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Getting Started: All About Manifests
When it comes to buying bulk lots on B-Stock, you will quickly want to make friends with auction manifests. A manifest is a document that comes along with each lot detailing the inventory included. Because you can’t physically touch or…
Halloween Spending is ‘Boo’ming, Are you Ready?
Between candy, decor, and costumes, Americans will spend nearly $9 billion on the delightfully frightful holiday. According to the NRF, Americans will spend an average of $86.27, down just slightly from last year’s record $86.79. That works out to $8.8…
Don’t Fall Behind…Start Sourcing for the Holiday Season
Crisp air, changing leaves and pumpkin spice everything… while it’s only the beginning of fall, if you’re a reseller, it’s time to think ahead! Four in 10 people begin holiday shopping by November 1. If you want your shelves (virtual…
iPhone & Samsung Secondary Market Pricing & Trade-In Data
At B-Stock, we eat, sleep, and breathe the secondary mobile market. As trade-in rates rise and more companies push devices to secondary sales channels – including B-Stock’s B2B marketplace – the data generated is extremely interesting. We recently released our…
eCommerce Expo – September 25-26 – London
Onto the next European show! From September 25-26th, the team is heading to eCommerce Expo in London. As the UK’s largest event on the eCommerce and retail calendar, the show features hundreds of ecommerce specialists, including 350 expert speakers. If…
IAW Trade Fair – September 18-20 – Cologne
B-Stock’s EU team is heading to Cologne, Germany from September 18-20 for the IAW Trade Fair. The show is Europe’s number one event for business buyers from across the EU, showcasing innovative promotional and trend-led products from sellers across the…
Live Video Chat: Consumer Electronics Secondary Market Insights
Around 20% of consumer electronics purchases are returned: the biggest drivers include customer dissatisfaction and frustration with the product. Given constant technology upgrades and open boxes or torn packaging, many of the items cannot be resold as new, at full…
Mobile Secondary Market: Q2 2019 Insights
Each quarter we compile data from across our Mobile Marketplaces to create an overview of secondary market industry insights, including pricing data for devices across model, carrier, condition, color and SKU. The world’s largest wireless manufacturers, carriers, and trade-in companies…
New Data on Ecommerce & Return Policies
Quick Facts: 93 percent of shoppers say a free return policy is important 60 percent of respondents “would buy again” from a brand that offers free returns and exchanges 70 percent of consumers say they’re “deterred from buying online by…
How Resellers Can Navigate the Secondary Retail Market
Lots of people make a business out of buying and then reselling liquidation inventory. To be successful, it’s important to learn about the secondary retail market, especially when it comes to sourcing inventory for your business. In this article, we’ll…
Why the Trade Wars May Lead to Excess Inventory (and what to do about it)
The ongoing trade war with China and the threat of increased tariffs coming down the pike has many retailers buying increased amounts of inventory now to avoid higher pricing later. While at first blush this sounds like a good strategy—buy…
Selling Secondary Market Consumer Electronics
The secondary market for consumer electronics consists of refurbishers, repair technicians, and manufacturers all networking with each other for the common goal of extending the life of electronic devices. When the life of a consumer electronic is extended, it does…