These days, India is known for two things: its booming population and its huge second-hand phone market. Recent reports note India as one of the top countries fueling the dynamic growth of the refurbished phones market globally. And, alongside China, it’s one of the only two developing countries in the world today where the refurb...Read More

The consistent growth demonstrated by many Sub-Saharan African countries in recent years has brought remarkable economic progress into the region. This past few years alone, SSA countries have enjoyed a consolidated growth rate of 3.3% year-on-year in their GDPs. This has elevated the region to the status of emerging market, solidifying their potential for high...Read More

There’s been recent talk about Samsung entering the refurbished smartphones market. While nothing is confirmed yet, the move is likely to allow the tech giant to capitalize on the upward trend of recommerced handsets sales, a good percentage of which is made up of Samsung phones. All of this follows recent projections of Samsung’s market...Read More

You would be remiss to think that it’s only pollution in our oceans that we should be worried about. Recent research has strongly confirmed the rise of e-waste as the fastest-growing waste stream in the world, and the fact that e-graveyards like Agbogbloshie have cropped up in many places around the globe certainly suggests as...Read More

Australia’s Mobile Muster, a nationwide grassroots phone recycling initiative, recently released a report summarizing the trends surrounding mobile phone use in the country. The document, spanning 10 years’ worth of trend data reveals some interesting facts regarding the future of smartphones in Australia: 1) Shifting Priorities in Phone Purchase The report notes that in the...Read More

It’s 2018, and we’re not in Kansas anymore. Buying trends have changed, and a “refurbished phone” may mean a completely different product depending on the manufacturer. There is, however, still a method to the madness. If you’re looking to buy a refurbished phone for want or need, then take a few minutes to brush up...Read More

The refurbished phone market has grown by leaps and bounds in the past couple of years – as much as 13% year-on-year. But it’s not the only industry experiencing a boom. The electronic equipment repair service (EERS) industry, which serves as the backbone of the entire refurbished phone market, is experiencing a dramatic upswing of...Read More

Today we are announcing some important steps we are taking that would drive our historic transformation: to fully integrate blockchain and evolve into a hybrid ecosystem with a marketplace platform. The announcement is about positioning ourselves for long-term growth and allowing GES to move ahead in the coming years with confidence. It is also about...Read More

Today, we are very happy to announce that GES is relaunched on CoinMarketCap (CMC). We are hoping that with CMC, it’ll bring much more flexibility and convenience to the supporters of GES. What is CoinMarketCap (CMC)? CoinMarketCap believes in transparency and openness in data. All the information that you see on the CMC website is...Read More

Just two years ago, a Business Insider article ran an opinion piece that read “never buy a refurbished smartphone from a carrier.” It went on to say that it was in a refurbished phone vendor’s best interest “to find any reason it can not to honor the warranty,” telling readers to stick with new phones...Read More