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sej8on Putting a thrift store's inventory online with a $2 microcontroller

Hey, Snapy is focused on helping secondhand storefronts. There are many apps to help ya get your stuff online quick tho!

sej8on Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

I’m working on Snapy, a system that helps secondhand retail stores digitize and broadcast their live inventory across Google, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay, and more.

We’re live in 3 stores and it’s working great.

The system has two parts: a mobile app that lets employees snap photos of products to generate and publish listings, and a hardware box that sits inline between the barcode scanner and POS to track in-store sales and automatically remove the corresponding listing when something sells

sej8on Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

I’m working on Snapy, a system that helps secondhand retail stores digitize and broadcast their live inventory across Google, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay, and more.

We’re live in 3 stores and it’s working great.

The system has two parts: a mobile app that lets employees snap photos of products to generate and publish listings, and a hardware box that sits inline between the barcode scanner and POS to track in-store sales and automatically remove the corresponding listing when something sells.