Brendan James: company spotlight, BlankIT

In getting used phones ready for resale, they must undergo a thorough process to ensure not only that they are functional, but that they are free of any traces of data from the previous owner. This is a segment of the market with lots of potential, and BlankIT has been capitalizing on it since 2014. With its team of quality control engineers, programmers, and technicians, BlankIT has remained steady in the belief that happy workers are productive workers, and it is a key reason they are able to deftly cover many areas of the used phone readiness process while still achieving consistent growth.

Employing a core staff of 22 people, BlankIT specializes in four areas: quality control, configuration, data erasure, and independent stock handling. Quality control operators make up nearly a third of the staff, who “grade to sell” in order to create the most potential value for stocks. This talented crew also creates bespoke quality control systems for their customers’ use, which the company notes can be “replicated or improved many times over.”

The configurations sector cuts through obstacles to make phones operable and sellable again, such as adding or removing SIM locks, network configurations, demo software, ridding the device of previous branding, and adding of the customer’s own configurations. BlankIT also creates and loads specially-tailored apps to the customer’s specification, and fully kit up the phone with accessories and packaging where applicable.

BlankIT’s data erasure process oversees the factory reset and full, industry-standard erasure of the phone’s contents, using their in-house, forensically-approved procedure. Should you need further assurance, all successful wipes and erasures come with a certificate as proof of the work done.