A better way
to buy and resell.
REVEND is a recommerce marketplace built around one simple idea: buying and selling between strangers should feel like a managed transaction, not a gamble.
Why REVEND exists
Buying and selling pre-owned goods can be simple until the important questions begin:
- Can I trust the other person?
- Has payment really been made?
- Will the seller actually send the item?
- Will the item match the advertisement?
- Do we need to meet in person?
- What happens if something goes wrong?
REVEND was built to put structure around those questions.
Instead of simply introducing a buyer and seller and leaving them to complete the transaction privately, REVEND is designed to manage payment, delivery status and the dispute process inside one transaction.
What is recommerce?
Recommerce is the resale of products that are already in circulation.
That includes pre-owned, refurbished and other legitimate goods being sold again rather than discarded or left unused.
REVEND is designed to make recommerce easier across a broad range of categories, from technology and gaming to home, tools, fashion, sports, equipment and more.
Our model
The buyer commits to the purchase. The seller supplies what was advertised. REVEND manages the transaction, payment status, supported delivery process and genuine disputes between them.
What REVEND stands for
Safer transactions
REVEND is built around a managed transaction instead of leaving buyers and sellers to arrange payment and delivery privately.
Fair to buyers and sellers
The buyer should receive what was advertised. The seller should be paid for supplying what was advertised.
Recommerce made easier
REVEND helps legitimate products stay in use for longer by making resale simpler, more structured and more practical.
Built for scale
REVEND is launching in South Africa with a platform model designed to support broader categories, more delivery services and future international growth.
Built for both sides
REVEND is not designed only for buyers or only for sellers.
A healthy marketplace needs both sides to feel protected by the transaction process.
For buyers
Buy through a managed transaction, use supported delivery and raise a genuine dispute if the item is materially not as advertised.
For sellers
List honestly, sell at your chosen price, use the managed transaction process and be protected from ordinary buyer remorse after a legitimate sale.
Private sellers and businesses
REVEND supports more than one way to sell.
Private sellers can list their own goods, while business stores can use REVEND to sell multiple products and manage commercial inventory.
The aim is one marketplace with a consistent transaction process across both selling models.
A broad marketplace
REVEND is designed to accommodate the widest practical range of legitimate products.
If an item can legally be sold, can be transported through an available REVEND delivery service and is permitted by the applicable payment and service providers, it will generally be eligible.
View marketplace selling rulesStarting in South Africa
REVEND is being built for a South African launch.
The platform, however, is being structured with future expansion in mind, including additional courier services, payment providers, categories and international markets.
The goal is to build a transaction model that can scale without losing the principles that make REVEND different.
Why the name REVEND?
REVEND reflects the idea of selling something again.
Products do not always need a first owner and then an end point. They can move from one useful life to another.
REVEND gives that resale transaction a platform designed to make it simpler, safer and more structured.
Buy. Sell. Re-vend.
A recommerce marketplace where the product can change hands without the transaction becoming an unnecessary risk.