Good finds.
Fewer questions.

Trouble signing in?

Getting into your collection.

There’s no password. Sign in with Google, or with a one-time code we email you. Use the same email each time: each address is its own collection.

No code arrived

• Check Spam and Promotions for an email from Thriftcraft, support@thriftcraft.io.
• Check the address you typed, then wait a minute and tap Send a new code.
• Keep the sign-in page open while you check your email. If it reloaded, type your email again and tap I already have a code.

The code doesn’t work

Each new code replaces the one before, so use the code from the newest email.

Opened from Instagram, Reddit or another app?

Those apps open links in a browser of their own, where Google doesn’t allow sign-in. Use the email code right there, or open thriftcraft.io in Safari or Chrome: tap the app’s ⋯ or ⋮ menu and choose Open in browser. Signing in inside an app doesn’t sign you in to Safari or Chrome, so for everyday use, sign in once in your usual browser.

Signed in, but your collection is empty?

Your finds are almost certainly safe on another sign-in. Try the other email address you might have used, and use thriftcraft.io rather than our older address. Photos still waiting to upload stay in the browser that took them. If a partner invited you, open their invitation link before creating a household of your own. The two finds marked Sample are made-up examples every new collection starts with; they go away when you save a find.

Put it on your Home Screen

On iPhone, open thriftcraft.io/app in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open it in Chrome, tap ⋮, then Install app. It opens like an app, with Scan a tap away. On iPhone the Home Screen app keeps its own sign-in, so sign in once more there.

Still stuck? Write to us and say roughly when you tried. Never send us a sign-in code.

In the aisle

Measure the opening, not the outside.

1. Save the full width and height of your artwork before checking a match. You can save artwork or frames with both dimensions blank and measure later; they stay in your collection but cannot match until measured.
2. Measure the usable inside opening of the frame—the space where the artwork sits. A mat’s visible window can be smaller than that opening.
3. Open the find and tap Measure it. Pick a standard size or type both sides. Both orientations are checked, so you never need to turn anything.
4. Check the frame in person before buying: its depth, glass, backing and condition matter too. A size match alone cannot check those details.

“Standard mat” or “Custom mat” means the opening is larger than the artwork, with room for a mat: Thriftcraft names the standard mat to look for, or the window to cut. For a valuable or fragile piece, ask a framer about suitable materials and mounting.

“Snug fit” means the artwork is a hair bigger than the opening, by up to about 1/16 in (1.6 mm). Check that it slides in before you buy.

Ask about a find

Ask ChatGPT, Claude or Muse.

Open a find and tap ChatGPT, Claude or Muse under Ask about this find. Your assistant opens with a question about the find already written, and through your connection it can see the find’s photos and details. Ask it to save what it finds, and the answer stays with the find. If you haven’t connected one yet, the steps are below.

The thrifting guide covers each way of thrifting (thrift stores, yard sales, estate sales, flea markets, online and live auctions, Marketplace and free finds): when to go, what to bring, how to do well, the sites worth knowing, and where Thriftcraft helps.

Keep what you learn

Bring your assistant’s research home.

Ask a connected assistant to save an answer with the find you are discussing, or to the Research Inbox for a general review. To update the item itself, ask “Save this research and update the bottle’s name and notes.” The assistant previews the changes before applying what you approve. Enable “Allow item updates” for that assistant on the Assistants page. You can also open any saved answer attached to a find and choose “Review item changes.” The original research and its uncertainty stay intact; saving starts no new AI request.

1. Sign in to Thriftcraft and open You → Assistants and research → Assistants.
2. In your assistant’s custom connector settings, add https://thriftcraft.io/mcp. Use the registered OAuth client for that assistant; Connect your assistant shows each client ID with step-by-step setup. Custom connections depend on the assistant’s account and workspace settings; listings in the assistants’ public directories are on the way.
3. Complete Thriftcraft sign-in, select your household, and choose read-only or read-and-save access. Each connection is limited to that household.
4. Try “Save this answer and its sources to my Thriftcraft Research Inbox,” then “What did I learn about that blue vase?” Confirm the saved link before closing the conversation.

In ChatGPT, use Plugins → Add custom MCP server. In Claude, use Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector. Muse can set up a custom OAuth connection from a chat. Never paste a service key or website session token into an assistant.

For desktop clients that only support local MCP, download the local adapter and follow its setup guide. It requires Node.js 24 or later; your public local-client settings are shown on the Assistants page. Browsers and assistants that support WebMCP can use site tools while you are signed in to Thriftcraft.

