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Sell your IPv4 address space

IPv4 is a finite resource and the free pool is gone. Every organisation needs a plan to use what it holds efficiently, identify what is genuinely spare, and decide what to do with the remainder — before the value of that remainder changes.

How do I sell unused IPv4 addresses?

You establish what is genuinely spare, choose a structure, agree terms, and file the transfer with your registry. Accuro handles all four: a free utilization assessment identifies the spare space, a consultant recommends one of five structures, the offering memo and purchase agreement are drafted for you, and our regulatory team files the transfer. If you want cash rather than a listing period, Accuro will buy the block into its own inventory instead.

Block sizes
/23 to /15
Structures
Five
Registries
ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC
Assessment
No fee

Five ways to monetize what you hold

Every seller has different requirements, and the right answer depends far more on your constraint than on the block itself. These are the structures we close in.

inventory Inventory purchase. If you need capital now, Accuro will buy your space for its own inventory at a price we quote and stand behind. There is no listing period and no waiting for a counterparty to appear.
brokerage Brokerage listing. If you want to maximise the value recovered, list the space with Accuro. We find a buyer who meets the criteria you set, at the highest price those criteria allow.
lease Term lease. If you only want to release the space for a defined period, we arrange a term lease. This is the right answer when you expect to need the addresses again for your own projects.
out-of-bounds Out of bounds. A number of specialty structures: IP swaps, region swaps, partial netblock access, and arrangements that do not fit a standard template.
bundle Bundled assets. More internet companies are finding their IPv4 space makes up the majority of the value of the firm. If you are exiting a market or selling the business, we work with our business broker partners to sell the space, the customers and the other assets in a single transaction.

You control the process from start to finish

Working with your consultant, you tailor the deal to your organisation and identify the kind of user you want for your space — which means you decide what uses will and will not be permitted once the block is sold or leased. Once you approve the final offering memo, your space is marketed to the buying network we have spent since 2011 building.

Everything from the offering memo to the purchase agreement is drafted for you. Where the deal calls for it, we continue to monitor the space for the life of the transaction, confirming that it is used consistently with the purchase agreement and that all parties behave accordingly.

Not sure you have anything spare?

Most organisations underestimate what they hold and overestimate what they use. Our IP optimization consultants run a free assessment that covers:

  • Utilization. How much of your allocated space is actually in use, and where it sits internally.
  • Efficiency. Whether the space in use is being used well, or whether consolidation would free whole prefixes.
  • Consolidation. A report on how to get more out of the allocations you keep.
  • Growth. What your own needs look like over one, three and five years, so you do not sell space you will have to buy back.

You receive a report detailing your usage trends and identifying possible underused or unused blocks. Nothing is listed and nothing is committed until you decide it should be. Contact a consultant to start the assessment.

Selling into a specific registry

Transfer rules differ by registry, and the rules of the registry that issued your block govern the deal. Read the specifics for ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC or AFRINIC.

The chairs are disappearing

Don’t find your business left standing when the music stops.

Tell a consultant what you hold, or what you need. You will get a structure, a timeline and a number back — not a brochure.