Guides to buying and selling closeouts
Practical guides on selling excess inventory, buying closeouts, pricing, manifests, freight and payments, from Skyline Dealz.
How bin stores, discount stores and jobbers make closeouts pay
- The fastest-turning closeout categories, and how to spot them
- How bin store pricing days work and how to set your ladder
- How jobbers make money buying big and selling small
- How much inventory a bin store needs, worked out by formula
- How to start a bin store from lease to restock day
- How to start a discount or dollar store stocked with closeouts
- Where bin stores get inventory, and how to choose a source
How to buy closeout merchandise wholesale and make it pay
- Are liquidation pallets worth buying? A worksheet, not a promise
- Closeout, overstock, surplus and liquidation, defined for buyers
- Finding and vetting legitimate closeout suppliers
- Pallet, truckload or container? Choosing a closeout lot size
- Take-all deals explained, and how to price the good with the bad
- What sells best from closeouts by season, and when to buy it
- Where to buy closeout merchandise, source by source
Closeout pricing and percent of retail, explained by a trader
- How closeout loads are priced, method by method
- How to calculate landed cost for a closeout load
- How to make a counter-offer on a closeout load that works
- How to verify retail value on a manifest using the UPC
- What percent of retail should you pay for closeout goods?
- Why different closeout buyers see different prices
- Why a percent of MSRP quote can mislead you
Freight and logistics for closeout loads, from pickup to dock
- FCL or LCL when you export closeout loads
- Should you use a freight broker or your own carrier?
- How many pallets fit in a truck trailer or shipping container
- How to pick up a closeout load, step by step
- How to inspect a closeout load and file a freight claim
- What a full truckload costs on a closeout load
- What it costs to ship a pallet by LTL freight
Manifests and condition in closeout and liquidation loads
- Condition grading scales and how to compare them
- Condition terms in closeouts and liquidation, explained
- Expiry dates and lot codes on food, HBA and OTC closeouts
- How sellers should build a closeout manifest
- How to read a liquidation manifest before you buy
- Manifest accuracy, variance and settling disputes
- Should you buy an unmanifested load? A decision framework
Online resale rules for closeout and liquidation inventory
- Closeout channel restrictions explained, from no online to export only
- How to handle brand restrictions and IP complaints on closeout listings
- What supplier invoices Amazon and other marketplaces look for
- Listing customer returns and open-box items the honest way
- MAP policies and closeout goods explained for online resellers
- Selling closeouts on eBay, Walmart, TikTok Shop and Whatnot compared
- How to sell liquidation items on Amazon without risking your account
Payments and fraud in the closeout trade
- How to stop wire fraud and fake bank-detail changes
- Closeout contracts and NDAs, clause by clause
- How deposits to hold a closeout load work
- How closeout buyers pay, and when the money is really final
- How to spot a fake buyer before your load leaves the dock
- How to tell a fake liquidation supplier from a real one
- T/T or letter of credit for a closeout export load
Returns and unsold inventory, from returns center to resale
- Closeout market trends and the forces behind them
- Donating or liquidating excess inventory
- How brands avoid destroying unsold inventory
- Liquidation or destruction for unsold stock
- What really happens to retail returns
- What reverse logistics is and how it works
- Charities, recyclers and salvage buyers for leftover stock
How to sell excess inventory without wasting time or margin
- Broker, auction or direct buyer for your excess inventory
- How much liquidators pay for excess inventory, from the seller's side
- How to sell excess inventory fast, step by step
- How to liquidate inventory without damaging your brand
- What information buyers need to make an offer on excess inventory
- Who buys overstock and closeout inventory, and what each buyer wants
- Should you write off or sell excess inventory?