Disconnect an assistant on the Assistants page to stop further access. Signing out also ends browser site-tool access. Answers already saved remain in your household, and disconnecting cannot remove information an assistant has already received. The connector cannot delete finds, manage billing or import old conversations. See privacy and your collection, or contact support. Developers can read the tool schemas and limits.

Thrift together

One owner. One partner.

Every household has at most two accounts total, including on the complimentary Founder plan. Each person signs in to their own account with Google or an email code and shares one collection.

Anyone can join the beta with Google or an email sign-in code. Your collection is private to your household. Owners can create an invitation link from household settings and share it with one partner. To join an existing household, sign in with the exact email address on the invitation.

Household settings let the owner manage invitations and membership. Leaving or removing a member preserves the household’s shared records; it does not transfer a separate copy to that member.

The owner cannot leave or transfer ownership automatically. Deleting a shared collection removes its records and photos for both people but keeps their sign-in accounts. Deleting a sign-in account is a separate privacy request; automatic account deletion is not available in beta. Signing out only ends access on this device.

In the shop

No signal at the back of the shop?

1. Keep snapping. Scan opens without a connection, and every photo waits on this phone.
2. Sizes you measure for a new photo wait with it.
3. When you’re back online with Thriftcraft open, they upload and land in Finds by themselves.
4. Finds, Framing and Places need a connection to open.

Photos waiting to upload belong to this browser and device. Browser storage can be cleared, so upload them before clearing site data. Signing out clears the app’s private device data; previously downloaded files are separate.

Coming together

Sizes and places do different jobs.

A size check says which art fits a frame opening. Places keep track of what’s in each room, wall, shelf or closet; to see whether a find fits a place, measure its outside dimensions, including the moulding.

About launch links

A small note about campaign labels.

Optional launch measurement is off by default. If you allow it in this tab, a launch post or ad link can store a small set of campaign labels (where the link was posted, which post or ad, and the ad’s code) for up to 24 hours, including across sign-in. Signing out or choosing “Keep measurement off” clears those labels. They contain no email, artwork, photo or visitor identifier. This tab's choice is separate from account reporting.

With your tab's permission, we count a landing-page view and your first interaction that displays valid demo results, at most once each per loaded page. We send only the event category and any allowed campaign labels, not typed dimensions, URLs or account tokens. These are daily activity totals, not unique visitors. Refreshing may add another count; blocked, failed or offline requests may be absent. Counts are retained for the latest 90 UTC calendar days and removed by daily cleanup. Turning measurement off stops future reports; totals already combined without a visitor identifier cannot be individually removed.

With your account's separate opt-in, beta reporting links an eligible new verified signup and any allowed campaign labels to an internal account ID. Returning logins do not create more signups. We record the first saved artwork or frame after opting in, the first potential fit displayed in online matching, and the first reported app interaction between 24 hours and seven days after signup. Your collection works without reporting.

These are account-linked records, not anonymous statistics. They contain timestamps and fixed categories, not artwork titles, dimensions, notes, photos, typed text or clicked element labels. Browser-reported results do not prove a physical fit or a purchase. Offline and sample-demo use are excluded from these account events.

Only designated operators can read aggregate reports. The reporting records are removed when their account is deleted, or by daily cleanup after 90 days from creation. A scheduled cleanup can lag that threshold by its daily interval.

Change your account choice in household settings while connected. Turning it off removes retained marketing events; an unconfirmed or offline change has not updated your account. Your choice and decision timestamps remain until account deletion to honor that choice and prevent old events being rebuilt. Your partner makes their own choice. Reports count eligible consenting signups, not every signup.

These marketing measurements are separate from the authentication, collection storage and operational logs needed to run the app. No advertising pixels are installed.

Read about privacy and your collection.

Beta

Access, backups and support.

Signup is open to everyone. A beta household can keep 100 artworks, 100 frames and 100 other finds, with 1 GB of photo storage. Each household has at most two accounts. Existing Founder households keep unlimited complimentary access.

Household settings include a records-and-photos backup. Keep every downloaded archive part together. Restoring from a backup automatically is not available yet.

Signed in, you can send us feedback from the app: tap the dog (or Help at the top of a page) and choose Send us feedback, or go to You → Send us feedback.

Send beta feedback or ask for help.

Requests for user information.

Our government and third-party data-request policy explains how Thriftcraft’s owner reviews requests, limits disclosure and handles user notice. It also explains what a requester needs to provide.

For a copy of your own information or account deletion, see keeping, exporting and removing records, or contact support.

Help shape the beta

A snag? A good idea?

Tell us what you were trying to do and what happened. For an idea, tell us how it would help on your next thrift trip.