Selling a used iPhone - the 5 best tips

If you want to sell your old iPhone, there are a few things to consider in order to get the highest possible price. These five tips will make your sale a success.

Tip 1: Where is the best place to sell my used iPhone?

The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus have been available since September 2015. If you want to exchange your old iPhone 6 for a new 6S, you should first find the right sales point.

• Ebay: The eBay online auction house buys and sells millions of items every day. There are old iPhones like sand by the sea, which promises a high number of buyers. It takes time to post your own offer, but you can get the highest price here. As an alternative to an auction, you can also place an offer on Ebay classified ads.
• Reseller: Many websites have specialized in the purchase of numerous items such as books, DVDs and cell phones. However, since these will resell your iPhone, the price you get there is slightly lower. But the process is hardly connected to work. If you enter all data such as model, memory size and optical condition, you will be offered a price. If you accept this, you must send the device in by post and then receive your money. Comparison portals that offer themselves for this purpose are HandyVerkauf.net and RecyclingMonster.de.
• Conclusion: You make yourself less stress and effort with resellers. However, if you want to get the maximum price, you should organize the sale yourself. With an iPhone, you can earn around 100 euros more on eBay.

Tip 2: sale by auction or fixed price?

If you want to sell your iPhone on Ebay, you are again faced with a difficult question. You can either sell the device at an auction or offer it at a fixed price.

• Auction: Posting an auction on Ebay is free as long as it starts at one euro. With such a popular and up-to-date device like the iPhone 6, the price will not remain low, so an auction here is hardly associated with any risk. Auctions also usually generate higher returns than a fixed price offer.
• Fixed price: On the one hand, you are less worried about the price with a fixed price, on the other hand, the price achieved with an auction could be higher. Each setting costs up to 4.80 euros, which you also have to pay if you cannot find a buyer. It is extremely difficult to find a price that meets your expectations and is more attractive than an auction offer. Orient yourself on other offers on Ebay and see what other prices end with other auctions.
• Conclusion: You definitely make yourself less stressful with a fixed price offer. Here, however, it is important to find a buyer and an acceptable price. You often earn more money from an auction, but there is still a small residual risk that it will not go as you intended.

Tip 3: The correct presentation of the used iPhone

Since there is an abundance of offers from iPhones on Ebay, you have to present yourself particularly well. You don't necessarily have to stand out from the crowd, but you shouldn't be a negative example either.

• Title: Do not simply select "iPhone 6" as the title for your auction, but use all possibilities. An optimal auction heading is, for example, "iPhone 6 32 GB black". Optionally you can add the status like "hardly used" or important information like "without simlock".
• Photos: The image that is displayed in the overview of all offers is particularly important. Take multiple photos from all sides. Take pictures in a bright environment and turn off the flash. If you see this on the glass of the cell phone, this already looks extremely unprofessional. In addition, your photos should be sharp and not pixelated.
• Text: Since it is an iPhone, you do not necessarily have to describe what the cell phone can do. Look specifically for good properties that you can incorporate into the description. These include, for example, "a lot of storage space due to 32 GB of memory", "hardly any scratches, only a small one on the back" and "cell phone was only used with a case and protective film".

Tip 4: Include accessories from the used iPhone

• If you can separate yourself from your iPhone accessories, for example because you will buy a new iPhone for it, you should also offer it with the iPhone. So you have a small competitive advantage over the other offers.
• The accessories should also be shown in the pictures. In the text you should once again note what each individual accessory such as charging cable or headphones is new and how worn it is.

Tip 5: delete iPhone before sale

• So that you do not pass on your personal data to the buyer, you should never refrain from deleting all data on the mobile phone. You don't have to delete every piece of information yourself, iTunes does this job for you.
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