For buy-outright stores
You paid cash for it. Know your margin before you shelve it.
Buy-outright means your money is in the inventory from minute one. SECND tracks cost against every item, prices from real sold data, and gets the item listed the same day you bought it.
What breaks first in buy-outright stores
Buy decisions made without sold data
The person at the counter is guessing what a piece will sell for. Guess high and it sits; guess low and you lose the seller to the shop down the street.
Cost basis never makes it into the system
You know what the day's buys cost in total, but not what any individual item cost. Margin by category, by buyer, or by season is unanswerable.
Cash is tied up in slow inventory
Items bought outright do not age for free. Anything sitting on the floor for 90 days is capital that could have been three faster turns.
How it runs on SECND
The same five steps, every item, whether it sells on the floor or on a marketplace.
- 1
Price the buy at the counter
Photograph what is being offered and see comparable sold prices before you agree on a number.
- 2
Record cost with the item
The amount you paid attaches to the item, so margin is a real number on every sale rather than a monthly estimate.
- 3
Draft and label in one pass
AI writes the listing copy while you print the barcode tag. The item goes to the floor already catalogued.
- 4
List everywhere that buys your category
Crosslist to eBay, Poshmark, Depop, Grailed, Etsy, Vinted or Shopify without retyping a field.
- 5
Watch aging and mark down deliberately
Reports surface what has been sitting, at what cost, so markdowns are a decision instead of a panic.
What you get
Cost and margin per item
Real gross margin by item, category and period - not a blended guess.
Sold-price lookups at the counter
Check comps from your phone while the seller is still standing there.
Aging and sell-through reporting
See which categories turn and which tie up cash, so your buying rules come from your own data.
Fast bulk intake
Process a large buy as a batch - shoot everything, draft everything, review as a list.
POS and marketplace in one stock record
Square or Shopify POS floor sales delist marketplace listings automatically.
Crosslisting with auto-delisting
One draft, many marketplaces, and no double sales.
Buy-Outright Stores: frequently asked questions
Can I track what I paid for each item?
Yes. Cost is a field on the item, captured at intake, and it flows into margin reporting on every sale - including marketplace sales where fees and shipping also come off the top.
Does SECND help me decide what to pay?
It surfaces comparable sold prices rather than active asking prices, which is the number that matters when you are the one carrying the inventory. You still make the call; you just make it with data.
We buy in large lots. Is intake fast enough?
Bulk intake is designed for lot buying: photograph everything in a session, let AI draft the whole batch, then review and correct as a list instead of opening one form per item.
How do I find dead stock?
Aging reports show days on hand with cost attached, so you can see exactly how much capital is sitting in inventory older than your target turn window and act on it.
Run your buy-outright store on one system
Start on the free plan, connect a marketplace, and see your first item go live. No card required.