How it works
From a want list to filled carts.
Bin Sifter does the tedious, error-prone part of buying records online — matching editions and adding up real costs across many stores — and leaves the one part that matters to you: clicking Buy.
Find the exact record
Search by artist and title and Bin Sifter pulls the matching releases from Discogs. Choose the precise pressing you want — the 180g reissue, the 45rpm audiophile box, a colored variant — or tell it "any acceptable new edition" and let it widen the net. It surfaces in-stock copies, including hard-to-find pressings you'd struggle to track down on your own.
This step only identifies the record and its pressings. No prices are fetched yet, so it's fast.
Fetch live prices — from your own PC
When you ask for prices, your computer checks a growing list of independent record stores for that exact pressing. Because the fetching runs locally rather than from a data center, stores see an ordinary visitor and don't block it.
Each listing is tied back to a Discogs pressing through an evidence ladder: a barcode match is trusted most, then matching attributes, and anything weaker is flagged as unverified so you're never quietly shown the wrong edition.
The evidence ladder
- Barcode (UPC) — an exact match to the pressing
- Attributes — label, catalog number, format and year line up
- Unverified — shown, but clearly marked as a weaker match
New copies only — used, preowned and damaged listings are filtered out before you ever see them.
Compare true cost
A sticker price isn't what you pay. Bin Sifter adds each store's real shipping — flat rates and free-shipping thresholds — and computes Washington sales tax from that store's own policy, including whether tax applies to shipping. Offers are then ranked by the total you'll actually be charged.
- Free-shipping thresholds applied automatically as your cart grows
- Verified no-tax stores flagged; others estimated from policy
- Promo codes detected from store pages and applied where they qualify
Optimize the order — then you check out
For a whole want list, Bin Sifter compares complete order plans and shows the best ways to split it: cheapest overall, fewest checkouts, or best returns. Pick a plan and it opens each store's cart pre-filled.
You always complete the purchase. Bin Sifter can fill a cart, but a human clicks Buy — it can never spend your money.
See it on your own list.
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