Guides
Practical, merchant-focused guides to buyback, trade-in, and reselling devices.
Avoiding stolen phones: IMEI and blacklist checks for buyback merchants
How buyback merchants keep stolen devices out of inventory — IMEI basics, blacklist checks, dialing *#06#, why to record every IMEI, and the platform's manual IMEI field plus a pluggable blacklist-check hook.
Buyback pricing strategy and margins
How buyback merchants set buy-side prices for profit — buy vs resale pricing, margin percentages, per-model overrides, confidence flags on estimated prices, how market prices move, and an AI pricing agent that proposes refreshes.
Device condition grading guide for buyback merchants
The four-grade system buyback merchants use — like-new, good, fair, and broken — what each means for screen, body, and function, how questionnaire-based grading keeps quotes consistent, and a grading rubric table.
How to start a phone buyback business
A practical playbook for repair shops, phone stores, and resellers who want to start buying back used devices — the market, licensing, sourcing, pricing, the buyback loop, and a first-90-days checklist.
What is net trade-in? A merchant's guide
Net trade-in lets shoppers pay full price at checkout and get a partial refund after you receive and inspect their old device. Here's how it works — and why it beats instant store credit for WooCommerce merchants.
How to run a WooCommerce trade-in program
Why WooCommerce is the right home for a device trade-in program — the net-trade-in checkout model, setup at a glance, refund-after-receipt, gateway fee notes, and reselling bought-back stock.