Clear information.
Fewer surprises.

1. Confirm authority and current availability

Identify the legal owner, primary purchasing contact, and person authorized to approve the sale. Disclose liens, leases, financing, existing selling agreements, and other transfer restrictions. DSI may request supporting records before proceeding.

Confirm quantities and when they were checked. Report changes, damage, sales elsewhere, or withdrawn availability promptly. A quote has a stated validity period; an item is reserved only under an expressly agreed reservation. A listing or inquiry is not a reservation or proof of clear title.

2. Describe the actual equipment

Provide the manufacturer, complete model/part number, year and serial number where relevant, quantity, condition, location, and operating status. Include current overview and nameplate photos, testing dates and scope, maintenance records, known defects, modifications, and missing components. Unverified information must be marked as such.

For complete lines, identify every included machine, controls, conveyors, tooling, accessories, documentation, and exclusions. State whether the line must sell together or may be split. Record layout, throughput, dimensions, weight, utilities, voltage, phase, frequency, and any buyer compatibility requirements.

Software, licenses, passwords and control programs require separate review of transfer rights and a secure handover. Agree any necessary data removal, decontamination, disconnection, and specialist handling. Unsafe, counterfeit, stolen, or unlawfully transferable goods are not accepted.

Software rights & compatibility review

For programmable equipment, DSI’s operating policy calls for separate reviews of lawful software use, technical compatibility, secure handover and acceptance testing. The seller identifies software, firmware, custom programs, licenses, backups and access dependencies. A declaration or a working demonstration alone does not complete those reviews.

Buyer engineering or maintenance reviews the intended application. Where needed, the licensor, rights owner or a qualified specialist must confirm the relevant rights or technical findings. Agree transfer or new-license costs, exclusions, required project files, commissioning responsibilities, test criteria and remedies before an unconditional operational commitment.

Essential unresolved rights or critical incompatibility require resolution before the affected milestone. An agreed parts-only or rebuilding scope must be explicitly documented. Do not wipe controls or share passwords indiscriminately: preserve authorized operational backups and use an approved secure handover method.

The website records preliminary disclosures. Automated approval and release gates are planned for the shared service layer; they are not enabled by submitting this form.

3. Protect the introduction

DSI begins with anonymized opportunities. Our policy requires both companies to sign the opportunity-specific DSI Transaction Agreement before DSI approves identity release. The agreement protects DSI’s role in any covered resulting sale; it does not force the buyer to purchase unsuitable equipment.

Current inquiry forms do not execute this agreement. Transaction documents and the automated identity-release workflow are still being finalized.

4. Agree the full transaction cost and conditions

Set price, currency, quote validity, included equipment, inspection criteria, acceptance deadline, payment arrangement, seller payout conditions, any deposit, warranties if expressly offered, and remedies. The standard seller commission is 15% of merchandise value, excluding sales tax and separately itemized shipping. No separate DSI buyer sourcing fee currently applies.

Inspection, freight, financial-provider fees and other third-party costs require disclosure and agreement. Applicable taxes, duties, and any claimed exemption must be reviewed; DSI does not assume that industrial or cross-border purchases are tax exempt. Request purchase orders, vendor onboarding, Net 30/45, or special conditions before accepting a quote. Requests are not automatically accepted.

5. Plan inspection, removal and delivery

Agree testing arrangements and whether inspection occurs before shipment, on delivery, or both. Confirm site access, disconnection, dismantling, rigging, loading, packing, carrier arrangements, insurance, installation, removal dates, and responsibility for costs. Contractors may need site approval and insurance evidence.

Document when title and risk of loss transfer, who handles transit claims, who may collect the equipment, and the release and delivery records required. The seller authorizes equipment release under the written sale terms. The buyer confirms delivery and acceptance separately. DSI coordinates services; it does not represent itself as the carrier, rigger, equipment insurer, or inspection company.

6. Complete or resolve the transaction

Retain inspection evidence, any approved amendment, shipment authorization, collection record, delivery acknowledgment, acceptance or timely discrepancy notice, and payment instructions. The buyer pays the seller directly. For check payments, the seller confirms payment status with its own bank before authorizing release under the agreed terms.

If a discrepancy arises, DSI can coordinate discussion of repair, replacement, a price adjustment, partial acceptance, revised delivery, or an agreed return. Changes require written approval from both parties and DSI acknowledgment where its commission is affected. Provider approval may also be required. If no resolution is agreed, the signed agreement’s dispute process applies.