Using ChipFlip

The three panes

The main tool is one large product view with two smaller panes docked to the side:

• Product (center) — price history chart, buy rating, specs, and links to buy it in whichever condition you want.
• Watchlist (right) — products you've starred, for quick comparison without leaving the product view. Local to this browser only (see the note below).
• Screener — the full sortable/filterable product table, opened from the icon rail on the far right (or the magnifying-glass icon on mobile). Click any row to load it into the Product pane.

Search syntax

Plain text search matches product name, manufacturer, and tags. For more precision, combine any of these freely:

Save a search with the floppy-disk icon next to the search box, and reload it later from the dropdown beside it.

What margin means

Margin is the gap between the current new retail price and the median of recent actual eBay sold listings, as a percentage of the new price — not the asking price on an active listing, which tends to run high. A 60% margin on a $1,000 product means it's selling used for around $400. See the GPU Buying Guide for more on reading margin correctly (recency and sample size both matter, not just the size of the gap).

Buy rating

A 0–100 score built from margin, whether a current listing is priced below its own median (a "deal"), and the recent price trend. It needs both a tracked new price and a tracked used price for a product — "Not enough data" means one of those is missing, not that the product is a bad buy.

Buy it — conditions explained

Each product tracks up to four ways to buy it, each from a different source:

• New — current retail price (Amazon and other retail sources).
• Used, Broken (for-parts/not working), and Refurb — real eBay listings in that condition.

A 🔥 badge means that listing is priced meaningfully below its tracked median — a real deal, not just a low number. ChipFlip may earn a commission on purchases made through these links, at no extra cost to you.

Price history chart

Each colored line is one condition, matching the toggle chips above the chart. Not every source updates on the same schedule — if a line ends in a small hollow dot and stays flat to the edge of the chart, that's the last real price carried forward, not a new measurement; hover it to confirm. The exact update time for each price is shown under the price grid at the top of the page.

Watchlist

Star any product to add it to your current watchlist. Use the dropdown at the top of the Watchlist pane to create additional lists (e.g. one per build you're planning) or switch between them. The two price columns shown are configurable via the adjustments icon next to the watchlist dropdown — try Broken+Refurb, or Retail+eBay-used for scalp hunting.

Settings are local to this browser

ChipFlip has no accounts — your watchlists, saved searches, and layout preferences all live in this browser's local storage only. Clearing site data or switching browsers/devices loses them, unless you export first: open the menu (hamburger icon, top right / bottom-right "Menu" tab on mobile) → Export settings to get a copy/paste-able blob or a downloadable file, and Import settings to restore it elsewhere.

Still stuck?

Ask in the ChipFlip Discord — that's also where new features get discussed before they ship.