Wholesale closeouts and overstock for resellers

How does buying on Skyline Dealz Marketplace work?

You apply once, we approve your business, you tell us what you buy, and loads that match come to you as alerts. Each listing has photos, the manifest or a summary, the lot size, where it ships from and a member price. You take it as listed or make an offer on any load, and we will reply with a yes, a no or a counter.

Step by step:

1. Apply for access. Business name, contact, what you resell and where. A resale certificate (US) or trade license (elsewhere) speeds up approval.
2. Set your buying profile. Categories, conditions you accept, lot sizes, budget range, and where you want the freight to end up. This is what drives your alerts, so be specific.
3. Get alerts on new loads. When a load fits your profile, you hear about it by email, and by WhatsApp if you opt in.
4. Review the load. Open the manifest, check photos, read the condition notes and freight terms.
5. Make an offer. Offer the listed member price, a counter, or a number for the whole lot.
6. Offer accepted: the load is on hold for you. Nobody else can buy it while you complete the deal.
7. Pay and arrange pickup. Payment terms are agreed in writing on the deal, not through the website. Collect with your own carrier or forwarder, or ask about a freight quote.
8. Load marked sold. Once payment and pickup are settled, the load closes as sold to you.

Some loads are blind: you see a board title only until you are invited or accept an NDA. That protects sellers who cannot have their brand associated with liquidation, and it is often where the cleaner goods sit.

Who buys on Skyline Dealz Marketplace

The same truckload can be a great buy for one reseller and a bad one for another. Knowing which buyer you are tells you which loads to chase.

Wholesale categories on the marketplace

Each category page explains what loads look like, how to judge a manifest, where the goods resell and what to watch for.

Soft lines and personal goods

• Wholesale closeout footwear: size runs, boxed vs unboxed, returns with missing mates.
• Wholesale apparel lots: new-with-tags overstock through to apparel by the pound.
• Luggage and travel goods: hardside, softside, backpacks and travel accessories.
• Jewelry and watches: fashion jewelry, fine jewelry checks, watch lots.

Beauty and health

• Wholesale beauty closeouts: cosmetics, skincare, hair care and fragrance.
• Health and beauty aids (HBA): OTC, personal care, vitamins and medical supplies.
• Baby products: diapers, wipes, feeding and gear, with expiry and safety checks.

Hard goods

• Electronics: tested vs untested, refurbished grades, batteries.
• Appliances: small kitchen electrics and major appliances, including 220V export notes.
• Home goods: housewares, decor, bedding, bath and furniture.
• Tools and hardware: power and hand tools, hardware, lawn and garden, automotive.
• Sporting goods: fitness, team sports and bikes.
• Outdoor and camping: tents, coolers, hunting and fishing.
• Office and school supplies: stationery, paper and back-to-school.

Kids, seasonal and consumables

• Toys and games: CPSC compliance and fourth-quarter timing.
• Seasonal closeouts: Christmas, Halloween and summer goods bought out of season.
• Pet supplies: food, treats, litter, toys and accessories.
• Food and beverage: grocery and drinks, sold with dates you can sell through.

Mixed and specialty

• General merchandise truckloads: mixed loads and returns from big-box retail.

What do the condition terms mean?

The condition label is the single biggest driver of what a load is worth to you. We use these terms the same way on every listing:

• New overstock: never left the supply chain. Factory case packs, full retail packaging.
• Closeout: new goods the brand or retailer is dropping, often a discontinued style or old packaging.
• Shelf pull: new goods taken off store shelves, usually for a reset or date. Price stickers, some scuffed boxes.
• Customer return: sold and brought back. Some are new in box, some used, some missing parts, some broken.
• Salvage: damaged, untested or not working. Bought for parts, repair or scrap value.
• Store stock / mixed condition: goods from a closing store or warehouse clean-out, condition varies by pallet.

For deeper definitions read condition terms explained and the glossary entries for shelf pull and customer return.

How should you judge a closeout load?

Work out what one sellable unit costs you landed at your door, then compare it with what that unit sells for in your channel. Headline retail value and "% of retail" are a starting point only, because retail on a manifest is often an original MSRP the goods never sold at.

A simple version:

Landed cost per sellable unit = (load price + freight + handling + duties and fees) ÷ (units × share you expect to sell)

Worked in letters, so you can plug in your own load:

If that figure is close to what the unit sells for in your channel, the load is too expensive at P, however good the headline retail looks.

The landed cost guide walks through freight, duties and shrink in detail, and how to read a liquidation manifest covers what to check line by line.

Pallet, truckload or container?

• Pallets suit a single store testing a category or an online seller who wants one SKU family. Freight per unit is highest. See buying closeout pallets.
• Truckloads are where most closeout value sits. A 53-foot dry van takes 26 standard pallets single-stacked on the floor. See buying closeout truckloads.
• Containers are for exporters. You load once and pay ocean freight once, so the mix has to fit the destination market. See buying closeouts by the container.
• By the pound applies mostly to apparel, shoes and mixed soft goods. See buying by the pound.

Pickup is from the location named on the listing. Ask us for pickup details on the deal, including dock access and appointment times, and confirm them with your carrier before you book a truck.

Why members only?

Many loads carry rules about where the goods can end up, such as "no online resale", "export only" or "not within a set distance of a named store". Approving each member is how those rules are kept, and it is why loads appear here that would never go on a public auction site. If you have excess stock of your own as well as buying, you can also get an offer for your excess inventory.

When you are ready, request access and set your categories. The next matching load comes to you.