{"id":309,"date":"2014-09-12T20:49:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T20:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getdolly.com\/blog\/?p=309"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:52:49","slug":"blue-book-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Book for Furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re in the business of helping people get their stuff where it needs to go, and many of our customers are buying and selling furniture on Craigslist. For such a massive market, many people don\u2019t know how to determine a fair price for their furniture.<\/p>\n<p>To aid this process, we built a tool that allows you\u00a0to quickly get a ballpark estimate for the value of your\u00a0used furniture. We created something that is easy to use, but also allows for more accurate data in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check it out now:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How does it work?<\/h2>\n<p>The calculator is something that we will continue to improve. For this first iteration we used standard accounting principles to estimate the depreciation of an asset such as furniture. In the real world, standard accounting principles don\u2019t often accurately represent &#8220;real market values.&#8221; We used a small survey to provide a normalizing effect that improves the accuracy of the real world value, and we&#8217;ve also begun to adjust the data based on category and location.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know what your furniture is worth,\u00a0make sure it sells by learning <a href=\"https:\/\/api-web.dolly.com\/blog\/craft-standout-craigslist-post\/?utm_source=Blue%20Book%20for%20Furniture&amp;utm_medium=%23muckfoving%20blog\">how to\u00a0craft a stellar Craigslist post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the beginning and we hope to continue improving accuracy. If you have any thoughts\/suggestions, we\u2019d love to hear them. Shoot us a Tweet at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/getdolly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@getDolly<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re in the business of helping people get their stuff where it needs to go, and many of our customers are buying and selling furniture on Craigslist. For such a massive market, many people don\u2019t know how to determine a fair price for their furniture. To aid this process, we built a tool that allows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[644937412],"tags":[644937429,644937411,644937430],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","tag-blue-book-furniture","tag-furniture","tag-used-furniture-calculator"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Blue Book for Furniture Works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How does Blue Book Furniture work? We explain how we built https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com and provide insight into how it works.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Blue Book for Furniture Works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How does Blue Book Furniture work? We explain how we built https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com and provide insight into how it works.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Taskrabbit Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TaskRabbit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-12T20:49:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T14:52:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"570\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taskrabbit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TaskRabbit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TaskRabbit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Taskrabbit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Taskrabbit\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79980819db552826ffdc7c92a3eaa086\"},\"headline\":\"Blue Book for Furniture\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-12T20:49:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T14:52:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Blue Book Furniture\",\"furniture\",\"used furniture calculator\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tips &amp; Tricks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Blue Book for Furniture Works\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-12T20:49:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T14:52:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79980819db552826ffdc7c92a3eaa086\"},\"description\":\"How does Blue Book Furniture work? We explain how we built https:\\\/\\\/bluebookfurniture.com and provide insight into how it works.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":570},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/blue-book-furniture\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tips &amp; Tricks\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/tips-tricks\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Blue Book for Furniture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Taskrabbit Blog\",\"description\":\"Taskrabbit Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79980819db552826ffdc7c92a3eaa086\",\"name\":\"Taskrabbit\",\"description\":\"Get More Done in Less Time Our same-day service platform instantly connects you with skilled Taskers to help with odd-jobs and errands, so you can be more productive, every day.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taskrabbit.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/taskrabbit-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Blue Book for Furniture Works","description":"How does Blue Book Furniture work? We explain how we built https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com and provide insight into how it works.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Blue Book for Furniture Works","og_description":"How does Blue Book Furniture work? We explain how we built https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com and provide insight into how it works.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/","og_site_name":"Taskrabbit Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TaskRabbit\/","article_published_time":"2014-09-12T20:49:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-28T14:52:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":570,"url":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Taskrabbit","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TaskRabbit","twitter_site":"@TaskRabbit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Taskrabbit","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/"},"author":{"name":"Taskrabbit","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79980819db552826ffdc7c92a3eaa086"},"headline":"Blue Book for Furniture","datePublished":"2014-09-12T20:49:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-28T14:52:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/"},"wordCount":233,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg","keywords":["Blue Book Furniture","furniture","used furniture calculator"],"articleSection":["Tips &amp; Tricks"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/","url":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/","name":"How Blue Book for Furniture Works","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg","datePublished":"2014-09-12T20:49:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-28T14:52:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79980819db552826ffdc7c92a3eaa086"},"description":"How does Blue Book Furniture work? We explain how we built https:\/\/bluebookfurniture.com and provide insight into how it works.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbf-opengraph-twitter-e1410554954824.jpg","width":1200,"height":570},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/blue-book-furniture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips &amp; Tricks","item":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/tips-tricks\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Blue Book for Furniture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/","name":"Taskrabbit Blog","description":"Taskrabbit Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/79980819db552826ffdc7c92a3eaa086","name":"Taskrabbit","description":"Get More Done in Less Time Our same-day service platform instantly connects you with skilled Taskers to help with odd-jobs and errands, so you can be more productive, every day.","url":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/author\/taskrabbit-2\/"}]}},"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}