For many people, it’s phone-buying season—in the past month or two, Apple, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung have all released hot new phones. If your old phone is gathering dust in a drawer somewhere and you don’t have a use for it aside from “paperweight,” you might as well sell it and get something for it.
You have a few options for selling your phone: You can either sell it yourself through a site such as Craigslist or eBay, or you can use a buyback service like Gazelle or Glyde, and make your old phone someone else’s problem. Here’s what you need to know before you put your old phone on the market.