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Microsoft allows dealers to sell secondhand volume licenses

World’s largest software company Microsoft has somewhat surprised their British reseller community by allowing them to sell secondhand volume licenses of their software applications. This is expected to now open a huge potential in the used-software market in the U.K. Many software vendors have now started to offer secondhand software licenses from downsizing companies to other businesses with permission from Microsoft.

Jonathan Horley, a director at Disclic said in a statement: “Yes, we are doing that. It’s been in planning for a year and a half. Previously, a lot of companies didn’t see software licenses as an asset, but this helps them see that.” These licenses are being sold at a discount of around 20 to 50 percent below prices of any other authorized Microsoft reseller. Considering software does not lose any value during usage, the offer is expected to be a hit amongst consumers and corporate.

Microsoft has confirmed that the process of selling licenses in the way adopted by these discount sellers are under compliance of their policies. However, the Microsoft’s certified vendors are concerned at this move. They are worried that if the similar software products were legally available in the market at cheaper prices, they would lose business and clients in the long run.

However, it would take sometime to analyses on how the end user look at the new offers presented to him by the authorized dealers and budget sellers of secondhand software.