• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

OWC Acquires Apple Trade-in Company SellYourMac.com

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
47,230 (7.55/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
OWC, a leading customer-focused creator of innovative solutions that have enabled individuals, businesses, content professionals, and educators to get maximum usefulness from their technology investment for over 30 years, today announced the acquisition of SellYourMac.com, the world's most trusted and highest ranked Apple trade-in company.

SellYourMac.com has been a leader in Apple trade-ins since its inception in 2009, and offers a fast, safe, and easy way for Apple users to cash in used Apple devices. The combination of SellYourMac.com's easy to use trade in platform and OWC's experience and trust in the Apple marketplace helps establish OWC as the #1 place for Apple users worldwide to trade in their Apple devices.



"Being a part of the OWC family helps us work towards achieving our vision of being the #1 most trusted and known Apple trade in company in the world," said Brian Burke, Chief Mac Man at SellYourMac.com. "I've long admired OWC as a growing and successful company within the Apple ecosystem and we are beyond excited to take SellYourMac.com onward and upwards together as part of OWC."

"This is a win for everyone. I am excited to welcome a great team to OWC as we incorporate their amazing, easy to use, SellYourMac.com trade-in website and technology. More Macs, iPhones, and iPads find continuing purpose with their next owner and a fair trade-in from their present," said Larry O'Connor, Founder/CEO of OWC. "Our Apple Refurbishments division is now even better for all of our customers' buy and trade-in/sell needs."

View at TechPowerUp Main Site
 
Joined
Oct 30, 2008
Messages
1,768 (0.30/day)
System Name Lailalo
Processor Ryzen 9 5900X Boosts to 4.95Ghz
Motherboard Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus (WIFI
Cooling Noctua
Memory 32GB DDR4 3200 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s) XFX 7900XT 20GB
Storage Samsung 970 Pro Plus 1TB, Crucial 1TB MX500 SSD, Segate 3TB
Display(s) LG Ultrawide 29in @ 2560x1080
Case Coolermaster Storm Sniper
Power Supply XPG 1000W
Mouse G602
Keyboard G510s
Software Windows 10 Pro / Windows 10 Home
Amazing how OWC has remained viable and continues to exist after Apple killed the upgrade market back in 05. The entire industry practically shuttered yet OWC held on. Diversifying definitely matters.
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2013
Messages
6,184 (1.53/day)
Location
Over here, right where you least expect me to be !
System Name The Little One
Processor i5-11320H @4.4GHZ
Motherboard AZW SEI
Cooling Fan w/heat pipes + side & rear vents
Memory 64GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (2x 32GB)
Video Card(s) Iris XE
Storage WD Black SN850X 4TB m.2, Seagate 2TB SSD + SN850 4TB x2 in an external enclosure
Display(s) 2x Samsung 43" & 2x 32"
Case Practically identical to a mac mini, just purrtier in slate blue, & with 3x usb ports on the front !
Audio Device(s) Yamaha ATS-1060 Bluetooth Soundbar & Subwoofer
Power Supply 65w brick
Mouse Logitech MX Master 2
Keyboard Logitech G613 mechanical wireless
Software Windows 10 pro 64 bit, with all the unnecessary background shitzu turned OFF !
Benchmark Scores PDQ
Now the question is: how much will they be reducing the trade-in amounts they offer in order to finance this merger/acquisition ?

Back in the day, OWC used to be da bomb place for all things Mac, and they took full advantage of their unique market segment to justify their overpriced products. But that was when most parts & peripherals had to be made specifically to work with macs, stuff that few other retailers would even bother stocking...

However, with Apple adopting moar & moar standards like USB-C and whatnot, I'm not sure how OWC will be able to maintain their marketshare...
 
Top