How to resell Steinberg software (Resale Wizard)

You are planning to sell Steinberg software with a Steinberg Licensing-based license. This means it is neither stored in a Soft-eLicenser nor on a USB-eLicenser.

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Steinberg Licensing-based licenses can be used on up to three computers. Before requesting for change of ownership, please deactivate all active licenses via Steinberg Activation Manager.
⚠️ A license transfer is not possible as long as a license is still in use.

First, please make sure the license you want to sell or pass on is not active on any computer. Use the Steinberg Activation Manager to deactivate licenses still in use.  

If the license is not active on any computer, please send us the request for change of ownership via email by clicking the button below.  

Please include the following details:

• Email address associated with your MySteinberg account
• Full name as stated in your MySteinberg account
• Name of registered license as shown in your MySteinberg account
• If possible, please attach a screenshot showing the license in your MySteinberg account

Kindly note that we can only process your request, if the details you provide are complete and match the information registered with your MySteinberg account.

Instead of clicking on the button, you can also send an email to: licensetransfer@steinberg.de

Once your application has been processed and successfully verified, you will receive a new Download Access Code via email. This may take several business days.

• License
  • The new owner needs an unused Download Access Code to download the license of the program via the Steinberg Download Assistant.
• Installation media
  • The new owner will, of course, need to install the software. For all software products using Steinberg Licensing, installers are available in the Steinberg Download Assistant, and, in most cases, also in the download section of our website.
  • Decide for yourself whether the availability in the Steinberg Download Assistant or a link to the download page is sufficient. Alternatively, you can include a copy of the installation files on a suitable storage medium.  

You are planning to sell Steinberg software with a license stored on a USB-eLicenser (dongle, key).

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Selling software with a license stored on a USB-eLicenser is straight-forward and does not require contacting support. You can do this completely on your own. Just make sure, the USB-eLicenser is not registered with a MySteinberg account. 

If the USB-eLicenser holding the license of the software you intend to sell is not registered, you can pass it on without further ado. The new owner will be able to register the USB-eLicenser with his/her own account.  

If you have already registered your USB-eLicenser with your MySteinberg account, please send us a request for change of ownership by clicking the button below.  

Please include the following details:

• Email address associated with your MySteinberg account
• Full name as stated in your MySteinberg account
• Serial number of the USB-eLicenser (as shown in your MySteinberg account)
• If possible, please attach a screenshot showing your license in your MySteinberg account

Kindly note that we can only process your request, if the details you provide are complete and match the information registered with your MySteinberg account.

Instead of clicking on the button, you can also send an email to: licensetransfer@steinberg.de

Once your application has been processed and successfully verified, you will receive an email confirming that the USB-eLicenser has been removed from your account. This may take several business days.

Since the eLicenser service was discontinued on 20 May 2025, licenses stored on a USB eLicenser can no longer be changed. For detailed information, please refer to this article.

Licenses stored together on a USB eLicenser can therefore only be transferred in their entirety.

• License
  • The new owner needs the unregistered USB-eLicenser holding the license of the software. 
• Installation media
  • The new owner will, of course, need to install the software. For most products, installers are available in the Steinberg Download Assistant or in the download section of our website.
  • Decide for yourself whether the availability in the Steinberg Download Assistant or a link to the download page is sufficient. Alternatively, you can include a copy of the installation files on a suitable storage medium.  
  • For older software, the original storage medium resp. mediums (CD-R, DVD) might be required.

You are planning to sell Steinberg software that stores its license in a Soft-eLicenser on the hard disk.

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Since the eLicenser service was shut down on 20 May 2025, licences stored on a Soft-eLicenser on your hard drive can no longer be changed. They can no longer be deleted, reactivated or transferred to a USB-eLicenser.

Unfortunately, this makes it practically impossible to sell a licence without transferring the complete computer.

Detailed information about the discontinuation of the eLicenser service can be found in this article.

You've stated that you are planning to sell Steinberg software that is relying on an older licensing model, for example a serial number, a line printer dongle, an iLok dongle or a copy-protected CD-R. This means the software is about more than two decades old. 

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Software of this age cannot be updated or upgraded to a current program version. It also cannot be registered, and registrations that might have been made previously are no longer existent. 

This makes selling the software straightforward. Just make sure the new owner gets everything needed for the installation and the license.

Updates might be available under "Unsupported Products" or in the "FTP Download Archive" on our download page.

Please understand that we cannot provide any more detailed information on reselling legacy software.