On Starting An Online Business Buying Old Phones [Re-purpose 40K+ Phones Per Year]
Hi! My name is Tim Duggal and I started an online business in 2012 where people can sell their old phone, called Mobile Monster.
Our main service is buying back people's old smartphones, saving people time, and creating a more sustainable world.
When I first started, only 2 people sold their device to me in 6 months haha - it was an iPhone 3GS. By the end of 2012 we were buying approx 400-500 devices per month and today we re-purpose more than 40,000 devices per year.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
I started buying and selling friends' laptops when I was in high school, I just loved wheeling and dealing when I was young. I continued into high school, buying phones and then selling them to people who wanted cheaper alternatives to buying new ones.
I realized that people were time-poor, didn't have...
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