How software resellers can benefit from used software with PREO

As a software reseller, SAM service provider, or IT service company, are you looking for a strong and experienced partner in the area of used software licences in the EU? With PREO, you always have the opportunity to offer your customers the purchase of used software, especially Microsoft at up to 70% below the original price. Your benefits: You can achieve an attractive margin and benefit from the highest transparency and security standards in the market for used software. This is not only a promise of our offering to professional software resellers, but a verifiable performance feature.

The market for used software licences has been developing dynamically over the years, and currently the demand is particularly high. Our experience shows that the following three factors are important drivers:

1. The current European price increase of 10-15% for Microsoft cloud products represent a significant challenge for numerous IT budgets. Therefore, many IT managers hesitate to switch completely to the cloud and prefer instead hybrid cloud solutions, into which used software, especially widely used standard software such as MS Office, can be easily integrated. Some even leave the cloud entirely and rely on significantly cheaper and more customized on-premise solutions.
   
   
2. Audit pressure from major manufacturers such as Microsoft or Adobe is likely to return to pre-pandemic levels shortly and thus increase noticeably. Legal certainty and transparency in the licensing of used software are therefore becoming increasingly important. PREO offers both its direct customers and software resellers the highest level of security with the specially developed "Safe3 System". Well over one million audit-proof transferred software licenses demonstrate this impressively.
   
   
3. The further development of the previous Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) into the new "Microsoft Cloud Partner Program" (MCPP) is causing frustration for many partners and resellers, as smaller and medium-sized partners and resellers, in particular, will find it difficult to meet the new Solution Partner Standard and therefore fear significant financial losses in the commission business. Here, cooperation with a large and experienced provider of used software such as PREO offers additional opportunities to diversify one's own portfolio and generate new revenue.
   

As one of the leading providers in the European market for used software, we offer software resellers such as IT services, IT consultants, external SAM service providers or other software distributors their own license marketplace with attractive benefits. Benefit from:

● Simplifying your business when trading used software.

● An advantage over your competitors.

● Maximum transparency over purchased and resold software licenses.

● Easier management and accounting.

Test us and create your personal access to our license marketplace for free. If you have any questions, our PREO license experts will be happy to advise you by phone at +44 20 363 016 59.

Thanks to our full-text search, you can quickly find the desired standard software. We always have a broad range of used software licenses in stock from Microsoft, such as MS Office, Windows, various server licenses including their respective server CALs, as well as used software from Adobe, Oracle, and other relevant vendors.

You can use your search results directly for immediate purchase. If you already know which product and version you need, we recommend starting with the corresponding product page. There you will find all the information that is important to you as a software reseller, and you can buy the product immediately using the shopping cart function.

Immediately after completing the payment process, you will have access to all license details. An added bonus: You can quickly and easily transfer the purchased licenses to your customers immediately after the purchase process or at a later time.

From your watchlist or projects to the exact quote, it only takes one click. Simply select the required software products, choose and enter the desired quantity of licenses - in the next moment, your quote is ready in the common PDF format and available for download. This way, you have everything at a glance or can forward it if necessary to simplify or speed up coordination steps.

In your account on our license platform for software resellers, we permanently store your current inventory of software licenses. Similar to a SAM system, this gives you a perfect overview of programs, versions, quantities, product keys, the identification of previous owners, and the corresponding contract numbers of the original contract. PREO shows that complete transparency is always possible. No matter how many volume licenses you purchase, you will always receive all the relevant information.

1. Log in, select, purchase - done
   
   From logging in to the PREO marketplace for software resellers to the final purchase, we make every step as easy as possible for you. Payment options include SEPA direct debit, credit card, and purchase on account. After the purchase, you can find all purchased licenses in your customer account under "My Licenses."
   
   
2. Transparent invoices
   
   After the purchase, you will automatically receive the invoice by email and save it at the same time in your customer account. For maximum transparency, the invoice includes a detailed breakdown of the origin of your licenses.
   
   
3. Legally secure transfer of used licenses
   
   You can easily transfer the used software licenses purchased on our marketplace for software resellers to your customers. It only takes a few clicks. Simply create the respective company under "Customers" in your customer account. With the "Transfer" button, you can then select the licenses in your inventory that you want to transfer. You will find a corresponding transfer document under "Transactions" for your respective customers. This document also contains legally relevant information such as the original contract number and the initial license holder.
   
   
4. Uncomplicated installation at the customer's site
   
   The product keys and installation media are available to you under "Licenses." This makes it quick and easy to install the software on the customer's site. In the event of legal audits, you have all the important information available:

• Contract and license number
• Company names of all owners and their uninstallation declarations
• Information about the initial license holder and the original contract
  
  

Do you or your customers still need help with an audit? Our license experts and our legal department specializing in license law will be happy to advise you.

1. You achieve top margins without sacrificing quality
   
   We offer you high price advantages of up to 70 percent compared to comparable new products for Microsoft Office and server licenses as well as operating systems, Adobe C6 suites, Acrobat, and various CAD licenses on our marketplace. With used software, you do not experience any quality loss due to usage because, unlike other used products, it does not age.
   
2. You do not take an incalculable risk
   
   All software licenses purchased through our software reseller marketplace enjoy the same high legal security as all of our license transactions.
   
3. You strengthen your customer relationship
   
   Your customers quickly notice whether you are a good and flexible sourcing partner. Standardized on a certain release? Offer them the used licenses they need. Whether current versions or predecessor releases, almost all licenses are immediately available in large quantities through our license marketplace for software resellers. In addition, you offer your customers significant financial advantages, especially compared to rental costs for current cloud products.
   
4. You simplify the entire process
   
   PREO offers software resellers a license marketplace for used software licenses, whose functionality leaves nothing to be desired: from fast, uncomplicated procurement to easy license management and fully automatic transfer to automated notifications when sought-after licenses become available again or neutral transfer documents that you can use on your companies letterhead.

Despite the legal situation having been clarified long ago with the groundbreaking rulings of the EuGH and the BGH, the resale business with used software can still contain incalculable risks today. Resold software licenses must be legally clarified and documented without any gaps. Because unclear licensing situations pose a significant, potentially existential threat to software resellers when dealing with used software. Grey sources or documentation gaps can

• endanger their business reputation,
• destroy years-long customer relationships
• trigger high compensation payments in the worst case.
  

Software resellers are automatically secured with PREO

To prevent this problem from arising in the first place, more and more software resellers are choosing to work with PREO. With the audit-proof transfer of well over a million used software licences, the legally secure purchase and resale is our core competence. Our uncompromising approach to the legal clarification of licence histories is now known throughout the industry.

• Software resellers benefit from our meticulous pre-audit for every single licence.
• We are happy to support responsible, professional software resellers with additional reseller discounts - at no extra charge!

Good to know: During the Corona pandemic, software auditing by the major manufacturers, such as Microsoft or Adobe, was largely on the back burner. However, our licensing experts are noticing the first signals within the industry that activities are increasing again. All the better if you are always on the safe side with PREO.