Success Story
BuyBay Prolonged the Lifespan of 2.5 Million Products
Founding year
2014
Industry
Recommerce
Employees
150
Warehouse
15.000 m2
Countries
Benelux, Germany and France
What is the process like at BuyBay?
BuyBay helps brands, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, 3PLs, and logistics companies to efficiently manage and resell returned products and overstock, ensuring profitability, transparency, and sustainability.
They offer comprehensive support across the entire reverse logistics supply chain. This includes:
- Receiving returns and overstock
- Counting and grading products
- Handling fulfillment
- Managing listings and delistings on integrated marketplaces
Buybay approaches each product with individual care. Our advanced recommerce software, “You Grade,” assesses every item to determine its optimal resale strategy. Whether it's through our recommerce marketplaces or their clients’ sales channels, we ensure every product finds its ideal new home. This extends the product’s life and contributes to supporting a circular economy.
As BuyBay collaborates with some of Europe's largest ecommerce platforms, processing and grading a wide range of product categories in large volumes presents both opportunities and challenges.
👉🏻 Each returned product is unique, arriving in varying conditions.
👉🏻 Even identical products (products with the same EAN) may have vastly different conditions upon return, significantly impacting resale values.
👉🏻 Effective storage and traceability are critical, necessitating warehouse management systems (WMS) to track product locations accurately.
Partnering with PULPO
To address these challenges, BuyBay partnered with PULPO, aligning their operational needs with PULPO’s capabilities. The implementation of PULPO WMS was fast, enabling BuyBay to swiftly operationalize ahead of the busy end-of-year season. With PULPO’s system, BuyBay efficiently minimizes shipping waste and advancing their sustainability goals.
PULPO's advanced traceability features allow BuyBay to monitor the lifecycle of each product, from the moment it enters the warehouse to its eventual resale. This detailed tracking not only aids in optimizing storage solutions but also enhances the accuracy of inventory management, reducing the risk of lost or misplaced items.
PULPO WMS offers comprehensive solutions for tracking product locations and ensuring traceability. Each product is meticulously logged into the system upon arrival, capturing detailed information about its condition and location. This enables real-time tracking of products throughout the warehouse, ensuring that every item is accounted for at every stage of its journey.
TL;DR:
Results of the
PULPO integration
- Real-time tracking of products until the eventual resale
- Minimized shipping waste and more sustainable operations
- Super easy and more accurate inventory management through PULPO App
- With PULPO's seamless integration, Buybay benefits from an agile, responsive warehouse management system that adapts to their evolving needs
Established in 2014, BuyBay is a leading recommerce expert in Europe dedicated to extending product lifespans and promoting a circular economy within e-commerce. Providing tailored recommerce solutions to meet diverse business needs and warehouse capacities, BuyBay supports companies in achieving sustainability and profitability goals by efficiently managing returned products and overstock. Operating in Benelux, Germany, and France, BuyBay boasts a dedicated team of 150 recommerce specialists and operates a strategically located 15,000m² grading center in the heart of Europe. Over the past decade, BuyBay has successfully prolonged the lifespans of 2.5 million products. They aim to extend the lifespans of 10,000 products daily in Europe by 2035, empowering businesses to process and resell their returns and overstock.