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The infrastructure layer for a $500B resale market.

ScanBids is building the AI-powered decision engine that resellers, pawn shops, and auction houses run their daily operations on. We're raising to accelerate go-to-market and unlock the mobile + API revenue tiers.

Why now

Three structural shifts are converging on the resale economy at the same time. First, the global secondhand market crossed half a trillion dollars in 2026 and is growing at ~18% annually — driven by sustainability, inflation, and the rise of platforms like Whatnot, StockX, and TCGplayer.

Second, the tooling resellers use hasn't kept up. Most operators still rely on manual spreadsheets, screenshotted comps, and gut-feel pricing — leaving billions of dollars of margin on the table every year.

Third, multimodal AI is finally cheap and accurate enough to do real-time visual identification + valuation on the consumer side. The window for a category-defining decision tool is open now and will not stay open for long.

Market & traction

$500B+
Global resale market (2026, Statista)
18%
Annual market growth, secondhand goods
10K+
Monthly active scans (private beta)
82%
Trial-to-paid conversion (target)

Public roadmap

  1. Apr 2026
    Private beta launched (invite-only Discord)
  2. May 2026
    Chrome extension shipped + first 1,000 users
  3. Q3 2026
    Mobile app (iOS + Android), Marketplace Insights API integration
  4. Q4 2026
    Public launch + paid acquisition

How we make money

Three durable, compounding revenue streams — each with different growth dynamics.

Subscription tiers

Free → Scout ($9.99) → Analyst ($24.99) → Pro+ ($79.99). Power users self-select up the ladder as their scan volume grows.

Recurring · gross margin ~88%

Affiliate revenue

Every scan returns links to two dozen premium marketplaces — eBay, Chrono24, StockX, Heritage Auctions. We're paid on the qualified clicks and conversions we drive.

Variable · gross margin ~100%

Sponsored placement & API

Marketplace operators pay $500–$2K/month for sponsored slots in scan results. Enterprise customers (pawn chains, auction houses) license our API.

Recurring · gross margin ~92%

Why we win.

Five defensibility moats that compound with every scan.

01

Proprietary scan dataset

Every scan teaches our valuation models. Two years in, the dataset becomes uncopyable — a new entrant would need millions of scans to match our accuracy.

02

Multi-model AI routing

We don't depend on any single model provider. Our router orchestrates Gemini, Claude, GPT, and OSS models per task — protecting us from price shocks and rate changes.

03

Browser extension as distribution

The extension lives inside eBay, Whatnot, and every other auction site. It's our single highest-leverage acquisition surface and one that no competitor can easily replicate.

04

Trust as a feature

We label active listings as 'active', not 'sold'. We tell users when data is weak. Resellers reward honesty with retention — our churn is well below SaaS norms.

05

Affiliate revenue as a hedge

Even if subscription growth stalls, every free user still produces revenue every time they scan. The unit economics of free are positive.

The ask

Raising a Seed round.

We're raising to accelerate go-to-market in three categories — luxury watches, sports cards, and pro audio — where our unit economics are strongest, and to ship the mobile app and public API by year-end. We're looking for thesis-driven investors with conviction on resale infrastructure, AI-native consumer tools, or marketplace adjacency.

Stage
Seed
Use of funds
Mobile app · API tier · Paid acquisition
Timeline
Closing rolling — first checks welcome
investors@scanbids.com

Detailed data room available on request, under NDA. We typically respond to qualified investors within one business day.

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