Market & rates

Know what it’s worth.
Rent it, buy it, sell it.

Your inventory already knows every item you own. KitSlate’s community layer puts three honest numbers next to it: what it rents for near you, what it really costs to buy, and what it’s worth second-hand when it stops earning. Here is exactly how each one works — and what is and isn’t shared.

See what’s for sale → Enter the sandbox →

What it rents for.

Anonymous day rates from real owners in your city — so you price against the market, not guesswork.

INVENTORY — WITH SHARED MARKET RATES
Sony FX6 · SN S01200$350/day
Canon 24-70 f/2.8 II$90/day
Aputure 600d Pro$110/day
GOING RATE NEAR YOU · NEW YORK
FX6 $225/day ($150–$350) · ~6 owners near you · you list above market
Crew, gear and studio rates — weekly deals included.
Rate Guide — shared day rates

Price every job
against the market.

Every item in your inventory shows a going rate for your city, pooled anonymously from owners who share theirs. See the range, see roughly how many owners it is built on, and carry the number straight into your quotes.

RATE GUIDE — THE DETAIL

Benchmarks that get truer as more owners join.

What it isAnonymous day rates pooled from real owners in your city — crew, gear and studio, weekly deals included — shown right on your inventory and quotes. How sharing worksGive to get: share your own rates and the benchmarks unlock. Opt out any time and they grey off — leaving is instant and never punished. What’s sharedYour rates, plus city, state and country. Never your name, your clients or your jobs — and your in-studio internal rates are never benchmarked at all. Where it’s atLive in the app on researched benchmarks today; the real community pool fills in as early-access owners join.

What it costs to buy.

A community price catalogue for production gear — what members actually paid, kept honestly separate from the list price.

Buy prices — the catalogue

Know the fair price
before you spend.

Type any item and match it to the canonical catalogue — hundreds of cameras, lenses, lights and rigs. Each shows what members really paid, and a clearly labelled list price when the community hasn’t bought one yet. Missing something? Put it on the request board.

BUY PRICES — FROM THE CATALOGUE
Sony FX6 · 4 member pricesCOMMUNITY$5,450
Canon 24-70 f/2.8 IILIST PRICE, NEW$2,399
Aputure 600d ProLIST PRICE, NEW$1,890
Nanlite Forza 720 · requestedREQUEST BOARD
Member prices and list prices never mix — you always see which is which.
BUY PRICES — THE DETAIL

Two prices, never blurred together.

What it isA canonical catalogue of production gear, each item carrying up to two numbers: the median of what members actually paid, and a labelled list price for context. Where prices come fromMember submissions set the community median. Seeded reference prices are labelled “list price, new” and are never counted as community data. The request boardIf an item isn’t in the catalogue yet, request it — it gets added and priced, and you’ll see how many others asked for the same thing. Why it mattersA fair-price check before you buy, honest replacement values for insurance, and payback tracking that starts from what you really paid — not a guess.

What it sells for.

A used-gear market between people who shoot — public listings, no fees, no cut.

FOR SALE — FROM REAL KITS NEAR YOU
Sony FX6 · Brooklyn, NYLIKE-NEW$3,450
Aputure 600d Pro · Queens, NYGOOD$1,150
Sachtler flowtech 75 · Jersey CityWELL-USED$780
RED Komodo 6K · listed TuesdaySOLD$4,200
Listed from your inventory in one tap · buyers message you directly.
The used-gear market

From your shelf
to someone’s kit.

Gear that stopped earning lists straight from your inventory in a minute — photos, condition and city attached. Listings are public, so buyers browse without an account and message you directly to arrange the sale.

Browse the market →
THE MARKET — THE DETAIL

KitSlate is the venue. The deal is yours.

What it isPublic listings of used gear from real working kits — anyone can browse, no account needed. SellingPick an item from your inventory (or type one in), add up to four photos, a condition — like-new, good, well-used or for-parts — and your price. Edit, mark sold or pull the listing any time. BuyingBrowse free. Sign in to message the seller, then arrange payment and handover directly between you. What KitSlate takesNothing. No listing fee, no commission — KitSlate never touches the money and never sits in the middle of the deal. What’s publicOnly the listing: item, photos, price, condition, city and your first name. Never your inventory, your serials or your address. Where it’s atThe market is open to browse today at kitslate.app/market — sellers list from the app, straight off their inventory.

Three numbers. One inventory.

See the Rate Guide and Buy prices live in the sandbox — a full, populated workspace. No account needed.

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