Buying full truck return goods: CNJ's two Full Truck lines, the price per kilogram, storage, unloading, working capital and when to buy smaller instead.
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Buying guides and background for resellers
Practical articles on buying and reselling return lots, parcel returns, overstock and mystery boxes. A new article is added every day.
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Setting up a pop-up store with mystery boxes: suitable locations, short leases, a layout with sealed parcels per price tier and the revenue figures to track.
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What happens to returns from web shops and carriers?
What happens to returns from web shops? Why returns, overstock and undeliverable parcels are resold in bulk, and what that means for your purchasing decisions.
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How to buy return goods from a Dutch wholesaler as a business in Belgium or Germany: VAT number, reverse charge, transport documents, freight, pick-up and language.
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Buying guide
8 articles
Buying full truck return goods: CNJ's two Full Truck lines, the price per kilogram, storage, unloading, working capital and when to buy smaller instead.
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Buying guide
Eight common mistakes when buying return lots
The eight most common mistakes when buying return lots, from starting too big to buying without an invoice, each with a concrete fix you can apply.
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What Amazon Shipping Bags (BP2) are, why they are still sealed, what they usually contain and which resellers this lot suits. Price, grade and tips.
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Worked example for a trial lot of return goods: 100 kg for €525 or €600 excl. VAT, plus VAT, freight, sorting time and packaging, and your maximum buy price.
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Sourcing Guide
Quality Check on Receipt: How to Inspect a Mixed Lot
A practical checklist for inspecting a mixed wholesale lot immediately after delivery, so you quickly get a clear picture of its contents.
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A comparison between buying by the pallet and by the box, so you can choose the format that best matches your storage space, budget and sales channel.
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What exactly are our Small/Mid Parcel Returns from DHL, Hermes, and GLS, and which type of business buyer are they suited for? An overview of contents and possible uses.
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Sourcing Guide
Amazon return lots: what you need to know before you buy
A practical explanation of how return and overstock goods from Amazon-related channels come about, and what you as a business buyer should pay attention to.
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Sales channels
4 articles
Setting up a pop-up store with mystery boxes: suitable locations, short leases, a layout with sealed parcels per price tier and the revenue figures to track.
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Selling mystery boxes via live unboxing on TikTok or Instagram: formats, transparency, pacing, pricing per parcel size, shipping and the risks at a glance.
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Sales channels
Selling return goods on Marktplaats and other platforms
Selling return goods on Marktplaats or another platform: per item or as a mystery box? Listing quality, pricing, shipping costs, platform rules and disputes.
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Sales channels
Selling return parcels at a market: practical guide
Selling return parcels at a market stall: pitch and permit, stall layout, price points, cash and card payments, and honest signage for mystery parcels.
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What happens to returns from web shops and carriers?
What happens to returns from web shops? Why returns, overstock and undeliverable parcels are resold in bulk, and what that means for your purchasing decisions.
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What is NPAI? Buying undelivered parcels explained
What does NPAI mean? How parcels become undeliverable, why they end up at a wholesaler, and what buying undelivered parcels means for you as a reseller.
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What is a mystery box? How the trade works
What is a mystery box? How returns, undelivered parcels and overstock reach a wholesaler by the kilogram, and how resellers turn them into sales.
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Electronics is often the most sought-after part of a mixed lot. Learn what to check on receipt, how to test, handle accessories and resell.
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Why return volumes increase toward the end of the year
An explanation of why the volume of return and overstock goods typically rises in the lead-up to and after the holidays, and what that means for buyers.
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A grade or B grade? How to read our condition grading
An explanation of what the grade label (A grade, A-B grade, B grade) on our product pages actually means for the condition of the goods.
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Regulations
2 articles
How to buy return goods from a Dutch wholesaler as a business in Belgium or Germany: VAT number, reverse charge, transport documents, freight, pick-up and language.
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Selling mystery boxes online to consumers? Learn which general rules on the right of withdrawal, information duties and terms usually apply to you.
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Business
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Putting together a consumer mystery box: value tiers, theme boxes, hero items and fillers, honest descriptions, packaging and a worked example from kilo to box.
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A September-to-January timeline for buying stock for Black Friday, Sinterklaas and Christmas: trial lots, recurring deliveries, storage, cash and pricing.
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Starting a mystery box business? This eight-step plan runs from registration and VAT to a trial lot, price tiers and recurring deliveries by the kilo.
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How resellers plan their working capital when buying return and overstock lots: lead times, buffers, and scaling up responsibly.
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A practical approach to photographing and describing items from mixed lots, so your listings are clear and generate fewer questions and returns.
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Market stall, online marketplaces, your own webshop, or an outlet store: an overview of sales channels for resellers of mixed return and overstock lots.
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A general introduction to VAT, intra-Community supply and import formalities for resellers purchasing mixed wholesale lots within the EU.
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Practical points to consider when determining your sales price after purchasing and sorting a mixed wholesale lot.
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Why reselling returned and overstock goods to business buyers helps reduce waste, and what that means for resellers.
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A practical step-by-step plan for entrepreneurs who want to start buying wholesale lots of mystery boxes and mixed merchandise for the first time.
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Logistics
4 articles
What determines pallet freight costs: volume, distance, groupage or full truck, tail-lift, delivery window and insurance, and how to compare quotes per kilo.
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A practical workflow for sorting return goods: unloading, weighing, photographing, four-stream triage, labelled bins, a simple tracking sheet and safe working.
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Why wholesalers work with a minimum order quantity, what a full truckload means for your cost price, and how to prepare the delivery in practice.
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Practical tips for setting up your storage and sorting space, so you can efficiently receive, sort and prepare mixed wholesale lots for sale.
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