Route stop scorer

Rank every store on your route by profit per hour, then see what the route earns without the weakest stop.

Your stops, one per lineName, minutes (drive there + shop), cash spent, expected net from what you kept. Commas between.

Your hourly floor (dollars /hr)Below this, a stop isn't worth the drive

Cut Estate sale. Without it the route returns $66.51/hr and frees 1 hr.

Whole route: $54.13/hr$212.00 gain over 3 hr 55 min
Best stop: Bins$79.33/hr
Weakest stop: Estate sale$18.00/hr

Stops ranked by gain per hour
Stop	Minutes	Spent	Expected net	Gain/hr	Call
Bins	90	$41.00	$160.00	$79.33	Keep
Goodwill Main	50	$38.00	$95.00	$68.40	Keep
St. Vincent's	35	$12.00	$30.00	$30.86	Keep
Estate sale	60	$70.00	$88.00	$18.00	Cut

Show the math

Bins: ($160.00 net − $41.00 spent) ÷ 1.5 hr = $79.33/hr
Goodwill Main: ($95.00 net − $38.00 spent) ÷ 0.83 hr = $68.40/hr
St. Vincent's: ($30.00 net − $12.00 spent) ÷ 0.58 hr = $30.86/hr
Estate sale: ($88.00 net − $70.00 spent) ÷ 1 hr = $18.00/hr

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What it tells you

Habit keeps a store on the route long after it stops paying. This scores each stop on one number, gain per hour: expected net from the keepers, minus what you spent there, divided by the time it took.

Use minutes that include the drive to that stop. A store 25 minutes out has to earn its drive.

How to get honest inputs

Minutes: leave the driveway timer running. Count the drive to the stop plus time inside.
Cash spent: the receipt for that stop only.
Expected net: what the keepers should bring after fees and shipping. Price them from sold comps, not asking prices.

One trip is noise. Score the same route three times before you cut a store for good.

The math

Output	Formula
Gain per hour, one stop	(expected net − cash spent) ÷ (minutes ÷ 60)
Whole route	total gain ÷ total hours
Route without cut stops	gain of kept stops ÷ hours of kept stops

A stop is marked Cut when its gain per hour is below your floor.

What it can't see

It doesn't know that a stop restocks Tuesdays or that a slow store sits between two good ones. If cutting a stop doesn't shorten the drive, the time doesn't come back. Building a sourcing route covers the order of stops.

Questions

What is a good profit per hour for a thrift stop?

There isn't one number. Set the floor at what your time is worth to you. Many people use what they'd earn at a side job. The tool only compares each stop against the floor you enter.

Should drive time count toward a stop?

Yes. Count the drive from the previous stop. A store that is good once you're inside can still lose to a closer one once the drive is counted.

Why is the whole-route rate different from the average of the stops?

The route rate weights each stop by its minutes. A long, weak stop pulls the route down more than a short one.

Is my route saved?

Your entries are saved in this browser only, so you can come back next week. Nothing is sent anywhere. Use Download CSV to keep a copy.

Disclosure Thrift Routes is published by the team behind FlowLister. FlowLister is AI eBay listing software that turns item photos into complete eBay listings. It writes the title, description, category, item specifics, price and shipping for an eBay listing in about 30 seconds, and it prices each item from recent eBay sold comps and shows the sold listings behind the number. It is AI, so it misses things. We built it, so treat this as a disclosure, not a review. The guides and calculator work the same if you never open it.