A return is a second chance.
We engineer the path.
Every box that comes back is a fork in the road: resell, refurb, donate, recycle, or as a last resort, dispose. areturnz pushes every item up the hierarchy until there are no better options left, and publishes the result.
Three commitments. Everything else is implementation.
The hierarchy is the product.
Every disposition decision climbs the value ladder first: resell, refurb, donate, recycle. Disposal is the last option, not the easy one.
Every metric ties to an auditable event.
We publish disposition rates only when they are reconciled against per-parcel records. No estimates, no extrapolation, no greenwashing.
The most sustainable item is the one already sold.
Refunding fast and relisting faster does more for the planet than a recycled label ever will. We engineer for resale velocity.
Some items can't be saved.
Counterfeit, hazardous, or beyond-repair items go to compliant destruction. We track that share and work to push it down each quarter.
Where every returned item goes.
Each parcel is photographed, AI-graded, and routed against rules the brand controls. We default to the highest-value outcome the item can sustain, and only step down the ladder when the upstream option fails.
- 0162%ResellA-grade items relisted on brand channels.
- 0218%RefurbB/C-grade items repaired, repackaged, resold.
- 039%DonateFunctional but off-spec items to vetted partners.
- 045%RecycleTextile, electronics, and packaging recovery.
- 056%DisposeCompliant destruction for hazardous or counterfeit.
Returns, handled.
Pilot in our NJ facility. API keys in 24 hours. Evidence on every parcel from day one.