Recent News

Only Refurbs will Do: eBay.in Exits Stage Left

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...

The Role of Second-Hand Phones in Booming Sub-Saharan Africa

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...

Samsung is Planning on Entering the Refurbished Game. Here’s Why That Won’t Work Out.

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...

3 New Developments that Might Revolutionize the Future of Smartphones

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...

Australia’s Mobile Phone Trends: Is AU Ripe for Refurbished Phones?

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...

Refurbished Phone Buying Essentials for 2018

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...

Further Cooperation Development with MSCE

Dear Community, As you may know from previous announcements that we have been working closely with MSCE, another project that shares a very similar vision in this circular economy in...

GES has revamped its website

Hi All, In addition to this week’s news the development team is sharing another small update. Our web design team has decided to finish the website revamp over night so...

The Growth of the EERS Market (and New Opportunities for GES)

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...

GES August 2018 Updates & Announcements

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....

GES Relaunched on CMC!

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...

New Phones are Out, Refurbished Phones are In

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...
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