QuiltGem is the AI pricing service behind ThriftCart, Quilt Software's point of sale for thrift stores and nonprofit retail. Staff snap a photo; QuiltGem identifies the item, categorizes it, writes the listing, and prices it against your store's own price points — then saves it into your ThriftCart inventory and prints the label.
The QuiltGem AI Pricing app is for store staff — it pairs to your existing ThriftCart site, so there is nothing new to sign up for.
Intake is the slowest, most judgment-heavy job in the store — a bin of donations, a pallet of new stock, a case of trade-ins — and it usually falls to whoever is available. QuiltGem gives every one of them the pricing instincts of your most experienced manager.
Staff snap a photo on any phone or tablet. Add a second shot of the brand tag — or scan its barcode — when there is one.
QuiltGem identifies what the item is, its brand, condition, and the best-fitting category in your category tree.
It prices against your own price points and pricing policy, and writes the title and description to go with it.
One tap saves the item into your ThriftCart inventory and prints the label. Nothing leaves the systems you already run.
A generic image model can tell you what an item is. QuiltGem tells you what your store should charge for it, in a category ThriftCart already has.
No generic "market value". QuiltGem prices into the price points your store actually uses, per category and per location, so every tag is one a cashier can ring up.
Managers type how they want things priced — "lean cheaper to move fast, but hold value on furniture" — and every proposal follows it. No prompt engineering, no retraining.
High-value pieces are quietly checked against real sold comparables after they are entered. When something is worth far more than it was tagged, staff get an alert instead of a lost margin.
Scan a UPC and QuiltGem identifies the exact product, brand, and list price — then still prices it the way your store prices things.
Item and tag analysis run in parallel, so an item is described, categorized, priced, and tagged in seconds — not on a queue you check later.
It runs on the phone already in a back-room staffer's pocket. Sign-in is delegated to ThriftCart, so nobody is handing out store passwords, and any device can be un-paired the moment it walks off.
QuiltGem works alongside ThriftCart rather than replacing any part of it. Your ThriftCart site stays the source of truth for categories, price points, locations, and inventory — QuiltGem reads that setup, prices against it, and writes finished items straight back. It never becomes a second system of record.
The AI item adder your team uses runs on QuiltGem. Get the app, pair a device from your ThriftCart admin, and you are pricing in minutes.
QuiltGem is built as a shared service, and support for more Quilt Software point-of-sale products is on the roadmap. Tell us what you run.