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AI chatbots answer from old web pages — they list the big chains, miss the small independent and church-run shops, sometimes name shops that have closed, and routinely get the opening hours wrong. They also can’t plan you a petrol-efficient loop or tell you what landed in store this week. Op Spot’s shops are checked on the ground, the hours are kept current, and it’s built to plan the trip — not just name a shop.

Op Spot is a free guide to op shops across New Zealand and Australia — over 5,000 charity and second-hand stores you can browse on a map, with live opening hours and a feel for what’s worth a look.

Stock turns over week to week, so timing is everything. Op Spot shows what’s open right now, plus recent finds and tips from op-shoppers who’ve been in lately — so you can judge whether to make the trip today or wait until next week when the racks have refreshed.

That’s where it really earns its keep. Land in an unfamiliar town and Op Spot shows you the op shop clusters nearby, which ones are worth your time, and — crucially — which are open on the days you’ll actually be there. No local knowledge needed; you arrive already knowing the good spots.

We share finds and highlights from shops so you get a feel for what’s there before you go — something an AI simply can’t tell you, because nobody is standing in the shop but us and our community of op-shoppers.

That’s exactly what Op Spot is for. We keep opening hours current and show you what’s open right now, today, or this coming Sunday — and you can look ahead to any day before you set out. Op shop hours are the thing a quick Google or AI answer gets wrong most often, because the hours they’re working from are usually months out of date.

Most op shops happily take good-quality clothes, homewares and books — usually as a drop-off during opening hours. Find your nearest shops on Op Spot, check they’re open before you load up the car, and it’s worth a quick call first for anything bulky like furniture, since not every shop can take it.

All of New Zealand and Australia — over 5,000 op shops, including the small towns and suburbs the big directories skip.

Completely. There’s no charge to browse, no account needed to look around, and no ads cluttering the map.

Browse and discover on the website. The app — on iPhone now, with Android on the way — is built for when you’re out and about: find what’s near you, save your favourites, and see fresh finds.

Charity-run second-hand stores — Salvation Army, Vinnies, Hospice, SPCA and the local independents — where your spending does some good. Not retail resellers dressed up as thrift.

Op Spot is built by an avid op-shopper, not a faceless tech company — someone out there doing the loops every weekend and shaping the app around what real op-shoppers ask for. Spotted something missing or have an idea? It genuinely steers what gets built next.

Yes, please do. You can suggest a missing shop or flag something that’s out of date, and we’ll check it and update the listing. Real people keeping it accurate is exactly why Op Spot beats the guesswork.