888 Lots Review: Fully Manifested New Goods and Custom Lots
888 Lots sells mostly new, fully manifested inventory with profit estimates built in, which makes independent analysis more important, not less.
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An honest look at 888 Lots: what the inventory really is, quality, fees, pros and cons, and how to export a manifest and analyze it in 60 seconds.
What 888 Lots actually is
888 Lots specializes in brand-new, fully manifested general merchandise sourced largely from Amazon and other ecommerce overstock. Buyers can purchase fixed lots, bid on auctions, or build custom lots by picking SKUs, which is unusual in this industry.
Quality: what shows up on the pallet
Among the highest and most consistent in liquidation because the goods are new and not customer returns. The realistic risk is not condition, it is demand. New does not mean sellable, and slow-moving overstock is exactly what ends up in a liquidation channel.
Pros
- New-condition, fully manifested inventory with UPCs
- Custom lot building lets you exclude dead SKUs
- Published per-SKU data makes analysis straightforward
- Lower triage labor than returns pallets
Cons
- Cost per unit is higher than returns-grade sourcing
- Site-provided profit estimates can be optimistic on velocity
- Category mix leans toward small, low-ticket goods
- Competition on the best SKUs is fierce
Fees and total landed cost
Fixed-price lots typically show a clear per-unit cost; auctions add a buyer's premium. Shipping is quoted at checkout and is reasonable because many lots are parcel or single-pallet size.
How to get the manifest from 888 Lots into PalletIQ
- Open the lot and click the manifest/spreadsheet download link (usually XLSX).
- Delete any vendor-supplied "estimated profit" column so it does not contaminate your own model.
- Upload to PalletIQ Analyze.
- Compare PalletIQ's modeled recovery against the site's estimate, when they disagree, sell-through assumptions are almost always the reason.
Pro tip
888 Lots manifests are clean enough that PalletIQ's per-SKU research does its best work here. Use the category profit breakdown to decide which SKUs to relist and which to bundle into multi-packs.
Bid with numbers, not vibes
Whatever you buy on 888 Lots, the decision is the same: does the modeled resale value of this manifest clear your landed cost with a margin you would accept twice? Upload the manifest to PalletIQ and you get a grade, a confidence score, a category profit breakdown, and a hard Max Bid in under a minute. See the full marketplace comparison for how this site stacks up against the rest.