Take the step that costs you the most hours
You do not have to hand over the whole chain. Pick the step that costs you the most time, and add the next one when you trust it. The expected price is the same wherever you begin.
We list our own inventory with it every day, in Mid-Michigan. Unshelf is not for sale before mid-2027.
Eight steps from item to books
Press the button on the step you would hand over first. Everything before it, you keep doing your own way.
1. Photograph
Shoot a pile and tap Next item between items.
Today
2. Identify
Work out what the item is and what it is worth.
Today
3. Write
Turn the photos into a listing.
Today
4. List
Check it and post it.
Today
5. Sell
Offers, messages and buyers.
Today
6. Ship
Pack the order and send it.
Today
7. Pay
Pay the people whose items you sold.
Today, in part
8. Books
Know what you made.
Today, in part
Pick a step to see what Unshelf does there.
Why start in the middle
Most sellers already do some of these steps well. If you have a good way to ship, keep it, and let Unshelf take the steps before it. If shooting and writing eat your evenings, begin there and leave the rest as it is.
Keep your eBay account and your spreadsheet. Run Unshelf beside them for a month before you decide anything.
Some steps are only partly built. Where a step says Today, in part, the rest is Planned, and we will not count it as done.
Tick what you pay for now on the what it replaces worksheet, and it adds up the total.
Tell us where your hours go
Say which step costs you the most and we will tell you what Unshelf does there. We write back within two working days to set a time.
$49 and $99 a month are the prices we expect to charge when Unshelf opens to other sellers, no earlier than mid-2027. Nothing is for sale yet and nobody is charged.