Want will supply European customers the chance to alternate used tech units for cash. To do that, Want proprietor ContectLogic has entered right into a partnership with refurbished items supplier Remarketed. This system will begin within the Netherlands subsequent month, adopted by different European international locations.
The ‘Want Commerce-In’ program permits customers to alternate their used smartphones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches, and different outdated tech units for money, “with no strings connected”; customers don’t have to spend the cash at Want’s on-line market.
Immediate valuation
Remarketed, primarily based within the Dutch metropolis of Groningen, will present an prompt estimated valuation primarily based on the submitted system’s age and situation. Clients can ship their used merchandise without spending a dime (because of pay as you go delivery labels) and obtain fee after verification. Want will refurbish chosen gadgets and resell them on its platform.
Advantages
Alan Small, Director of Enterprise Improvement at Want, highlights the assorted advantages of the buyback program: “In addition to placing money again into the arms of our clients, it considerably reduces e-waste by extending a product’s life”, he explains.
‘This system considerably reduces e-waste.’
The initiative can also be consistent with Want’s growth of its refurbished items, in accordance to Small: “The launch of our trade-in service enhances our not too long ago expanded vary of refurbished electronics which permits clients to profit from new applied sciences at a fraction of the worth.”
Recommerce is booming
The recommerce market is booming, which is why many different platforms are additionally investing in it. Demand from European clients has already propelled second-hand purchasing on Amazon right into a billion euros enterprise.
Want relisted
Want, based in 2010, is headquartered in San Francisco. A lot of the listed merchandise on the web market come from Chinese language producers and retailers. Want was boycotted in France from the tip of 2021 however was relisted a few yr in the past.
