People often don’t know that they can drop their mobile phone contract without paying the termination fee, which is usually around $150 to $200 per line. All they need to do is find someone willing to take the contract over for its remaining term. This is where CellTradeUSA.com and Resellular come in to the picture. They are online match makers in the consumer cell phone frenzy - connecting ’sellers’, who are ditching contracts, and ‘buyers’, who are seeking to take over contracts.

Based in Kearny, NJ since 2003, CellTradeUSA.com is free for buyers and $20 for sellers. Sellers only pay the fee after they start receiving emails from interested buyers and in the case they want to access the sender’s contact information. They typically have around which typically sports at least 1,500 active contract’s up for grabs.