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Built for used & retro game stores

Software for Getting Trade-Ins Ready to Sell

Know what’s been tested, cleaned, repaired, priced, photographed, and what’s still waiting.

Your POS rings up the sale. RetroBase runs everything before it.

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Today Inventory Workflow Ready to sell

Metal Gear Solid

PS1NTSC-UCIB Testing

Loose
$25
CIB
$64
New
$400

Checks 4/6

Maya K.

  • Moved to Testingjust now
  • Value updated from market data2m ago
  • Added at Intake1h ago

Why RetroBase

Why stores use RetroBase

Not because of a feature list. Because of what goes wrong without it.

Without RetroBase

  • Items disappear into piles
  • Employees forget testing steps
  • Repairs are tracked on paper
  • Nobody knows what’s ready for sale

With RetroBase

  • You know what’s been tested and cleaned
  • Everyone knows what to work on next
  • Trade-ins reach the shelf faster
  • More items ready to put out

Everything before the sale

The sale was solved. The back room wasn’t.

Your POS rings up the sale and tracks stock. RetroBase runs everything before it: one process from intake to ready to sell, so nothing stalls between the buy and the shelf. See how RetroBase and your POS divide the work.

Who owns what

  1. Intake
  2. Testing
  3. Cleaning
  4. Repair
  5. Pricing
  6. Photos
  7. Final check
  8. Ready to sell
  10. Sale · POS

RetroBase runs everything from intake to ready to sell. Your POS takes over at the sale and handles the checkout, exactly as it does today.

In the back room

Every item here is already bought and sitting in the back room, not yet ready to sell. RetroBase shows what is blocking each one and what should happen next.

Today’s store queue

Example
  • Waiting for testing Waiting 14 items
  • Waiting for repair Waiting 6 items
  • Missing price Waiting 9 items
  • Missing photos Waiting 12 items
  • Ready to sell Ready 23 items
  • Blocked Blocked 2 items

Answer the daily question: what should we work on next?

Trade-ins

Make consistent offers at the counter, then hand each item straight into intake.

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Pricing

Price used games by condition with market-value context and your store logic.

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Inventory

See what is in stock, what is stuck and what is actually ready to sell.

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The process

The RetroBase process

Example

Example item Metal Gear Solid is currently in Pricing after completed testing and cleaning steps, with Photos, Final check and Ready to sell still ahead. The full pipeline runs intake, testing, cleaning, repair, pricing, photos, final check, then ready to sell.

  1. Intake
  2. Testing
  3. Pricing
  4. Final check
  5. Ready to sell

Metal Gear Solid

PS1

Pricing
Checks 5/6
$64
See the full process from intake to ready to sell

Built for stores

Built for retro game stores

Not generic inventory software. RetroBase tracks the work between “bought it” and “listed it”: the part that actually makes retro retail hard.

  • Label
  • Shell
  • Board
  • Save battery

What gets recorded at intake

Condition, completeness and the save battery are recorded the moment an item comes in, so nobody has to guess later whether it was checked.

  • Condition & completeness

    Record cart, disc, shell and label condition, and whether box, manual and inserts are present, the moment an item comes in.

  • Battery & save checks

    Track save batteries and clock batteries before a customer finds out the hard way.

  • Repairs

    Queue items for repair and see what is waiting on parts or a technician.

  • Photos

    Know which items still need listing photos before they can go up for sale.

  • Pricing decisions

    Pair market value estimates with your own condition and margin calls.

  • Employee handoffs

    Shift changes don’t lose context. The next person sees what still needs doing.

Market value in context

Check what it’s worth, then get it ready to sell.

Looking up a value is easy. Getting the item ready to sell is the work. RetroBase pairs market-value context with the next steps: intake, testing, pricing, photos and final check.

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Guides

Practical guides for store owners

How trade-in values are calculated

Market value, condition, margin and demand, explained from the store’s side.

How to price used games for resale

Start with condition, use market value as context, then apply your store logic.

Cash vs store credit trade-ins

How the two offers differ for your margins and your customers.

Get every trade-in ready to put out.

Track intake, testing, cleaning, pricing and photos in one place until everything is ready for the shelf. Keep your POS: RetroBase runs the back room.

Start for free

Founding stores get direct founder support during early access. See founding-store pricing.