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Quick Setup Checklist: Mail-In and In-Store Trade-In

Learn how to set up your catalog, pricing, payouts, notifications, and other essential settings before accepting trade-in offers.

Written by Althaaf Rachman Hafidz

Mail-In Setup Guide

1: Configure Your Catalog

Navigate to:

Settings → Catalog

The Catalog page is the central place to configure your entire buyback setup. From here, you can manage products, conditions, pricing, and purchasing methods in one workspace.

From the Catalog page, you can:

  • Enable or disable products for buyback

  • Assign Condition Groups

  • Configure Manual Pricing or Price Sync

  • Enable purchasing methods

  • Import custom catalog items

  • Enable Recycling

  • Upload or export pricing

2: Enable Products

Open a product category and expand the brand you want to configure.

You can:

  • Enable an entire brand using Select All

  • Enable individual models

  • Enable multiple models at the same time

Once enabled, products become available for additional configuration.

3: Configure Conditions

From the Catalog page, select:

Condition Settings

Here you can:

  • Create Condition Groups

  • Use preset conditions

  • Create manual conditions

  • Edit existing groups

  • Delete unused groups

After creating a Condition Group, assign it to the appropriate products.

Each product can have its own Condition Group, allowing more flexibility when configuring buyback workflows.

4: Configure Conditional Questions (Optional)

Conditional Questions allow customers to answer additional questions that can affect pricing.

Examples:

  • Does the device include the original charger?

  • Is the battery original?

  • Is the screen cracked?

Each answer can:

  • Do nothing

  • Apply a Markup

  • Apply a Markdown

You can also configure:

  • Required questions

  • Multiple answers

  • Minimum Guardrails

  • Bulk Conditional Questions

Conditional Questions automatically appear throughout the buyback journey, including:

  • Widget

  • Offer Details

  • Customer Portal

  • Receipts

5: Configure Pricing

From the Catalog page, select the product you want to configure.

The Pricing section allows you to:

  • Edit prices manually

  • Configure Price Sync

  • Override synced prices

  • Copy pricing between conditions

  • Apply Pricing Rules

Each condition has its own pricing value that can be edited directly inside the pricing table.

Using Price Sync

Select:

Manage Price Sync

You can:

  • Create a new Price Sync setup

  • Edit an existing setup

  • Disable syncing

Price Sync automatically updates supported products from your selected pricing source.

Manual Pricing

You can manually enter prices by selecting any price cell and entering the desired value.

Manual prices override synced values for that specific condition.

Pricing Rules

Pricing Rules allow you to automatically copy prices between conditions.

Example:

Brand New → Excellent
Excellent → Good

Mass Pricing

Navigate to:

More Actions → Mass Pricing

Mass Pricing allows you to:

  • Apply Markup

  • Apply Markdown

  • Match prices

across multiple products.

6: Enable Purchasing Methods

Each product can be configured independently for purchasing methods.

Supported methods include:

  • Mail-In

  • In-Store

  • Custom Location

Enable only the purchasing methods you want customers to use.

The Overview section displays how many products are enabled for each purchasing method.

Example:

Mail-In (24)

Easy Offer (12)

7: Configure Recycling (Optional)

Navigate to:

More Actions → Enable Recycling

Recycling allows customers to recycle items instead of selling them.

Select:

  • Category

  • Brand

  • Models

  • Eligible conditions

You can also customize the recycling message shown to customers.

8: Upload Custom Catalog (Optional)

Navigate to:

More Actions → Upload Custom Catalog

To upload products:

  1. Download the template

  2. Complete the required fields

  3. Upload the completed file

Requirements:

  • Unique SKU

  • Public image URLs

  • Supported image formats (.svg or .webp)

Imported products appear under the Other category.

9: Upload Pricing (Optional)

Navigate to:

More Actions → Price Upload

To update pricing in bulk:

  1. Download the pricing template

  2. Update your prices

  3. Upload the completed CSV or XLSX file

Pricing will be updated without editing individual products.

10: Export Catalog Data (Optional)

Select:

Export

The exported file includes:

  • Active products

  • Pricing

  • Conditions

  • Configuration data

This can be used for backups or bulk reviews.
1: Configure Payout Methods

Navigate to:

Settings → Payouts

Set up the payout methods customers can choose from when completing a trade-in offer.

11: Configure Workflow Emails

Navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Workflow

Customize the automated emails sent when an offer status changes throughout the trade-in process.

12: Configure Notification Settings

Navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Notifications

Here you can:

  • Add and verify your sending domain

  • Send emails from your own domain instead of the default Reusely email address

  • Manage notification templates

13: Configure the Customer Portal

Navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Customer Portal

Configure the portal where customers can track their offers and view updates.

You can also connect a custom domain for your Customer Portal.

14: Configure Offer Settings

Navigate to:

Settings → Basic Setting → Offers

Customize how offers are displayed and processed for your customers.

15: Configure Receipt Settings

Navigate to:

Settings → General Setting → Receipts

Customize the receipts generated for completed offers.

16: Configure Shipping

Reusely supports the following shipping integrations:

  • Shipmondo

  • EasyPost

  • ShipEngine

To connect a shipping provider, navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Add-ons

After connecting your preferred shipping provider, navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Shipping

Configure your shipping kits and shipping workflow settings.

18: Copy the Widget Code

Navigate to:

Settings → Widgets

Copy the Mail-In widget code and install it on your website.

Once installed, customers will be able to submit Mail-In trade-in offers.


In-Store Setup Guide

1: Configure Catalog

Navigate to:

Settings → Catalog

Configure products, conditions, pricing, and purchasing methods from the Catalog page.

Complete the following setup:

  1. Enable products

  2. Assign Condition Groups

  3. Configure pricing

  4. Enable In-Store purchasing method

2: Configure Payout Methods

Navigate to:

Settings → Basic Setting → Payouts

Configure the payout methods available to customers.

3: Configure Workflow Emails

Navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Workflow

Customize automated emails sent throughout the trade-in process.

4: Configure Notification Settings

Navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Notifications

Manage email templates and connect your sending domain.

5: Configure Customer Portal

Navigate to:

Settings → Advanced Settings → Customer Portal

Configure the Customer Portal and optional custom domain.

6: Configure Offer Settings

Navigate to:

Settings → Basic Setting → Offers

Customize your offer experience and customer-facing settings.

7: Configure Receipt Settings

Navigate to:

Settings → General Setting → Receipts

Customize receipts generated for completed transactions.

8: Copy the Widget Code

Navigate to:

Settings → Basic Setting → Widgets → Widget Code

Copy the In-Store widget code and install it on your website.

Once installed, customers can start submitting In-Store trade-in offers.

Reference Links

Need more information about a specific setup step? Visit the related articles below for detailed instructions.

  • Payout Settings – Learn how to set up and manage customer payout methods.

  • Catalog Settings – Learn how to add and manage products in your catalog, define device conditions, and set or update trade-in pricing.

  • Shipping Integrations – Learn how to connect shipping providers (Shipmondo, EasyPost, or ShipEngine) and manage shipping kits for your Mail-In workflow.

  • Notification Templates – Learn how to configure customer email notifications and sending domains.

  • Customer Portal – Learn how to set up the Customer Portal and configure a custom domain.

  • Offer Settings – Click here to learn how to customize your offer experience and customer-facing settings.

  • Receipt Settings – Click here to learn how to customize receipts generated for completed transactions.

  • Workflow Settings – Learn how to customize automated actions and emails based on changes in offer status.

Tip: If you're setting up Reusely for the first time, we recommend following the guides in the same order they appear in this article.

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