Questions about Gear Flipper

Only if you're a tester. It's a private Chrome Web Store listing for now. Join the tester list to get the install link.

In the order people joined, with one deliberate exception. The welcome email we send to UK joiners carries a link of your own, and everyone who joins from your link counts towards you: invites go to the people who brought in the most other people first, then by join date.

So if you know two people who flip gear, send them the link rather than waiting. It's free while it's in testing, and testers get the extension before anyone else.

No. If you already know what you want, search Marketplace for it and flipper shows which listings are a fair price, which are overpriced and what might be wrong with each.

The profit figures are there too. Ignore them if you're buying to keep.

Chrome on a computer. Other Chromium browsers usually work too. Not phones: mobile browsers don't run Chrome extensions.

Not yet. Prices, price data and fees are all UK, so the numbers wouldn't be right elsewhere.

Other countries are planned. Join the list anyway and we'll email you once it works there. Sign-ups help decide which country is next.

Nothing while it's in testing. If that changes: the price goes on this site first, no card to try it, and one-click cancelling.

As good as its source, and it always tells you which one it's using. Real sales beat the built-in estimate, which is labelled as one.

Treat it as triage: it finds the few listings worth a closer look.

There are six sources, most trusted first:

1. a range you verified yourself
2. confirmed sales from eBay's Product Research
3. eBay sold prices recorded while you browse
4. live eBay asking prices, if you add your own eBay keys
5. asking prices you've seen on Marketplace and eBay
6. a built-in range: over 800 of them, about 600 for specific models and the rest for brands and families

Press Price source on any assessment to see every figure behind the number. Delete any that look wrong.

An accepted offer still shows the original asking price on eBay's sold listing, so raw sold prices run high. flipper leaves out sales marked "Best offer accepted" and reads eBay's Product Research for what buyers really paid.

Music gear: synths, guitars, amps, pedals, drums, mixers, interfaces, mics, monitors, DJ gear and outboard. About 600 exact models have their own price range; brands and families get wider ones. Anything else gets a labelled category estimate.

Quick-sale price, minus selling fee, repair cost and what you pay. Needs a repair? It also takes 5-40% off the resale price, depending on the fix. Max offer is the most you can pay and still hit your target return (40% by default). The calculator on the home page uses the same formula and fee rates as the extension.

Not yet. A shared pool is planned, where testers can choose to share their own deal outcomes: model, prices, where and when it sold, and rough condition. Never anything read from eBay or Facebook, links, listing text, names or exact dates.

Off unless you switch it on, and you'll see every row before it's sent.

No. It reads eBay's public sold pages when you open them. Optional extras: an eBay seller account unlocks confirmed sale prices (Product Research), and free eBay developer keys add live asking prices.

No, it's optional. Add a Google Gemini, Anthropic or OpenRouter key in Settings. Google's free tier needs no card, but Google may use free-tier content to improve its models.

No. If you do sign in, we hold your email address and check your sign-in about once a day. Never listings, prices or deals.

No. Prices, deals, drafts, photos and settings stay in your browser. Data only leaves for optional features you switch on, and goes straight to the provider you chose. The privacy policy lists every case.

It's Chrome's standard wording for any extension that works on a site. flipper needs it to read the listing you open and show its panel. It never reads your messages, profile or friends.

We can't speak for Facebook, but flipper never logs in, messages anyone, posts or opens pages on its own. Only when you press them: Scan whole page scrolls a search page, and Fill from flipper. fills in a listing form. It never presses Publish.

Parts can stop working until an update. It warns you when it can't read pages, and Diagnose this tab shows what it can see.

Remove the extension and it's all gone, apart from any backup file you saved. You can also clear prices, deals and drafts inside it. To delete a flipper account, email support@gear-flipper.com.