Why choose Firemane?
We can turn your Surplus Inventory into Value
Every week, banks, acquirers, and distributors contact us with the same story: stock they no longer need. Sometimes a product team upgraded to a newer model. Sometimes the sales forecast was too optimistic. Either way, they're sitting on surplus hardware, often brand new, that's tying up capital, occupying space in certified secure warehouses, and accumulating storage, audit, and compliance costs month after month.
When we look at a situation like this, we always offer two options: 1. A cash buy or 2. Consignment.
For smaller quantities, a direct purchase often makes sense. We're active buyers, we believe we're the largest buyer of global surplus payment hardware on the planet. That's largely because we understand where stock can be moved internationally, not just within a single territory.
For larger holdings, say 5,000 units with a book value of $1,000,000. The maths of a cash buy changes quickly. To take on that much risk and capital exposure, our offer has to reflect that reality. That can mean a significant gap between book value and what we can pay outright.
Consignment closes that gap and here’s how Firemane does it:
We take physical possession of the stock and freight it to one of our warehouses, removing the storage, security certification, and auditing burden from you entirely
Title stays with you. It's your stock; it just sits with us instead of in a third-party facility
We agree on a depreciation schedule (typically 1–5% per month), so the price we pay reflects the asset's real value at the time of sale
Your inventory is immediately part of our active stock, broadcast to our global customer network twice a month and available for same-day fulfilment
We guarantee to purchase whatever remains at the end of the agreed period, whether that's six months or three years, giving you a firm end date on the problem
That last point matters more than people initially realise. A lot of our partners want to know: what if it just sits there?The guarantee answers that. There is an expiration date on the problem, and we work with the timeline that fits your financial year, depreciation schedule, and internal targets.
Why does having the stock physically matter so much?
Speed. A significant portion of what we do is break-fix: a reseller or sub-distributor already has an order in with a manufacturer, the delivery date slips two months, and they need stock now to bridge the gap. The moment we say "we can get it, but give us four weeks," we've lost the ability to help them.
With consignment stock in our warehouse, the answer is simply: yes, we have it, and we can ship today.
The difference between $200,000 in cash today and realising close to full book value over the course of a year is often just a conversation about structure.
If you're sitting on surplus inventory and want to understand what your options actually look like, we're happy to walk through the numbers with you. Contact us on pricing@firemane.com on fill out our contact form: https://www.firemane.com/contact