Momox


momox SE is a Berlin-based recommerce site for used books and media founded by Christian Wegner in 2004.
Wegner has said that "momox" stands for "Moderner Medien Online Express-Ankauf".
WWW momox.fr

History and development

Wegner started selling used items in 2004 with 1500 € start-up capital and of storage space, selling on eBay and Amazon. In May 2006, he founded Momox GmbH and the momox.de web site for buying books, CDs, and DVDs. The selling site Medimops opened in 2007.
In 2010, other investors joined the company, including the venture capital investor Acton Capital Partners from Munich. Company founder Wegner reduced his stake to 67 per cent. The company expanded to France, Austria, and Great Britain in 2011. In the same year, storage capacity was expanded with two new logistics centers in Leipzig and Neuenhagen bei Berlin, in addition to the headquarters in Berlin, and a pick-up service was offered. In 2013, Christian Wegner handed over his position on the board to Heiner Kroke and focused on expanding the business model for the fashion sector. The following year, Momox launched the online platform ubup.com, now renamed momoxfashion.com – an online shop for buying and selling second-hand clothing from well-known clothing brands. Thanks to increased international activity in the media sector and accelerated growth in the trade of branded clothing, revenue grew from €150 million in 2016 to €200 million in 2018 and in 2019, Momox had € 250 million in sales.
At the end of 2018, the Norwegian private equity firm Verdane Capital acquired a significant stake in the company., the majority owner is Verdane Capital of Norway, and Wegner has sold all his shares.
Due to Brexit, the company had to discontinue its service on momox.co.uk in December 2021. On 2 December 2021, momox changed its legal form from a GmbH to a Aktiengesellschaft.
In 2022, there was an expansion of the offering to Spain and Italy. On 14 December 2022, its corporate registration changed from a German Aktiengesellschaft (AG) to a Societas Europaea (SE).

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Reception

Based on the number of customer reviews on Amazon Marketplace, Momox ranks first with its German sales channel medimops and fourth with its French sales channel momox-shop.fr. In 2012, Momox received the Zukunftspreis Brandenburg for its "innovative start-up followed by breathtaking development." According to research by the German television magazine WISO, in 2021, Momox processed books sent in by customers incorrectly, declaring them "unsellable" or "not sent", but then offering them for sale on Medimops.