Mobile Monster

On Starting An Online Business Buying Old Phones [Re-purpose 40K+ Phones Per Year]

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Tim Duggal

Founder, Mobile Monster

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Mobile Monster

mobilemonster.com.au

from Melbourne VIC, Australia

started January 2012

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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.

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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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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

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