Tips for selling your used machinery

Publish your used machine for free, follow our suggestions and we will find interested buyers for you to conclude easily your deal.

1. Take nice pictures of the machine

Photo 1. Complete Machine overview
Photo 2. Cnc or plc of the machine
Photo 3. Working area
Photo 4. Toolings and equipment

You can also take good pictures with your smartphone. Make sure you focus the camera well. Take at least four photos. Make sure that the photos depict the most important parts of the machine. Ideally you should have a photo of a complete overview of the machine (photo 1), a photo of the numerical control or control panel (photo 2), a photo of the working area (photo 3), and a photo of any devices that characterise the machine or accessories that come with it (photo 4). For example the tool changer or high pressure pump in a machining centre or the turret or spindle in a lathe.

2. Add a complete and exhaustive description

It is very important that the advertisement always includes a description of the used machinery for sale. The description must provide at least basic information of the machinery, such as as brand, model, year of manufacture and type of machinery. In addition the description should always report the most important technical specifications as the production capacities and the main parameters of the machinery.

Finally, all the additional information provided that highlights the value of the machinery for sale, such as the possible equipment and tooling sold with the machinery, the presence of optionals and extras that increase the productivity of the machine, any modifications or retrofitting carried out on the machinery in order to extend its useful life of work.

3. Define and set a realistic price

The definition of the price when buying and selling used machinery is of vital importance. A price that is too high would make the purchase of the machine not attractive compared to the purchase of a new machine sold with warranty, on the other hand, a too low price would raise more than one doubt about the condition of the machinery for sale. A good practice to establish the sale price is to verify the market price of similar machinery for sale, possibly machinery with the same characteristics and with the same manufacturing years under equal conditions of use.

4. Provide all the correct data about your company

When publishing the advertisement of your used machinery, our system will ask you to fill some fields with the main data of your company. This information is important because all the advertisements on our website have to be verified in order to guarantee a safe and quality service for all the buyers who will visit our catalogue and who are interested in buying listed machines. Ads with no information about the selling company or with untrue information will be immediately removed.

5. Take an appointment with Makinate's agent

In case of need or help with the publication of the ads for your used machinery for sale, please feel free to contact us and one of our agents will get in touch with you to provide immediate assistance. If you need any further assistance you can mtake an appointment directly with one of our agents who will come to your company to discuss all the ways and possibilities of selling your used machinery.

Incomplete ads

We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that all incomplete advertisements will either be removed or be put in stand-by awaiting for publication until the minimum requirements have been met and until the truthfulness of the advertisement has been verified by one of our agents.