1. Your business signs up
Aceon collects the business details, inventory type, and preferred handling workflow so partner inventory is tracked cleanly from the beginning.
For repair shops, recyclers, hackerspaces, refurbishers, and IT teams
Partner with Aceon Data Recovery.
Aceon helps shops, recyclers, hackerspaces, refurbishers, and IT teams turn qualifying donor-drive inventory into a clean reviewed workflow. Launch partners currently earn $20 CAD in Bitcoin per completed qualifying sale, and the platform is Bitcoin or Monero only for now.
- $20 CAD in Bitcoin per completed qualifying sale
- Bitcoin or Monero only platform for now
- Built for real donor-drive and parts inventory
- Simple business signup and intake process
- Launch partner workflow now opening in Vancouver
How it works
A straightforward way to test the donor-drive business model with real partners.
2. You send or drop off inventory
Drives and related parts are reviewed to identify items that look suitable for donor-drive resale rather than routine scrap.
3. Aceon evaluates and lists qualifying items
Aceon handles the appraisal, listing workflow, sale handling, and the messy operational bits that usually prevent this inventory from being monetized properly.
4. Completed sales generate partner payout
For the launch model, qualifying completed sales pay the partner $20 CAD worth of Bitcoin per sale.
Launch partner terms
- Current pilot model: $20 CAD in Bitcoin per completed qualifying sale
- Platform payment posture for now: Bitcoin or Monero only
- Intended for business inventory, not casual one-off public submissions
- Qualifying inventory is reviewed by Aceon before listing
- Payout timing and sale qualification are confirmed through partner onboarding
Who this is for
Businesses that keep ending up with potentially useful drives.
- Repair shops: drives removed during repairs, upgrades, or client-declined work
- Hackerspaces and labs: mixed legacy inventory, weird stock, and donor-potential parts
- Recyclers and refurbishers: devices too valuable to toss but too fiddly to process manually
- IT teams and resellers: pulls, spares, and aging storage inventory that may still sell into a niche market
The point is to create a real operating lane for inventory that falls into the awkward gap between “obvious trash” and “easy retail product.” That gap is where donor-drive inventory tends to live.
Why businesses bother
- It turns dead shelf inventory into something monetizable
- It avoids one-by-one listing chaos internally
- It creates a repeatable path for future intake
- It lets a specialist handle evaluation and sales workflow
- It is cleaner than improvising every batch manually
Data-safe inventory
Donor-drive inventory only works if customer data is not treated casually.
Old drives from repair jobs, upgrades, and recycling bins can contain customer files, business records, legal material, photos, or credentials. Aceon’s partner path should start by sorting what is actually safe to list from what needs quarantine, return, wipe verification, or destruction.
- Donor-parts candidates: useful for matching parts without treating readable customer data as resale inventory.
- Wiped or verified resale stock: inventory that can be considered only after appropriate sanitation or verification.
- Sensitive media: drives that should be destroyed, returned, or handled under an agreed intake policy.
- Unknown-risk batches: inventory that stays quarantined until Aceon and the partner decide the safe next step.
The honest partner pitch
This is not a public promise that every old drive can be sold. It is a controlled business review path for shops and recyclers who want a specialist to identify which inventory has donor value without creating a data-exposure problem.
Partner web support
Aceon can also help partner businesses with hosting, website backups, and technical support.
If your shop or local business needs a calmer website support path, start with the free 5-minute website risk check or the business hosting hub.
Business signup
Partner with Aceon Data Recovery.
Start with a few simple steps: who you are, what kind of inventory you have, and how Aceon should review the pilot relationship. This is the right place for businesses like The Hackery and similar Vancouver-area partners to start.
What this signup is meant to do
- Identify real business partners, not vague public enquiries
- Capture inventory type before the first batch arrives
- Set up clean payout and contact expectations
- Make repeat batches easier after the pilot starts
- Give Aceon a proper intake lane for this business model
Pilot-friendly businesses usually have
- A steady trickle of odd storage inventory
- Some donor-drive knowledge but no time to retail it properly
- Enough trust in Aceon to test a simple shared model
- A desire for cleaner, repeatable handling instead of ad hoc sales
FAQ
Questions a new inventory partner is likely to ask
Who is this for?
Businesses and organizations with donor-drive or related storage inventory — for example repair shops, recyclers, hackerspaces, refurbishers, and IT teams.
What does Aceon do?
Aceon reviews qualifying inventory, prepares listings, handles the sales workflow, and runs the process that most partners do not want to manage manually themselves.
How does partner payout work?
Does every drive qualify?
No. This is a reviewed inventory lane, not a promise that every single drive or part will be listed or sold.
Can I start with a test batch?
Yes. In fact, that is the sensible way to start. A small real batch is usually better than pretending everything is solved before the first intake.
Is this for urgent data recovery clients?
No. This page is for donor-drive and inventory partners. Urgent recovery cases should still go through Aceon’s normal phone or case-intake path.
Need a business conversation before applying?
Ask Aceon to call you back about the partner program.
If you want a human response soon but do not want to fill the full partner application first, use the short callback form here. This is a strong fit when you want to confirm inventory fit, payout expectations, onboarding steps, or whether your business is a good match for the pilot.
Recommended next step
Referring a customer? Keep the handoff clean
Repair shops, MSPs, and IT teams can send the client into a reviewed intake path while keeping the relationship professional and traceable.
Aceon will review the referral path and route the case before recovery work or partner handling proceeds.