Working, cracked, carrier-locked, even iCloud-locked — see your cash offer in seconds, ship it free, and get paid within 48 hours of approval.
No meetups, no haggling, no lowball offers at the mall kiosk. Everything happens from your couch.
Tell us your model, storage size, carrier, and condition. We show you a real price on the spot — locked for 30 days.
We email you a prepaid shipping label instantly. Box it up, drop it off, done. Every package is tracked and insured.
Once your phone passes inspection and is approved, choose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, or Cash App. Payouts go out within 48 hours of approval — during busy weeks it can take up to 7 days. Replying quickly to any email from us is the fastest way to get paid.
It takes two minutes, it protects your privacy, and it's the #1 thing that delays payouts when it's skipped.
iPhones with Find My iPhone / Activation Lock still on, and Androids still linked to a Google account, stay locked to you even after a factory reset. We can't inspect or resell a locked phone — so your payout gets paused until it's removed.
Signing out also guarantees your Apple ID or Google account is fully disconnected from the device before it leaves your hands.
Your offer is locked for 30 full days from the moment you accept it. Market drops? Not your problem. The only time a price changes is if the phone that arrives doesn't match what you told us — and then you see photos and decide, or get it back free.
If our inspection finds something different and we revise your offer, you can decline it — and we ship your phone back to you free. You risk nothing.
Every device is factory reset and verified erased during inspection — and the confirmation lands in your inbox automatically the moment your phone is approved.
Prices update daily based on real market demand. Here's what we're paying today for devices in good condition.
Mall kiosks lowball you in person. Carriers pay in bill credit, not cash. Here's the honest comparison.
| money4phones | Mall kiosk | Carrier trade-in | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real cash — not store credit | ✓ Cash within 48 hrs of approval | ✓ But lowball offers | ✕ Bill credit over 24 mo. |
| Instant offer from home | ✓ | ✕ Drive to the mall | ✓ |
| Price locked for 30 days | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Free return if you decline | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Certified data wipe | ✓ Confirmation emailed | ✕ | ✓ |
| Buys cracked, carrier-locked & iCloud-locked phones | ✓ Parts pricing for locked | ✕ Working only | ✕ Deducted heavily |
Cracked, carrier-locked, iCloud-locked, even blacklisted — as long as it powers on, we'll make you an offer. Locked and blacklisted phones get a parts price, and our IMEI check shows it to you before you ship, so there's no surprise later.
Straight from our verified seller profiles — 5.0 stars across 605 Swappa reviews and 100% positive feedback across 7,600+ eBay sales.
"I'm a quite skeptical person… This purchase has been flawless. Just exactly as described. I'm very happy. A very smooth transaction. Thank you!"
"Super fast shipping and phone was in excellent shape!"
"Came just as described. With a 91% battery. In excellent condition."
Yes — this is the one must-do step. iPhones with Find My iPhone (Activation Lock) on, and Androids still linked to a Google account, stay locked to you even after a factory reset, which pauses your payout until it's removed. Follow the two-minute checklist in the "Before You Ship" section above — and if you forget, you can remove the device remotely from icloud.com/find or google.com/android/find and your payout resumes same-day.
Yes. If you can't remove Activation Lock (a phone you inherited, an account you no longer have), or a carrier blacklisted the phone, we still buy it — at a parts price, because that's what it's worth to us. The IMEI check on our form catches it before you ship, so the price you see is already the parts price; no surprise later. Carrier-locked phones get their own price too, a little under the unlocked one.
Not right now. If it powers on and works at all — cracked screen, weak battery, whatever — pick "Yes, with some issues" and we'll make you an offer. Completely dead phones we have to pass on.
First, back up and factory-reset before shipping (our checklist walks you through it). Either way, the moment your phone arrives it goes into a locked intake area, and every device is wiped to industry data-destruction standards during processing. You'll receive a data deletion certificate by email — your info never gets resold with the phone.
If your phone's condition matches what you told us, you get exactly what we quoted — that's the 30-day price lock. If inspection finds something different, we send you a revised offer first. Don't like it? Decline with one click and we ship your phone back to you completely free.
Payouts go out within 48 hours after your phone passes inspection and is approved — during busy weeks it can take up to 7 days. Choose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, or Cash App when you accept your offer, and if we email you a question or a revised offer, a quick reply is the fastest way to get paid. You can track every step from your order page.
Almost always, yes. Screens, boards, cameras, and housings all have value on their own. Just pick the matching condition when you get your quote so the offer is accurate the first time.
Never. Your prepaid, tracked, insured shipping label is emailed the moment you accept the offer. Any sturdy box works — wrap the phone in something soft, drop it off, and you're done.
Before "trade-in" was a button on your carrier's app, we were already doing this the right way.
Money4Phones started in 2009 — back when the iPhone 3GS was the hottest phone on the planet and selling your old one meant haggling with a stranger in a parking lot. We thought people deserved better: a fair price, paid fast, with zero games. Seventeen years and thousands of devices later, that's still exactly how we operate.
Every phone that comes through our doors is tested and graded by hand — battery, screen, speakers, charge port, the works — by people who have literally handled thousands of them. That experience is why our offers hold up. When we quote you a price, we intend to pay it. And on the rare occasion an inspection turns up something different, you get photos, an honest explanation, and a revised offer — or your phone shipped back to you free. That's how we'd want to be treated, so that's how we treat you.
It takes about 60 seconds to get your offer.
Certified phones at prices under eBay — subscribers get first dibs when fresh stock drops in our shop.