Want to get started selling liquidated and return pallets in the UK? Here are the places to start looking.
Billions of pounds of items get returned to retailers every year, and you could make a good profit reselling.
For stuff that can’t be resold, and instead of holding excess stock, online shops sell the products (and at a reasonable price) as a bulk pallet bundle.
You can take advantage of these liquidations sales as a way to make decent earnings.
Here’s where you can get hold of return pallets in the UK.
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What kinds of things are in a pallet load?
All sorts of items are included in a pallet, including returned goods, end of line, and shop clearance products.
To help you make the purchase, they list out the details of all the products, the original price, and a description.
However, with an auction, it may just tell you the category of the products, and you bid blindly.
You’ll see the estimated retail value, although this will be at full RRP.
You could find electricals like coffee machines, vacuum cleaners, nursery products, toys, furniture, household goods, jewellery, handbags, and more.
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How to buy a return pallet
Many companies offer services to sell you a pallet of goods.
- Marthill International
- Gem Wholesale
- Wholesale Clearance
- BStock
- Wholesale Scout
- DiscountHouse
- Topdown Trading
- Daniel Thomas Group
- eBay
- i-bidder
- William George
- Job a Lots
- BritDeals
Anything to be aware of?
Before bidding, check descriptions/grades and how much money you can make selling goods.
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The product or packaging could be damaged or parts of the item missing.
However, it might be that it’s faulty.
You won’t know until you’ve bought the pallet and had a chance to unpack and inspect everything.
FAQs
Amazon liquidation products are sold as auctions through BStock.
The cost of an Amazon pallet depends on what’s included in the auction. Pricing starts from around €600.
Amazon doesn’t sell their own returned items.
If you see listings on the website for liquidation boxes, this is done by another company (and the reviews are usually shocking).
If you have space and time to create a reselling business, selling liquidated merchandise is worth it.
You can usually save 95% on the RRP with surplus and returned goods, so you have the chance to make a good profit. However, you won’t know the quality of the products in your haul, and you might not sell everything.
There are many different places to purchase a pallet load of stock at reasonable prices, including Gem Wholesale, Wholesale Clearance and ibidder.
William George manages online pallet auctions for John Lewis. You can bid on appliances, fashion, toys and more from big-name brands.
Marthill and Gem Wholesale sell a range of ex catalogue clearance, surplus and customer returned goods.
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Kayleigh says
Where can I find Made.com or West Elm pallets please?
Naomi Willis says
I’m not sure about West Elm, but I’ve seen made.com return pallets on ibidder before.