RakeScan

BooktoCash

About this app

Scan a barcode, get the answer in a second: BUY, REJECT, or BORDERLINE — with the market data and the why. RakeScan is a free book scouting app built for people who flip books: thrift store hunters, library sale regulars, estate sale diggers and full-time resellers.

THE VERDICT, NOT JUST NUMBERS
• Instant decision on every scan, driven by live sales rank, buy box and used price ladders
• A “WHY” trace on every verdict — see exactly which trigger fired
• Profit triggers you control: minimum profit, price drops, rank ceiling, and a rank-tier table for fine-grained rules
• Full market view: used & new offer ladders, FBA/FBM split, 90/180/365-day averages

REJECTED? STILL GET PAID
Most scanners stop at “no.” RakeScan checks every reject against BookToCash — a buyback service that has bought 100,000+ books since 2019 — and shows an instant cash offer with free shipping when there is one. Build a sell cart as you scan and ship it all in one box.

NEVER MISS A BOOK SALE
The built-in Sale Finder maps real sourcing opportunities near you:
• Library book sales (dates, hours, bag-sale days)
• Estate sales and online estate auctions
• Government & library surplus auctions — whole book lots
• Garage sales straight from city permit records
• Thrift stores, with book-richness hints
Filter by distance, date or category, see how far each sale is, add sales to your calendar with a day-before reminder, and let “Plan my day” order your stops.

SCAN WHOLE SHELVES AT ONCE
Point the camera at a shelf and Shelf Scan reads the spines, matches them against real buyback demand, and hands you a pull list — built for library sale tables and estate sale walls where scanning one by one is too slow.

BUILT FOR THE FIELD
• Works offline in dead zones — scans queue and resolve when you're back
• Bulk check: paste a list of ISBNs, triage them in one shot
• Bluetooth/USB barcode scanner support
• Sound + vibration verdicts so you never look at the screen
• Scan history synced across your devices
• Dark, glare-friendly interface with big one-hand targets

FREE, WITH A STRAIGHT ANSWER
No subscription. No ads. Scan as much as you like. RakeScan is built by BookToCash — when we want to buy your rejects, that's the business model, in the open.

Questions or ideas? [e-mail] — a human answers.

What’s new

RakeScan 1.7.36
- Free and Pro: scanning, verdicts and selling your rejects stay free, plan or no plan.
- Sale Finder, Shelf Scan and Bulk ISBN checks are Pro tools ($35 a month, one seat). Everyone in the beta keeps full access until the date on your Account page.
- A Free account reaching a Pro tool sees what it is and how to upgrade at rakescan.com — never a dead end.
- Your Account page now says your plan in one line.

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