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Scout Squad — your scouts and pickers source, you approve live

You can't be at five markets at once — your scouts can. A scout or picker scans the item and sends it with photos, the full FlipTip result and the seller's price. FlipTip checks it against your auto-buy rules: clear wins are approved at once, clear losses are passed, and everything else reaches you as a live deal — ranked by profit, with a countdown. Every purchase lands in your profit dashboard, and a 30-day scoreboard shows which scout finds the best deals.

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Scout Squad requests on a phone: Sam sent a Sony PlayStation 3 Slim 120GB from Rose Bowl Flea Market — buy for $30, net +$51, ROI 169%, sell speed 8/10, confidence 94% — live deal with a countdown, seller asks $30, max $45 — Your scout scans it — it lands here priced

Scout request opened: the scout's photo of the PS3, dealer review "30 USD buy, expected net +51 USD", real sold price USD 89 from 21 sales (USD 62–112), sells in 3–7 days, WORTH IT, and the scout's note — Real sold prices and the verdict — you decide

How it works

Add your scoutsEnter the e-mail each scout uses for FlipTip — up to five. They can be on any plan, Free too: scouts always get Multi Scan and Batch Scan.

Set your rulesMinimum net profit, ROI, sell speed and confidence, a max purchase price, no fake warning — and how long you have to answer a live deal.

The scout sends an itemOne tap after the scan. FlipTip works out buy → expected net, ROI, sell speed and confidence, and applies your rules on the spot.

Approved, passed — or yours to decideAuto-approved items go straight back to the scout. The rest arrive ranked by profit with a countdown; you approve, counter, ask for a photo or pass. Every buy lands in your profit dashboard.

What you get

Auto-buy rules — 🟢 AUTO-APPROVED when every rule is met, 🟡 DEALER REVIEW with the reason when one isn't (e.g. confidence 76 % of 90 %), 🔴 AUTO-PASS when it loses money or looks fake.
Live deals — a waiting request expires after 90 seconds, or the time you choose, or never. The scout sees the countdown, and is told to decide alone when you don't answer in time.
Priority list — several finds at once are ranked by expected net profit, weighed by confidence and sell speed: Buy → Net · ROI · Sell speed · Confidence on every card.
Multi and Batch for every scout — even on the Free plan: one item from several sides, or a whole table at once, and each item of a table can be sent on its own.
Upgrade a scout — pay for a scout's Hustler or Flipper plan from the Team tab; the scout gets that plan, and every item they send you comes with its full result. Stop any time.
Budgets per scout, per day and per item — they apply to automatic approvals too.
Live deal alerts on your phone — a push notification the moment a scout needs you, even with FlipTip closed: who sent it, Buy → Net and the seconds left. One tap opens that request.
Today at a glance — sent, bought, spent and a rough profit per scout, plus an evening e-mail.
Scout scoreboard — the last 30 days for every scout: items sent, how many you approved, bought, money spent and the profit after fees, with ROI. It also shows your own median answer time and the live deals that ran out unanswered.
Paid over your max? You know — a scout who reports a price above what you approved is asked to confirm it first, and the purchase is flagged on your list, in the scoreboard and in the export.
Export for paying your scouts — download the bought items of the last 30 days as a CSV for Excel or Google Sheets: scout, item, where, the asking price, your max, what was paid, the expected sale and the profit — ready to settle per item or as a commission.

At a flea market the seller won't wait while you think. That is why Scout Squad decides what it can on its own, puts the rest in order of profit, and keeps every request short and live.

The numbers behind each decision come from the scout's scan: the expected sale is the median of real completed sales when the scan has them, otherwise the middle of FlipTip's estimate; net profit is after a typical 13 % selling fee.

Scout Squad is part of the Dealer plan: only the dealer needs it, with up to five scouts per squad. Scouts can be on any plan and use their own scans.

How resellers use it: two people working opposite ends of a big flea market on a Saturday morning; a partner walking an estate sale while you decide from home; part-time pickers checking thrift stores on their way to work. Everyone scans the same way, and every decision and every purchase ends up in one place — your dashboard.

Why not a group chat? A photo in a chat comes without a price, and someone has to look it up while the seller waits. A Scout Squad request arrives already identified and priced from real sold prices, with the net profit after fees, ROI and sell speed — so you answer in seconds, and your rules answer the obvious ones for you.

Questions

Who can use Scout Squad?

The squad belongs to a Dealer-plan account. The dealer adds scouts by the e-mail of their FlipTip account; scouts can be on any plan, Free included.

What do the auto-buy rules check?

Net profit after fees, ROI, sell speed (1–10), identification confidence, the purchase price and fake warnings — plus the scout's budgets. All met: approved at the seller's price. Clearly losing money or a fake warning: passed. Anything else comes to you with the reason.

Will I see a live deal when the app is closed?

Yes — turn on "Get live deal alerts on this phone" in Scout Squad. Your phone gets a notification for every item that waits for you (auto-approved and auto-passed items don't wake you). On iPhone, add FlipTip to the Home Screen first.

What happens when I don't answer a live deal in time?

The request closes and the scout is told you didn't answer — they decide alone. You choose the time limit, including no limit.

Can I pay for my scout's plan?

Yes. In the Team tab choose Hustler or Flipper for a scout and pay with PayPal; the plan goes on the scout's account. If the scout leaves the squad or you stop paying, the plan stays until the end of the month already paid.

Do scouts use my scans?

No. Scouts scan with their own account and their own daily scans — with Multi Scan and Batch Scan on every plan.

How many scouts can I have?

Up to five per squad. Remove a scout any time and add someone else.

How do I see which scout finds the best deals?

The scout scoreboard in the Team tab covers the last 30 days for every scout: items sent, the share you approved, items bought, money spent and the profit after a 13% selling fee, with ROI. It also shows your median answer time and how many live deals ran out without an answer.

How do I pay my scouts or pickers?

FlipTip doesn't handle payments between you and your scouts. In the Team tab, download the bought items of the last 30 days as a CSV — scout, price paid, expected sale and profit after fees — and settle per item or as a commission your own way.

What if a scout pays more than I approved?

Before reporting it, the scout is asked to confirm a price above your max. The purchase goes into your dashboard at the real price and is flagged as over your max — on the request, in the scoreboard and in the export.

Related features

🎯AI HunterDEALERTell it what you want and the profit you need — it checks new eBay listings around the clock and alerts you only to real deals.How it works → 🔬Sale X-RayDEALERAdd screenshots of a sale's photo gallery: FlipTip finds every item worth money, prices the best ones from real sales and scores the sale — so you know where to go first and what to go straight for.How it works → 📊Profit dashboardHUSTLER+Every scan lands in one place: what you invested, what you made, how much money is stuck in slow stock, where you earn most — and which items to reprice to free up cash. eBay sales come in by themselves, and every item has its listing one tap away.How it works →

Scout Squad — try it on your next find

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