Pallet manifest checker
Upload the manifest. See what every line really resells for on eBay, the pallet's total after fees, and the most to bid — before you buy.
Sign in to check a manifest — 25 free credits to try it (one per different item). No card.
Sign in with GoogleWhat you get — an example
| Item | Qty | Retail | Sold for (median) | Sales | Flip | Line value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless noise-cancelling earbudsCustomer Returns · untested: ×0.75 | 2 | $249 | $107 | 41/30 d | 78 | $214 |
| Compact single-serve coffee makerOpen Box | 3 | $89.99 | $58.00 | 27/30 d | 71 | $174 |
| 4-quart air fryerNew · UPC 622356564891 | 1 | $130 | $96.00 | 19/30 d | 66 | $96.00 |
| Robot vacuumSalvage | 1 | $79.00 | $31.00 | 6/30 d | 29 | $31.00 |
Example figures. Your manifest is priced from the sales of that day — and you can download the result as a spreadsheet.
How it works
- Upload the manifest as it is — Excel or CSV. The title, quantity, retail, UPC and condition columns are found on their own.
- Every different item is looked up once — in completed eBay sales of the market you sell on, in the line's condition, with each sale checked by AI so accessories, parts and other models don't count.
- The most valuable lines go first, so a big manifest shows the lines that matter within the first minute.
- Lines with no trustworthy sales are marked, not guessed. The total counts only priced lines; an estimate for the rest is shown separately when there are retail prices.
- You get the numbers to bid on: resale value, recovery rate, profit and ROI after fees and freight, a flip score per line, how much of the value sits in the 5 dearest lines — and the most to bid.
Where to get the manifest
Most liquidation sellers publish a manifest for each lot: B-Stock marketplaces, BULQ, Direct Liquidation, Liquidation.com and many wholesale return sellers let you download it as an Excel or CSV file from the lot page. Download it before you bid and upload the file here unchanged. If a lot only shows the list on the page, copy the rows and paste them.
A manifest tells you what was shipped, not what works. Check the condition the seller states for the whole lot — if it says "customer returns" or "untested", choose that in Condition so every line is priced that way.
Condition grades, and how they are priced
| Manifest says | Priced from |
|---|---|
| New, sealed, overstock, shelf pulls | new sales |
| Open box, like new, used, refurbished | used sales |
| Customer returns, untested, uninspected | used sales × 0.75 |
| Salvage, damaged, for parts, not working | for-parts sales |
A worked example
A small lot of customer returns: 2 × wireless earbuds (retail $249), 3 × compact coffee makers ($90), 1 × air fryer ($130) and 1 × salvage robot vacuum ($79) — $977 retail, asking $220 plus $80 freight. Priced from real sales in their conditions, the lot is worth about $640 on eBay — 65 % of retail — or $544 after 15 % fees. If 80 % of it sells, that is $435 after fees; the most to bid is $435 ÷ 1.28 − $80 = $260, so $220 is a buy: about $135 profit after the price and freight, an ROI near 45 %. The earbuds and coffee makers carry most of the value, so those are the lines to check in the photos before you bid.
Example figures for illustration; your manifest is priced from the sales of that day.
Single items rather than pallets? Scan an item with the FlipTip scanner. Building your own tool? The same check is in the FlipTip API.
Questions
How do I check a liquidation pallet manifest?
Download the manifest from the auction or the liquidator — an Excel (.xlsx) or CSV file — and upload it here as it is. The checker looks up every line in real completed eBay sales, in the condition the manifest gives, and shows each line's resale value, the pallet's profit after fees and freight, and the most to bid — before you buy.
Why not just use the retail (MSRP) column?
Retail is what the item cost new in a store. Returned and overstock goods usually sell for well below it, and some sell for almost nothing. The checker shows what each item actually sold for second-hand, and how much of the retail total that is — the recovery rate liquidation buyers bid on.
Does it use the UPC and the condition column?
Yes. When a line has a UPC or EAN, the barcode is used to find the exact product if the title is vague. When it has a condition, the item is priced from sales in that condition: new and shelf pulls from new sales, open box and used from used sales, salvage from for-parts sales. Customer returns that are untested are priced at 75 % of the used price, because some won't work. If an item has no sales in its condition, sales of any condition are used and the line says so.
What is the flip score?
A number from 0 to 100 for each line: how often the item sells, how much it sells for and — when you enter the pallet price — its margin, with the pallet price shared out across the lines by retail value. High-score lines are the ones that pay for the pallet; a pallet whose value sits in a few low-score lines is a risk.
What does "no sales" mean on a line?
Not enough completed sales of that item could be confirmed. The line is left out of the total rather than guessed. If the manifest has retail prices, the total also shows an estimate that prices those lines at the same share of retail as the others — kept separate.
How is the most to bid worked out?
The resale value of the priced lines, minus marketplace fees (15 % unless you set your own), times the share you expect to sell (80 % unless you set your own — every pallet has duds and items that never sell), divided by 1.28 for your time and a profit, minus the freight you enter. At 80 % that is the same as the after-fees value divided by 1.6. With a pallet price you also get the profit and the ROI after fees and freight.
Which manifests work?
Excel (.xlsx) and CSV files from liquidation auctions and wholesalers — the checker finds the title or description, quantity, unit or extended retail, UPC/EAN and condition columns on its own, whatever they are called. Old .xls files need to be saved as .xlsx or CSV first. You can also paste the rows. Up to 500 lines.
What does it cost?
One credit per different item — the same item on several lines is checked once, and a line whose prices couldn't be checked is free. Every account gets 25 credits to try it; then credit packs from $12 (250 credits) — they never expire; packs are final and non-refundable.