Every term in the liquidation and reseller world, defined.
B-Stock powers retailer-branded auction sites for major retailers.
The commission a liquidation marketplace charges the winning bidder.
The total cost of the inventory that sold in a period.
What identical inventory recently sold for on the same channel.
Items customers returned to a retailer, resold in bulk pallets.
Amazon warehouses and ships your inventory for you.
You store and ship your own inventory.
One sellable unit at auction, ranging from a case to a truckload.
Freight lanes for shipments smaller than a full truckload.
A manifest is a spreadsheet, usually CSV or XLSX, listing every SKU included in a liquidation lot: quantities, condition, MSRP, and product identifiers.
A lot containing multiple product categories on one pallet.
MSRP is the ceiling. Recovered value is always a fraction of it.
Overstock is new, unsold inventory a retailer needs to move.
The percentage of MSRP you actually collect after resale.
A hidden minimum a seller will accept.
Profit divided by cost.
Salvage lots are inventory the retailer has determined cannot be sold as new.
What percentage of your inventory actually sells inside a given window.
Retailer pulled the inventory from shelves before it could sell.
A full 26-pallet truckload sold as a single lot.