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Vintage and pre-loved items routinely arrive with illegible or missing composition labels, leaving you to guess "feels like cotton" on the listing.
A buyer who receives a "100% silk" blouse that's actually a viscose blend has grounds for a return, a refund, and a bad review.
Silk and wool blends command a price premium, but visually distinguishing them from synthetic look-alikes is genuinely difficult, even for experienced staff.
Sending items to third-party labs for composition testing adds days to your listing pipeline and a per-item cost that erodes resale margins.
FabriTell's NIR sensor reads the fabric itself, not the tag, so a missing or illegible care label no longer stalls a listing.
Scan, get the result, write "Verified: 80% Wool / 20% Polyamide" into the description. Buyers see a fact, not a feeling.
FabriTell distinguishes natural fibres like silk, wool, from synthetic blends that mimic their look and feel, protecting your premium pricing and your reputation.
No courier, no lab queue, no per-sample lab fee. Scan at intake, list the same day.
| Factor | Guessing from the label (or no label) | FabriTell-verified |
|---|---|---|
| Time to verify composition | Lab send-out: days · By eye: instant but unreliable | < 1 second, in-house |
| Listing accuracy | Dependent on a label that may be missing or wrong | Measured directly from the fabric |
| Blend detail available | None beyond what the label states | Composition to 1% increments, ±10% typical accuracy |
| Operator training needed | Years of hands-on textile experience for reliable judgement | ~30 minutes to operate the device |
| Device cost | — | £4,199 one-off, or from £199/mo + device from £849/mo |
Identification speed (<1 second) and blend accuracy (±10% typical) are from FabriTell's published device specification. Reduction in returns/disputes will depend on your current listing accuracy and return rate, these figures are not from a documented case study in this segment and should be validated against your own data.
For resale operations and donation centres handling hundreds of items daily, the S-Bench sorting station combines FabriTell identification with grading and weighing in one fixed workstation — designed for throughput, not portability.
Learn more about S-Bench →Verify intake at scale, add a "fibre-verified" trust badge to listings, and reduce composition-related disputes and returns.
Confirm premium-fibre claims (silk, wool) before pricing an item at a premium, protect your margin and your credibility.
Screen incoming stock quickly to separate genuinely premium pieces from look-alikes, before they go to grading or pricing.
Portable, no calibration sample needed, instant on-screen result via the free app. Ideal for intake desks, pop-up authentication, and boutique counters.
From £4,199 one-off · or from £199/mo + device from £849/mo
For resale operations processing high volumes of donated or consigned stock, S-Bench combines grading, weighing, and identification in one workstation.
Pricing on request — talk to our team
Automated material sorting for very high-volume resale operations. In development, not yet available to order.
Bring a few pieces from your current stock. We'll show you exactly what FabriTell reveals.