Buying and selling stock — your questions

A return pallet is a pallet built from inventory customers returned to a retailer. Contents are mixed and condition varies across the pallet — some items are unused, others are damaged, incomplete or faulty. Palletise states the condition and whether the lot has been tested before you buy.

Customer return stock is inventory that was sold, returned and then cleared by the retailer rather than resold at full price. It is graded CUSTOMER RETURN where we have checked it to the process described on the lot, and UNTESTED RETURN where we have not function tested it.

Liquidation stock is inventory released when a business closes, restructures or clears a site. It is often mixed, sold as one lot and available for a limited window, which is why much of it is priced on enquiry rather than listed.

Clearance stock is new inventory sold below normal wholesale cost because a range has ended, a season has passed or the seller is holding surplus. It is generally boxed and unused, so it carries less risk than returns.

Yes. You can start with individual products from the clearance shop or a smaller job lot, then move up to pallets as you learn what sells in your channel. Palletise Academy exists for exactly this.

No. Individual clearance products can be bought without one. A trade account gives you saved stock, order history and access to quoted bulk pricing.

Yes — the clearance shop sells single items from clearance, end-of-line and checked return stock.

Yes. Job lots are our usual entry point between single products and full pallets, and we show unit counts wherever they are reliable so you can work out your cost per unit.

Yes. Multi-pallet and full-load lots are available and are usually quoted on volume rather than listed at a fixed price.

Yes, we arrange pallet delivery across mainland UK, and collection can be arranged by agreement. Delivery is quoted based on pallet count and destination.

We assess excess, surplus, overstock, end-of-line, retail and warehouse inventory. Send a stock list with quantities, condition and location and our buying team will review it. An assessment is not a guarantee of purchase.

Yes. We regularly assess inventory from closures, retirements and site clearances, and can work to a handover deadline where one exists.

It varies within a single lot. Our condition system separates NEW, CLEARANCE, BOX DAMAGED, CUSTOMER RETURN, UNTESTED RETURN and SALVAGE so you can see what has been checked and what has not.

A manifest is the list of what a lot contains — usually line descriptions, quantities and sometimes retail values. Where a manifest exists you can review it before buying. Retail values on a manifest are a reference, not a resale guarantee.

Yes — that is what most of our stock is bought for. Some lots carry brand or channel restrictions, and where they do it is stated on the lot before purchase.