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This type of wholesale liquidator will have a large warehouse, or many large warehouses where they will buy and store truckloads of return merchandise. These are the large liquidators that have contracts directly with retailers to help liquidate returns and overstock merchandise. Buy by the Truckload, Sell by the Truckload Liquidation Model Let me describe each business model in a bit more detail.

Buy by the Pallet, Sell by the Unit via Retail.

Buy by the Truckload, Sell by the Unit via Retail Channels.

Buy by the Truckload, Sell by the Pallet.

Buy by the Truckload, Sell by the Truckload.

There are at least 4 types of distinct players in the market: There are many different business models and approaches to playing in the wholesale liquidation business each approach has some key differences. What are the Different Business Models in the Pallet Liquidation Industry? Let’s talk through the different models next.

I have seen various models and there are companies that play at every level of the industry. Now the pallet liquidator can resell that merchandise in a number of different ways. For example, a wholesale liquidator might get a coffee maker that typically sells for $50 at a retail store for $3 - which is 6% of the retail price.

To put it simply, retailers will receive returned merchandise from their customers, or will pull inventory from the shelves or from their website that is not selling well, and they will bundle this inventory up on a pallet and sell the pallets of returns and overstock inventory at liquidation prices.Ĭlients that I have worked with would commonly get to purchase this inventory by the truckload from the retailers for 5 to 10% of the MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price). What is a Wholesale Liquidation Business?įirst of all, we need to understand what exactly we are talking about when we say a wholesale or pallet liquidation business.

In this article I want to walk you through how you can start a wholesale pallet liquidation business, walk you through the key numbers and help you determine whether the numbers make sense for you to pursue as a business owner. Over the past decade as the Executive Director of an SBA Microloan program ( learn more about SBA Microloans here) I have had the opportunity to work closely with a couple of wholesale liquidation startups and have witnessed the process of launching and growing the business into what is a substantial operation today.