ALTOVAL

Ecommerce logistics and resale

Your stock comes in.
Your orders go out.
Your returns find a buyer.

We receive, inspect, store and ship your products. When an item comes back damaged, incomplete or simply stops selling, we test it, grade it, restore it where that makes sense, then sell it on our channels.

After inspection

An item can take five directions.

  • Back into sellable stock
  • Sold online on our channels
  • Sold in a lot to a trade buyer
  • Spare parts
  • Approved treatment channel

The direction follows from the condition observed, the grade assigned and the rules you set. Never by default, and the reason stays attached to the item.

We ship with

ColissimoChronopostMondial RelayDPDUPS

We resell on

AmazonCdiscounteBayLeboncoinVinted

The path of an item

Six steps, one system, a record at every handover.

Your pallets, your unsold stock and your customer returns follow the same path. You know where each reference is and why it is there.

  1. 01

    Receiving

    Your deliveries are announced, counted and reconciled against what was expected. Discrepancies are set aside before anything enters stock.

  2. 02

    Inspection and grade

    Every item is tested and rated against a shared scale, from A+ to F. Photographs, missing accessories and observed defects stay on its record.

  3. 03

    Restoration

    Cleaning, completing, repair, function testing. An item that can move up a grade moves up a grade.

  4. 04

    Storage

    Put away by turnover and by handling constraint. The stock you see is the stock actually inspected, not the stock expected.

  5. 05

    Selling and shipping

    Listing on your channels or ours, picking, packing, labelling and handover to the carrier chosen for the order.

  6. 06

    Return and decision

    A customer return re-enters the same path: inspection, grade, then one of the five directions, with the reason recorded.

The grading scale

The same word means the same thing everywhere.

“Good condition” means nothing until someone has defined it. Our operators, your teams and your buyers read the same scale, applied item by item.

It adapts to your product category: test criteria and blocking defects are set per family.

See the full scale
What each grade says about the actual condition of an item
Grade What the buyer receives
A+ New, sealed, complete, never opened.
A Unboxed but as new, complete, no sign of use.
B+ Very good condition, minor marks, complete, function verified.
B Visible signs of use, complete, function verified.
C+ Clear marks or a missing original accessory, works.
C Heavy signs of use or incomplete, works.
D Known and described fault: repair or spare parts.
F Not sellable as is: spare parts or treatment channel.

Your client area

You should not have to call us to find out where an item stands.

Your stock, your orders, your returns, the grades assigned, the decisions taken and your invoices are available online, with the history of every movement.

Client area

Client area preview

Returns in progress Last thirty days
Reference Grade Decision Status
AV-00184312 A Back into sellable stock Completed
AV-00184318 C+ Sold in a lot to a trade buyer In progress
AV-00184327 D Spare parts In progress
AV-00184341 B+ Sold online on our channels Completed

How a new client starts

We do not quote from a price list. The cost depends on your volumes, your products and the work actually required.

  1. Step 1

    A first conversation

    You describe what you sell, what comes back and what is blocking you today.

  2. Step 2

    A study of your flows

    We look at your references, your volumes, your sales channels and your transport constraints.

  3. Step 3

    The specification

    Inspection rules, grading scale, permitted exit decisions, reporting and a costed quote.

  4. Step 4

    Connecting up

    Your client area is opened, your sales channels are connected, then the first delivery arrives.

Tell us what comes in and what comes back.

We will tell you what we would do with it, and what that costs.