OTR.io

Used & refurb tech deals, scored against what they actually sell for. Know what it's really worth. Join the beta 👇

[OTR.io @otrtech]

@0xgolam Exactly, asking prices are just hopes😅

Our main benchmark is eBay sold listings over 30 days, with CeX cash prices as the floor.

Getting that sold data through eBay's official route is the fix we're working on now

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Build in public, week 2 of October:

Sold-price data is still being fixed. Doing it properly beats doing it fast.

Meanwhile:
• Deals now priced on real sales only, never asking prices
• Live on Instagram and Facebook
• 7 beta testers in, up from 6

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Road to 100 users: 6 beta testers in.

OTR scores used and refurb tech deals across the UK against real resale data. If a deal doesn't add up, you don't see it

Phones, laptops, consoles, monitors and GPUs. Smartwatches coming soon

Want in? Reply or DM "beta".

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Founder lesson this week:

For months my head was in the data. Scores, pricing, edge cases.

The dev team has that covered. What OTR needs from me now is people: talking to users, building the community.

The best data in the world means nothing if nobody's using it.

[OTR.io @otrtech]

How to check what used tech is really worth in 2 mins:

1. eBay: filter "Sold items". That's what people actually paid.

2. CeX: check "We buy for cash". That's your floor.

3. Ignore asking prices. They're hopes, not value.

That's the check OTR runs on every deal.

[OTR.io @otrtech]

@mianoedwin_ Brutal is the right word😅

We'd rather send 10 deals we can stand behind than 100 we can't.

Ever had to work around eBay blocks yourself?

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Build in public, week 1 of October:

Our eBay sold-price listings is getting blocked 86% of the time.

No sold data = no score.

We won't guess what something is worth, so fewer deals go out until it's fixed.

Working on it now. Fewer deals beats fake ones!

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Right now eBay sold prices are our main source of truth.

We want more, so our
resale estimates get even stronger.

Where do you check what tech actually sells for second-hand?

Drop your go-to sites below 👇

[OTR.io @otrtech]

We found a bug that made some deals look ~40% better than they really were.

For a product built on "only deals worth buying," that's the worst kind of bug.

Here's what happened and how we fixed it 🧵

[OTR.io @otrtech]

We've also locked in a rule: no sold data means no resale number.

We'd rather show you nothing than invent a margin.

[OTR.io @otrtech]

First beta user is officially in 🎉
Small start, but real — real deals, real feedback, real pressure to get things right before we open up further.

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Our goal isn’t to show you the most deals. It’s to show you the ones actually worth your time.

Fewer, better, verified. That’s the whole philosophy behind everything we’re building.

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Here’s where OTR is headed:
Phase 1 — Alerts you can trust, delivered where you already are (Telegram)
Phase 2 — A community of resellers helping each other spot what’s real
Phase 3— Expanding into more categories and marketplaces
Building all four in parallel. Trust comes first

[OTR.io @otrtech]

Been heads-down building for a few weeks. Back to regular updates from here!

Quick recap if you’re new: OTR is building DCS (Deal Confidence Score) — a system that checks whether a deal is actually worth buying, not just discounted. More on how it works soon.

[OTR.io @otrtech]

@WestCoast_Goodz This is the best kind of morning motivation

No dashboard beats a sold notification 📣

[OTR.io @otrtech]

@thetoyinvestor Seasonal blindspots are real a lot of resellers price off “what’s normally slow” instead of what the actual sold data says right now

Sounds like you caught it early!

[OTR.io @otrtech]

@jearl02s Congrats on the listing

One thing worth checking before it sells: compare against actual recent sold prices for that model, not just active listings, active “asks” can be way higher than what things actually close for

Good luck with the whale 🎣