Device Buyback for Fleets That Span Countries
Old devices worth money, booked as losses, with nowhere to send them.
Tequipy's device buyback turns retired hardware into cash in 180+ countries. Mark a device for sellback, the platform's buyback action, get a quote from a remote assessment, and Tequipy collects it, wipes it with certification, and pays 20-70% of its value by invoice.
Here's what changes when device buyback is built into the lifecycle
Sold where it sits, not stored where you'll never hire again
An employee leaves in a country you won't hire in again. The device can't redeploy across most borders, storing it costs money every month with no end date, and shipping it home means customs. So it sits, a paid-for asset turning into a monthly fee.
A device stuck behind after an exit gets sold instead of stored. Tequipy quotes the device, collects it locally, wipes it with a certificate, and pays out, closing the loop in the country where the machine already is.
A refresh that funds itself, not a pile of retired devices
A fleet refresh doubles your hardware for a quarter: new machines arriving, old ones with no exit path. The retired fleet gets stored, gifted, or scrapped, and none of its remaining value comes back to the budget that paid for it.
Sellback slots into the refresh: as new devices deploy, retired ones get quoted and collected through the same platform. Recent, good-condition hardware returns 60-70% of its value, funding a real share of the new fleet.
A buyer for the whole fleet, not only what one program accepts
Trade-in channels are narrow: this brand, that model year, only devices bought through that same program. A real fleet is mixed: three laptop brands, out-of-warranty machines, devices from a vendor you've already left. Most of it has no buyer.
Tequipy buys back devices no matter who sold them or whether the warranty has run out. Send the device list, get a quote per machine from age, condition, and market demand, and sell the mixed fleet in one motion.
Proof of erasure with the payment, not data risk with the sale
Every sold device is a data question. Without proof the data is gone, one resold machine can turn into a breach you must disclose. So security teams veto buyback entirely, and the fleet gets shredded instead, remaining value and all.
A certified Blancco wipe and certificate come with every buyback, or a certificate of destruction where resale is off the table. ISO 27001, a chain of custody from pickup to warehouse, and payment as cash by invoice.
What makes device buyback work on one platform
Built into offboarding
Mark a device for sellback when someone leaves, and collection, wipe, quote, and payment run as one flow, in 180+ countries.
20-70% of device value
Age, condition, and market demand set the number: 60-70% for recent machines in good shape, around 20% for old or damaged ones. The final quote is confirmed on inspection.
Certified wipe or destruction
Every device sold back gets Blancco certified erasure and the certificate to prove it. Where compliance rules out resale, Tequipy destroys the device and certifies that instead.
Any device, any origin
Devices bought elsewhere and out-of-warranty machines qualify. Laptops and other company devices, quoted one by one from your uploaded list.
How RemoFirst stopped writing off devices left behind in 30 countries
RemoFirst, an Employer of Record with staff across 30 countries, had no way to deal with devices left behind after offboarding in Colombia, the UK, or Kazakhstan. Machines stayed with ex-employees or became write-offs, roughly $2,000 per employee at risk.
Every company device now comes back, 100% against a 71% market standard, and each one gets a second use instead of becoming a loss. Around $2,000 per employee in prevented losses, plus 25+ hours and $3,500 saved monthly.
Time Saved
Money Saved
SLA Performance
Device Recovery Rate
You're not adding an end-of-life process. You're adding an exit price to every device.
Every fleet owner eventually asks what all these devices are still worth. Enough to matter: between 20% and 70% each, and the platform prices them per device before you commit to anything.
Day 1, Price the fleet
Day 5, First devices out
Day 30, End of life has a price
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Have more questions about device buyback?
Which devices qualify for buyback?
Company devices regardless of where they were bought, including out-of-warranty machines. Each device is quoted individually from age, condition, and market demand, so a mixed fleet can be sold in one batch.
What happens to a device in a country where we won't hire again?
Sellback is built for exactly that case. Devices can't redeploy across most borders, so instead of paying storage indefinitely, Tequipy buys the device in the country where it was collected and pays you its value.
How does device buyback fit a hardware refresh?
As new devices roll out, retired ones get marked for sellback in the same platform. Quotes come per device, collection runs alongside the deployment, and the proceeds offset part of the refresh cost.
How is the buyback price set?
By age, condition, and market demand. Recent devices in good condition return 60-70% of value, old or damaged ones around 20%. A remote assessment produces the initial quote; the final number is confirmed when Tequipy inspects the device.
What proof do we get that data was destroyed?
A Blancco certified wipe certificate with every device sold back, or a certificate of destruction if the device must not be resold. Tequipy is ISO 27001 certified and keeps a chain of custody from pickup to warehouse.
How and when do we get paid?
By invoice, as cash, after the final condition check. Proceeds don't come as store credit, though an option to apply them to future purchases is planned.
What is device buyback?
Device buyback is a company selling its used IT devices to a buyer such as Tequipy for a percentage of their value. The buyer collects the devices, performs certified data erasure, and resells them, paying the company cash.
How does device buyback work?
The company lists devices for sale, a remote assessment produces an initial quote per device, the buyer collects and inspects them, and payment follows. With Tequipy the whole flow runs inside the same platform that manages the rest of the lifecycle.
What is the difference between device buyback and ITAD?
IT asset disposition (ITAD) is the whole end-of-life discipline: recovery, certified wiping, destruction, recycling, and resale, with compliance evidence. Device buyback is the resale path within it, the part that pays you. Tequipy runs both.
