What is Liquidation?
Wholesale and Liquidation are two different things, but people often use the terms interchangeably. Finding a source for profitable inventory is what most people want, and few things are more profitable in the buying and selling business than liquidation. Manufactures, distributors, retailers, and even resellers liquidate inventory that they are unable to sell. Their inability to find a buyer is YOUR opportunity. Check out some of the great Liquidation resources we have identified.
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5 Tips For New Buyers of Wholesale or Liquidation Pallets
This post is for those who are new to using LTL (less than full load) truck service to deliver pallets. #1. Post your City, State & ZIP in your Wanting to Buy Ads If you are posting a WTB (Wanted to Buy) ad, it will streamline communications if you list your City, State, and Zipcode. Wholesalers can then estimate freight to see if an offer is even viable to present to you. #2 Post whether [...]
9 Tips for Finding Inventory Sources
I keep seeing people asking for the best place to buy from. This takes a little bit of work and luck. Now luck is a funny thing because it seems to find people more often that work harder or put themselves in positions to get lucky. Go to any places you find locally. They may be a middleman. Their prices and terms may not be good enough for you, but you can still get information [...]
There Are Buyers And There Are Shoppers When It Comes To Truckloads
There are buyers and there are shoppers when it comes to wholesale, liquidation and closeout truckloads. Shoppers rarely turn into buyers and it's mainly because they are uneducated or uninitiated in to this business. They can learn but they have to be open to it and pursue that education. They have to take a bit of risk and take that first step. Here's how a typical truckload sale goes. A seller [...]
Can you recommend a liquidator in my area?
There is one question I've gotten the most and I want to answer it here. The question I'm getting is "I live in __________ area. Can you recommend a wholesaler/liquidator in my area?" Now if I could, I would be more then happy to do that. But in all honesty that is difficult to do. When you're buying wholesale, liquidations, closeouts etc. proximty has nothing to do with getting the best buy. I sell [...]
A Regular Pallet vs a Gaylord. What’s the difference?
When you're buying a pallet or even a truckload you are likely to see two different types of pallets. Standard Pallet: First, you will see the standard pallet. This will be stacked with products as you're used to seeing. You will be able to see what is on the load, but you won't necessarily be able to tell the condition, other then the condition of the boxes. Most of the items will be medium to [...]
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