What EQUIPART does

EquiPart is an Italian private general partnership (Società in Nome Collettivo, P.IVA 03927050785) registered in San Donato di Ninea, Calabria, that operates three interconnected business lines from a single small-town office. The first is an invitation-only vintage computer hardware e-commerce shop selling curated components and peripherals more than 20 years old — computing and logic units, interface controllers, peripherals, storage units, and original documentation — with a narrative focus on preserving Italian and European computing history, including iconic pieces such as the Olivetti Programma 101. The second is a professional web services line built on WordPress and WooCommerce, covering new web development, performance optimization, security hardening, backup, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance, targeted at Italian small and mid-sized businesses and sold via consultation request forms with a stated one-business-day response time. The third is a B2B reseller support program that helps vintage hardware resellers, brokers, and laboratories digitize catalogs, manage inventory, coordinate logistics (collection, consolidation, packaging), handle B2B documentation, and reach international buyers in the EU and beyond.

Revenue is generated through three streams: direct-to-consumer hardware sales (currently gated by invitation), professional services for web development and security (quote-based, project work), and operational support services for hardware resellers. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, no parent or subsidiary structure, and no reported headcount, consistent with a founder-operated micro-business. Distribution runs through the company's bilingual (Italian/English) website (equipart.it), multiple consultation contact forms, and an invitation-only storefront. The firm is GDPR-compliant under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and processes data within EU/EEA boundaries or under appropriate safeguards. No pricing, transaction volume, or customer count is publicly disclosed, and the only named customers on record are two Italian web services clients (MadiaGroup.it and CastrovillariCalcio.it, 2022–2024).

Name

EQUIPART

Legal name

EquiPart

Website

https://equipart.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EquiPart is an Italian private partnership that sells curated vintage computer hardware through an invitation-only e-commerce shop, provides WordPress/WooCommerce web development and security services to Italian businesses, and supports vintage hardware resellers with catalog digitization, logistics, and international buyer matching.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vintage Computer Hardware

NAICS

Electronics and Appliance Retailers (4492)

SIC

Retail-Computer & Computer Software Stores (5734)

akta.pro primary industry

Computer Accessories & Consumables Retail (Cables, Adapters, Ink/Toner) (CRACABAH)

Keywords

• Vintage computer hardware
• Web development services
• Website security hardening
• Hardware reseller support
• E-waste reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

San Donato Di Ninea

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Vintage Hardware E-commerce: Direct sales of vintage computing components and peripherals through the company's e-commerce platform. Products include computing and logic units, interface controllers, peripherals, storage units, and original documentation. Currently in invitation-only access phase.
2. Web Development & Security Services: Professional web services including development, optimization, security verification, maintenance and updates, and technical optimization. Services provided via consultation request process.
3. Reseller Support Program: Operational management services for resellers including selection, inventory, classification, listing, and negotiation with qualified buyers. Also includes logistics coordination (collection/shipping, consolidation, packaging) and B2B documentation management.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

EquiPart sells vintage computer hardware components and peripherals through an online shop focused on iconic Italian and European computing equipment over 20 years old. The company also provides professional web development and security services built on WordPress and WooCommerce, and operates a reseller support program that helps professional operators digitize catalogs, manage inventory, and reach international buyers.

Product overview

EquiPart operates as a single company with three interconnected offerings: (1) a vintage hardware e-commerce platform for components and peripherals, (2) professional web services including WordPress/WooCommerce development and ongoing security hardening, and (3) a reseller support program that helps operators digitize catalogs, manage stock, and reach international buyers. The web services are built on WordPress and WooCommerce with an emphasis on security, reliability, and long-term maintainability. The vintage hardware business focuses on sustainability and preserving Italian and European computing history.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vintage Hardware E-commerce Online shop offering vintage computer components and peripherals with selected items, clear descriptions, and careful packaging and shipping. Focuses on iconic Italian and European computing hardware over 20 years old, including computing and logic units, interface controllers, peripherals, storage units, and original documentation. Currently accessible by invitation only.
• Professional Web Services Comprehensive web services package built on WordPress and WooCommerce covering development, performance optimization, SEO, security hardening, backup, monitoring, policy implementation, and ongoing maintenance. Targeted at Italian businesses that need solid, protected, and maintainable digital platforms.
• Reseller Support Program Operational support program connecting professional operators and buyers interested in hardware lots. Includes catalog digitalization, inventory management, listing creation, negotiation with qualified buyers, logistics coordination (collection, shipping, consolidation, packaging), and B2B documentation management to help partners reach international buyers across the EU and beyond.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reducing electronic waste through hardware recovery and repurposing
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Vinted: Vinted is a European secondhand goods marketplace with some vintage electronics listings; it is adjacent rather than a direct competitor because its center of gravity is fashion, but the seller-as-collector dynamics parallel EquiPart's reseller program.
• Italian WordPress/WooCommerce development agencies: The cluster of small Italian web agencies offering WordPress and WooCommerce build, maintenance, and basic security competes for the same SMB web-services spend as EquiPart's Servizi Web line, but most do not publish differentiated security-hardening or ongoing-management offerings.

Emerging players

• Vintage Computer Festival / collectors community sellers: Specialist vintage computing fairs and the small online stores associated with their organizer communities sell curated vintage hardware and components directly to collectors in the same niche as EquiPart's invitation-only shop.

Broad incumbents

• Refurbed: Refurbed is a European refurbished-electronics marketplace with sustainability-led messaging; it overlaps EquiPart's secondhand-hardware circular-economy thesis but focuses on mainstream consumer devices rather than vintage computing.
• Back Market: Back Market operates a Europe-wide refurbished electronics marketplace with strong e-waste/sustainability messaging that mirrors EquiPart's positioning; it is a broader incumbent across consumer electronics rather than specializing in vintage/historic computer hardware.
• Amazon Renewed: Amazon Renewed offers refurbished and renewed consumer electronics with quality guarantees, overlapping EquiPart's hardware-resale and e-waste-reduction narrative, though at much broader scale and across modern rather than vintage machines.

Direct peers

• eBay: eBay is the dominant marketplace for vintage and used computer hardware globally, and EquiPart's invitation-only curated shop directly competes with the long tail of vintage computing sellers listing on eBay under categories like vintage mainframes, vintage peripherals, and obsolete parts.

Regional players

• Wallapop: Wallapop is a Southern-European (Spain/Italy) consumer-to-consumer secondhand marketplace where vintage computer components appear in a similar buyer persona, even though Wallapop's broader footprint is fashion/general rather than computing-specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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