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How All Three Factors Work Together: The Complete Framework
The FrameworkJune 19, 2026

How All Three Factors Work Together: The Complete Framework

An iPhone is worth $620, but is that the right price? The answer requires three factors working together: lifecycle, condition, and market timing.

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Lifecycle Stages: When Value Peaks and Why It Matters
LifecycleJune 18, 2026

Lifecycle Stages: When Value Peaks and Why It Matters

Every item has a lifecycle: value rises, peaks, and falls on a predictable curve. Knowing your stage tells you exactly when to sell for the best price.

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Condition Trajectories: How Different Categories Decay (And Why It Matters)
ConditionJune 17, 2026

Condition Trajectories: How Different Categories Decay (And Why It Matters)

A phone loses 5% of its value every month to condition decay. A couch loses 2% a year. Same effect, completely different decay rate, and it matters.

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Announcement Effects: How Market Timing Creates Thousand-Dollar Gaps
Market TimingJune 16, 2026

Announcement Effects: How Market Timing Creates Thousand-Dollar Gaps

When Apple announced the iPhone 15, every iPhone 14 on the market lost value overnight. The phone didn't change. The market did, and the price followed.

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How Valuation Actually Works: The Three Universal Factors
The FrameworkJune 15, 2026

How Valuation Actually Works: The Three Universal Factors

Most people think valuation is mysterious, different for every category. It's not. Three universal factors explain value across everything you own.

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How Predictye Thinks: Trajectories vs. Snapshots
Engineering ThinkingJune 14, 2026

How Predictye Thinks: Trajectories vs. Snapshots

Most tools answer one question: what is it worth right now? Predictye answers a different question: what will it be worth? That difference is everything.

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Who Is Predictye For? 5 Different Audiences, One Problem
ProductJune 13, 2026

Who Is Predictye For? 5 Different Audiences, One Problem

Predictye isn't designed for one person. It's built for five very different audiences with different needs. If you're one of them, you already know.

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22 Gaps in Asset Valuation: What Every Tool Misses
Our DiscoveryJune 12, 2026

22 Gaps in Asset Valuation: What Every Tool Misses

Predictye didn't set out to find 22 gaps. But once the mapping started, they became unavoidable. Every tool. Every platform. All missing fundamental pieces.

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What Predictye Discovered While Building a Valuation Tool
Our DiscoveryJune 11, 2026

What Predictye Discovered While Building a Valuation Tool

46% of people lose $73 per phone trade-in. Not because they made a bad choice. They lost money because they don't know one simple, overlooked thing.

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Predictye: Why We Built a Valuation Tool That Forecasts the Future
Why PredictyeJune 10, 2026

Predictye: Why We Built a Valuation Tool That Forecasts the Future

Predictye was created to answer one question no other tool asks: what will your item actually be worth by the time you're ready to sell it, exactly.

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