Contestant's Case to Win

How can being a cell phone retailer and wholesaler be a Green business? Surprising as it may seem, our cell phone business requires us to be very "GREEN".

The environment has always been an important issue in my family, and we always recycled everything. But recycling is not just about bottles and paper. At BigtimeWireless.com we educate all our customers on the importance of recycling their old cell phones and other electronic devices.

Benefits of recycling electronics:
* Conserves natural resources. Recycling recovers valuable materials from old electronics that can be used to make new products. As a result, we reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce pollution, save energy, and save resources by extracting fewer raw materials from the earth.
* Protects your surroundings. Safe recycling of outdated electronics promotes sound management of toxic chemicals such as lead and mercury.
* Helps others. Donating your used electronics benefits your community by passing on ready-to-use or refurbished equipment to those who need it.

After we started our business in 2007, many of our customers want to get the latest new cell phones. We remind them that they should not throw out their old phone in the trash, but rather recycle them and even receive cash for doing that.

Receive cash for recycling? Yes, you read that correctly. Many companies out there are willing to pay for your old cell phone and then reuse the parts or refurbish the phone. We have teamed up with those companies to provide our customers an easy way to recycle, while getting cash for doing so.

Our recycling program has proven to be very beneficial, as our customers realize that they can probably afford the new phone they want by recycling their old phone.

In addition to our cell phone recycling program, our website is a "Green Certified Site". Throughout our website you can find the "Green Certified Site" label. How is our website Green? The site is Green Certified by CO2Stats. CO2Stats calculates the combined electricity used by computers visiting our site, the servers providing it, and the networks that connect them. CO2Stats then helps to make this site more energy efficient (and load faster), and purchases renewable energy to neutralize the carbon emissions due to generation of that electricity.

Even during the slowing economy, our cell phone and wireless business has proven to be a true recession buster. The business is run from home. All products are dropshipped by major distributors worldwide. We have partnered with the biggest distributors for unlocked cell phones and phone accessories in the world. We just run the site from home, provide great customer service via live chat, toll free number, and email, and process orders. Our partnerships allow is to offer worldwide shipping and even a low price guarantee. Our prices on cell phones outmatch those at TigerDirect.com, CompUSA.com, Newegg.com and more. In addition, we have a few affiliate programs running on the site offering free cell phones with contract and other great deals.

2008 was a great year for us, and 2009 is looking even better.

Shai Atanelov & Family