Free WorthPoint alternatives for checking what an item sold for.

People look for a free WorthPoint alternative because they want one thing: what an item actually sold for. WorthPoint is a research database of past sales, and the Strooply and WorthPoint comparison covers what it includes. If you sell on eBay, a lot of the answer is already inside eBay, and the tools below cost nothing beyond an account.

This guide covers where each tool looks, how far back it goes, and when to trust it. Once you have the numbers, how to read sold prices correctly covers matching condition, lots and sample size.

Search for the item on ebay.com and choose the sold option. When we checked, a signed-out visitor was sent to sign in, so use a signed-in account.¹ eBay says completed listings results include only listings that ended sold in the previous 90 days.²

That window suits items that sell often, such as a popular camera lens or a common game, where there are plenty of recent sales to compare. It is thin for anything that sells a few times a year, because three months may hold one sale or none.

• Good for: fast checks while you stand in a store aisle, and items with many recent sales.
• Limit: 90 days of history, and the sold results do not show the price when a Best Offer was accepted.¹

eBay's Product research, which many sellers still call Terapeak, searches the last 3 years of eBay sales data, and you can pick any length of time within that window.² eBay's seller pages say it is free to all sellers and sits under the Research tab in Seller Hub.³

For a rare item, that longer window is what makes it useful. A single quarter may show one sale, while three years shows how the price has moved and how often the item sells.

• Average sold price and sold price range.²
• Average shipping cost and how many listings offered free shipping.²
• Sell through rate for searches of items sold 90 days ago or less.²
• The price an item actually sold for, even if a Best Offer was accepted.²

Two things to know before you rely on it. First, eBay says results generally have to match your keywords and filters exactly, so a loose search can miss sales of the same item listed under a different title, and some listings may be unavailable if eBay or the seller removed them.² Try a few phrasings of the item name. Second, you need a seller account with Seller Hub access, and in the eBay app eBay's seller update says you need at least one active listing or a sale in the last 90 days.^2,4 If you have never listed, start with option 1.

The checks below are our suggestions, not eBay rules. A chatbot answers from its training data, which is a snapshot taken at some point in the past, unless the product also searches the web. It does not read eBay's sold listings live, and it cannot show you the sales behind a number. A price it gives can be out of date, or simply wrong, and it will usually sound just as sure either way.

That makes a chatbot useful for the steps before the price:

• Identify the item. Describe it or share a photo and ask what it is, who made it and roughly when. Treat the answer as a lead to check against the item's markings.
• Find the search words. Ask for the model name, pattern name or number sellers use, then put those exact words into eBay's search.
• Explain the terms. Condition grades, maker marks and listing vocabulary are quick to look up.

Then take the price from sold listings, not from the chatbot. If a chatbot quotes a figure, use it only as a reason to look for matching sales, and ask where it came from. If it cannot name a source, count it as unverified. For more on this, see what to check in AI eBay listing tools and how Strooply compares with general AI assistants.

• Common item, many recent sales: eBay sold search is quick and usually enough.
• Rare item or a seasonal one: Product research, with a date range of a year or more.
• You do not know what the item is: a chatbot or photo search to name it, then option 1 or 2 for the price.
• Sold prices still look inconsistent: compare condition, lots and shipping, and check how many sales sit behind the figure.

All three options depend on eBay. If an item mostly sells at auction houses, in antique shops or through private sales, eBay's history can be thin or missing, and a research database that gathers sales from other sources can show you more. That is the case where a paid tool such as WorthPoint can still earn its place, and our comparison lays out the trade-offs. For items that sell on eBay, start with the free tools above.

A sold price is not your profit. Subtract eBay fees, shipping and what you paid in the eBay fee and profit calculator, and plan the packing cost with the shipping supplies guide. To check how often an item sells compared with how many are listed, use the sell through rate calculator.

The free tools above work well once you know what the item is and eBay has sales for it. Strooply covers the steps around that. Take a photo and it identifies the item, then pulls live eBay listings for the same item so you have comps to compare without building the search yourself. AI-assisted filtering helps remove weak matches, and you can correct the identification before you rely on it.

For an obscure item, there may be no sold history to find. In that case Strooply gives an automatic AI estimate of what the item sells for, so you still have a starting number. Each sold-price figure is labeled: live eBay data when recent sales are available, saved data shown with its age, or an AI estimate when they are not. An AI estimate is a guess drawn from the item details, not a record of sales, so treat it as a starting point and check Product research for the real history when the item is worth the effort. It can also come back unavailable when there is nothing to base an estimate on. After that, Strooply shows profit after fees and shipping. See how Strooply works for the full picture.