came for.
Pawn · Counter
02
Counter the Marketplace lowball with comps.
"$80, cash today." → "I appreciate the offer — current comps put it at $480. I'll meet you at $350." That's the conversation. Evaluu gives you the comps, in writing, in 60 seconds.
Marketplace · OfferUp
03
Sell the right item first.
If you need $1,200 by Friday, you don't want to sell three things you'll later regret. Evaluu helps you find the single item — or the smallest set — that closes the gap with the least sentimental cost.
Sell-order · Strategy
04
Get a fair number from a same-day buyer.
Estate buyout. Liquidation service. Buy-the-whole-lot offer. Walk them through the items you've already scanned, with values they can verify, and the bulk offer goes up.
Buyout · Liquidation
05
Hold the line — or walk away.
Sometimes the best move is no deal. Knowing the real number tells you not just how to negotiate, but when to wait. A polite no is a lot easier when you know what you're saying no to.
Walk away · Wait
Questions people ask first
What you're
probably
wondering.
If something here doesn't answer your question, write to us. We read every message and most weeks reply within a few hours.
"Information is the part nobody can take from you at the counter."
How fast is it, really?
Sixty seconds per item from camera up to a fair-market number, floor, and suggested counter. Works in the parking lot, at the curb, in the car — no waiting on a desktop, no upload-then-wait. The whole flow is designed to be used at the moment of decision.
How accurate is the number?
Evaluu sources from current resale comps — what comparable items are actually selling for right now across major secondary markets, dealer listings, and recent auction results. For most everyday items the number is tight. For one-of-a-kind pieces (rare jewelry, signed art, very high-value watches) we'll flag the result and recommend a formal in-person appraisal.
Does Evaluu take a cut if I end up selling?
No. Evaluu doesn't list items, doesn't broker the sale, and doesn't take a percentage. You sell wherever and however you choose — pawn shop, Marketplace, friend, consignment. Whatever you net is yours.
What do you mean by "floor" and "counter"?
The fair market value is what your item should sell for in a normal, unhurried sale. The floor is the lowest price we'd suggest accepting, given current demand. The counter is what we'd suggest you say back when a buyer makes a low opening offer — a fair, defensible number that leaves room for a deal both sides can live with.
I have to sell something today. Will Evaluu help or just stress me out?
Help. The whole point of a 60-second scan is that it works at the speed of the situation you're in. You're not researching for a week — you're getting a defensible number before the next conversation. People who walk in with a number consistently come out with a better deal, even on a deadline.
What if I don't want to sell something I scanned?
Good — most people don't sell most of what they scan. The inventory stays yours. You can rescan if values change, keep things tagged "do not sell," or come back to them later. Evaluu gives you the option to sell; it doesn't ask you to.
Is it free?
Get started free — scanning, valuing, and getting the floor/counter numbers cost nothing. Higher-volume features and the sale-ready export are part of our paid tier, but you can do real work and make real decisions without paying.
BEFORE THE NEXT CONVERSATION
Know the number. Then take the deal.
Make an account, scan the item in your hand, and find out what it's actually worth. Sixty seconds. No credit card. No commitment. Just the floor and the counter, in plain English.
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• Evaluu doesn't take a cut
• Sell anywhere you like