Pallet profit calculator
Type in the numbers on any liquidation pallet — your bid, the platform’s buyer’s premium, freight, the unit count, and how many of those units you believe you can actually sell — and get the two figures worth knowing before you commit: the landed cost per unit and the break-even resale price.
It is arithmetic on your own numbers, nothing more. No resale-value guesses and no outcome projections — what it does instead is make sure the premium and the freight bill are inside the number before you bid, which is exactly where first pallets go wrong.
Run your numbers
All five inputs are yours — the calculator asserts nothing about your lot, and nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Enter your numbers above. Everything computes in your browser — nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
Your numbers, plain arithmetic — not a prediction. This tool never estimates what items sell for; the break-even price is a cost floor, not a resale value.
How the math works
Three formulas, no hidden factors:
landed cost = bid + buyer’s premium + freight
landed cost per unit = landed cost ÷ units
break-even price = landed cost ÷ sellable units
Sellable units are floored to whole units and the break-even price rounds up to the next cent — both in the conservative direction, so the calculator never understates what it takes to get your money back.
The landed-cost line is the same formula BStalker computes on every live listing — the calculator imports the very same code, so the two can never drift apart.
What each input means
- Bid price. What you would pay for the lot itself — your planned winning bid on an auction, or the listed price on a fixed-price lot.
- Buyer’s premium.The percentage the platform adds on top of the bid. Each platform’s published figure is in the pallet-costs guide; several set it per lot, so read the listing.
- Shipping / freight.The lot’s freight quote where the platform gives one — otherwise your own figure. On pickup-only lots it is your fuel and time instead.
- Unit count. Items in the lot, from the listing or the manifest.
- Sellable rate. Your assumption — the share of units you can actually resell after damaged, incomplete, and missing items are out. There is no standard number; it depends on the condition grade, the category, and your own bar for what is worth listing.
What this calculator will not tell you
It will not tell you what the units will sell for. Resale value depends on the channel, the true condition of what is in the box, and how long you can wait — none of which a form on a web page knows. Any tool that turns a retail or MSRP figure into “your resale value” with a fixed multiplier is making that number up.
For context on what liquidation lots have actually closed at — median closing prices from auctions BStalker tracked to the end — see the stats page. For the cost side in depth, the pallet-costs guide breaks down premiums and freight per platform. And if you are still weighing the whole model, the honest answer on whether pallets are worth it is in the FAQ.
FAQ
Is the pallet profit calculator free?
Yes. It is free, needs no account, and runs entirely in your browser — nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere. If you want live liquidation lots to run it against, a free BStalker account shows a live preview of the feed.
What is a buyer’s premium?
A percentage the auction platform adds on top of your winning bid — from none on some marketplaces to a flat 10% on others, with several setting it per lot. It is charged on the bid, so raising your bid raises the premium too. Each platform’s published figure is in the pallet-costs guide on this site.
What is a sellable rate?
Your own assumption about the share of units in the lot you can actually resell. Damaged, incomplete, and missing items push it below 100%, and it varies with the condition grade, the category, and your own bar for what is worth listing. The calculator treats it strictly as your assumption — it never substitutes a number of its own.
Why doesn’t it estimate profit?
Because that would require knowing what your items will sell for, and no calculator honestly knows that — resale value depends on the channel, the true condition of the units, and how long you are willing to wait. This tool stops at the arithmetic that is knowable before you bid: what the lot costs landed, and the average price per sellable unit that returns your money. Median closing prices from auctions BStalker tracked to the end are on the stats page.
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