Where your photos and records go
You photograph your stock and keep records about it, so you should know where all of that goes. Here is what Unshelf does with it today, including any cloud service involved, and what we are still building. Anything not built says Planned.
We list our own inventory with it every day, in Mid-Michigan, so these are rules we live under too.
What happens to your things
| Your thing | What happens to it | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Location data in a photo | Stripped from every photo. | Today |
| A mailing label you mark | Blurred in the photo. | Today |
| Help from outside services | One switch turns it on or off, with a monthly cap you set. | Today |
| Optional lookup helpers | Each has a switch of its own. | Today |
| A consignor's items | A consignor can opt out of having their items used to improve Unshelf. | Today |
| Consignor details | Locked behind a PIN. | Today |
| A page of what left | When, which service, what was sent, what it cost. | Planned |
| Backup | A private hub, a second place for your records that you control. | Planned |
A dial for what may leave
We are building a three-position dial. It rests on the first position, where nothing leaves your shop computer. You choose to move it. Planned
Today the control is the single switch for outside help and the cap on what it may spend in a month.
- Nothing leavesYour shop computer does the work. This is where the dial rests.
- Only when it is unsureAn outside service is asked about the one item it could not settle.
- Outside for everythingFor a seller who wants the most help and accepts the trade.
The written terms behind outside help
When outside help is switched on, we plan to use only the paid business tier of each provider, whose written terms are dated below. We will not send your records to a free tier. Planned
| Provider | Document | Dated |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | Commercial Terms | 17 Jun 2025 |
| OpenAI | Enterprise Privacy | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Gemini API, paid tier terms | 23 Mar 2026 |
We also plan to keep our own promise in writing: we do not train on your records unless you sign a separate opt-in, and we never use rows that came from eBay. Planned
A page that lists what left
Each time something goes to an outside service, one row goes on this page: when, which provider, what was sent with names and numbers removed, and what it cost. The sample below is a mock-up of that page. Planned
| When | Provider | What was sent | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample, 9:14 am | Provider A | One photo of a label, serial number removed | $0.01 |
| Sample, 9:20 am | Provider A | Title and category question for one item | $0.02 |
| Sample, 10:05 am | Provider B | One photo, location removed | $0.01 |
Ask us anything about your records
If you have a rule of your own about where photos and records may sit, tell us on a call. 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.