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Comment by kevinjacobh

Fantastic functionality and design. Have you thought about pitching this to thrift operators? It's common practice in the thrift industry to hold out name-brand high-ticket items and send them through to a separate online channel where they can price the item appropriately. Savers Thrift implemented a (what we assume to be) camera-mediated by-item pricing software that likely uses a combination of their internal sales data and live feeds of online item prices to set item prices in real time. That system cost them millions in consulting fees and setup costs to implement. This could serve an attractive middle-ground option for smaller companies with less ambitious goals.

The additional pricing research step in the online route requires serious labor-hours when compounded hundreds of times. Additionally, the sheer volume of items needing priced introduces inevitable pricing errors that cost these companies real money.

Happy to answer any questions in this area if it is of interest to you.

parent kevinjacobh 26 days ago

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