The 7 Biggest Liquidation Sites Compared (2026)

Why the marketplace matters as much as the pallet

Two pallets with identical manifests can produce wildly different outcomes depending on where you bought them. The marketplace determines fee structure, manifest accuracy, how many hands touched the load before you, whether freight is included, and how much bidding competition you face. Below is an honest breakdown of the seven sources most resellers actually use.

Quick comparison

• Liquidation.com, Liquidation. Manifests: usually SKU-level spreadsheets. Full guide
• B-Stock, B-Stock operates private, invite-and-approval marketplaces on behalf of individual retailers and brands. Manifests: usually SKU-level spreadsheets. Full guide
• Faire, Faire is a wholesale marketplace connecting independent brands with retailers. Manifests: usually SKU-level spreadsheets. Full guide
• Direct Liquidation, Direct Liquidation is a marketplace with strong ties to big-box return streams, notably Walmart, plus Target, Lowe's, and Amazon inventory. Manifests: usually SKU-level spreadsheets. Full guide
• 888 Lots, 888 Lots specializes in brand-new, fully manifested general merchandise sourced largely from Amazon and other ecommerce overstock. Manifests: usually SKU-level spreadsheets. Full guide
• QuickLotz, QuickLotz is a liquidation wholesaler with warehouse locations and a heavy focus on truckloads, pallet lots, and case packs from major retailers. Manifests: often summary-level or absent. Full guide
• Amazon Liquidation, Amazon does not run a single public pallet store. Manifests: usually SKU-level spreadsheets. Full guide

Best fit by buyer type

• Brand new to pallets, small budget, Liquidation.com single-pallet lots or 888 Lots parcel lots
• Wants predictable, source-verified loads, B-Stock retailer marketplaces
• Wants new goods, minimal triage, 888 Lots, or Faire if you are open to wholesale instead of liquidation
• Running a bin store on volume, QuickLotz or Walmart-heavy general merchandise loads
• Chasing high-ticket upside and can absorb variance, Amazon liquidation channels
• Wants buy-now certainty over auction competition, Direct Liquidation

How manifests differ (and why it matters)

Manifest quality is the single biggest predictor of whether your analysis will be accurate. SKU-level manifests with UPC or ASIN identifiers let PalletIQ research real current market pricing per item. Category-level or summary manifests only support a range estimate. Unmanifested loads cannot be modeled, they can only be gambled on.

Getting any manifest into PalletIQ

1. Download the manifest file from the lot page (XLSX or CSV).
2. Make sure you have a description column, a quantity column, and a retail-price column. Identifiers like UPC or ASIN improve accuracy.
3. Upload the file at Analyze, PalletIQ auto-detects the columns.
4. Enter your expected fees and freight so the Max Bid is a landed number.
5. Bid at or below the Max Bid. Never above it because the pallet "looks good."

Next step

Pick the marketplace that matches your budget and labor capacity, then analyze your first manifest free. Also worth reading: the top retailers behind these loads.