Frequently Asked Questions

TECHNAVERSE is a secondary market platform for enterprise data center hardware. It operates two surfaces — the NAV Engine for enterprises looking to sell surplus equipment, and the BST Exchange for professional resellers who buy and sell hardware.

If you have surplus or decommissioned hardware you want to sell, use the NAV Engine. If you are a hardware reseller, broker, or dealer looking to trade, use the BST Exchange.

The NAV Engine requires no account. Submit your hardware list and receive an offer. The BST Exchange requires a reseller profile. Registration is free — posting listings requires approval.

Submit your hardware list using the INSTANT form on the homepage. Include make, model, part number, quantity, and condition. The NAV Engine prices your equipment against live market data and returns a verified cash offer within 4 hours.

You will receive a verification email. Once confirmed, the NAV Engine runs and generates an offer. You will receive the offer by email with a 72-hour window to accept.

The NAV Engine pulls comparable sales from active secondary market sources. Your offer is based on current market value — not retail price. We price conservatively on the buy side so our offers are sustainable and closeable.

Use the DIRECT service line. A TECHNAVERSE rep will contact you within 2 hours to discuss your inventory and structure a transaction that fits your situation.

Payment method is assigned automatically based on deal size. Under $10K: PayPal. $10K to $50K: Escrow. Above $50K: Wire transfer.

INSTANT submissions receive an offer within 4 hours of email verification. Payment is processed at confirmation, not at pickup.

Servers, storage, networking equipment, compute infrastructure, and current-generation GPU and AI hardware. Brands include Dell, HP, Cisco, Nvidia, AMD, NetApp, Pure Storage, and others.

Go to technaverse.com/bst/register and create a profile. Registration is free. Our team reviews all applications and will contact you to verify your business before approving your account.

Browse the live feed of WTS and WTB listings. Post your own listings. Submit bids on WTS listings and quotes on WTB listings. Set alerts for MPNs or categories you trade.

Browsing the feed is free. Posting listings, seeing prices, and submitting bids and quotes requires a Standard subscription at $20 per month. Premium at $100 per month adds pre-market access to enterprise NAV Engine submissions before they are publicly offered.

When an enterprise submits hardware through the NAV Engine, Premium resellers receive an alert with the submission details and a window to submit a bid. This is pre-market access to motivated enterprise sellers before the offer goes out.

On a WTS listing, click Make an Offer and enter your bid per unit. On a WTB listing, click Submit Quote and enter your price. Both parties are notified by email. All interactions are directly between you and the listing poster.

Yes. TECHNAVERSE participates as a reseller when it chooses to post listings or submit bids. It follows the same rules as every other participant. Interactions are between the parties involved.

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