Direct Liquidation Deal Finder

Real result from a live run: A Walmart electronics pallet — 222 units, Mixed condition, Ext. Retail $8,381 — asking price $1,543. That's 18.4% of retail. $6.95 per unit.

Scans Direct Liquidation's fixed-price marketplace and returns scored lots ranked by deal quality. Built for resellers, arbitrage buyers, liquidation professionals, and AI agents who need to identify undervalued inventory fast.

Unlike auction-based platforms, Direct Liquidation uses fixed pricing — no competing bidders, no closing countdown. The deal score focuses purely on price-to-retail ratio and cost per unit, making it a simpler but highly reliable margin calculator.

Looking for auction-based liquidation? See also B-Stock Deal Finder.

What it does

Direct Liquidation is a wholesale liquidation marketplace where major retailers — Walmart, Sam's Club, and others — sell overstock, customer returns, and excess inventory in bulk lots. Over 1,200 lots are listed at any time, priced and ready to buy immediately — no bidding, no waiting.

This actor queries Direct Liquidation's API, extracts the key arbitrage signals from each lot (retail value, asking price, unit count, condition, warehouse location), computes a deal score for every result, and returns them ranked best-to-worst.

No browser. No JavaScript rendering. Pure API — one request per page, under 30 seconds, minimal compute.

Why it's useful

Every Direct Liquidation lot is priced against its original retail value. The math is right there:

"1 Pallet – 222 Pcs – Audio Headsets, Board Games, Security Cameras – Mixed Condition – Walmart"

Asking price: $1,543. Retail value: $8,381. That's 18.4% of retail — $6.95 per unit for a mixed electronics pallet. This actor surfaces those opportunities automatically across hundreds of active lots so you're not manually scanning listings.

Deal scoring

Each lot receives a dealScore from 0–100 combining two signals:

Signal	Weight	Logic
Price / MSRP ratio	70 pts	Lower price relative to retail = higher score
Condition quality	30 pts	Better condition = higher score

Unlike auction marketplaces, Direct Liquidation is fixed-price — there is no competition or urgency signal. The score reflects pure value: how cheap is the lot relative to retail, adjusted for what condition the inventory is actually in.

Results are sorted by dealScore descending. Use minDealScore to run in alert mode — only output lots that exceed your threshold.

Input

Field	Type	Description
conditions	array	Item condition: Brand New, Open Box Like New, New Damaged Box, Untested Customer Returns, Used, Mixed, Damaged / Missing Parts, Not Working, Grade D
vendors	array	Seller: Major Retailer, Walmart, Walmart NDB, Sam's Club, Signature Hardware, Outdoor Retailer
states	array	Warehouse state codes: TX, KY, AR, IN, SC, FL, AK
packageTypes	array	Pallet or Box
maxPriceToMsrpRatio	number	Max price/retail ratio, e.g. 0.2 = lots priced under 20% of retail
maxPriceUsd	integer	Max asking price in USD
minUnits	integer	Minimum unit count per lot
minDealScore	number	Alert mode: only return lots scoring at or above this threshold (0–100)
sortBy	string	API sort: newest, priceAsc, priceDesc, nameAsc, nameDesc
maxResults	integer	Max lots to fetch before filtering (default: 200)
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional proxy settings

Output

Each result includes:

Field	Description
dealScore	Computed score 0–100
name	Full lot description
sku	Lot identifier
condition	Effective condition used for scoring (may differ from conditionRaw if name indicates defective)
conditionRaw	Condition as reported by the API
vendor	Seller display name
price	Asking price in USD
msrp	Retail value in USD
priceToMsrpRatio	Asking price divided by MSRP
expectedProfit	MSRP minus asking price in USD
units	Number of units in the lot
costPerUnit	Asking price divided by unit count
packageCount	Number of pallets or boxes
packageType	Pallet or Box
state	Warehouse state code
facility	Warehouse name and location
category	Product category
allowTradeOffers	Whether the seller accepts trade offers
imageUrl	Lot image
lotUrl	Direct link to the lot on Direct Liquidation

Example use cases

Find lots under 15% of retail — best margin opportunities

{
    "maxPriceToMsrpRatio": 0.15,
    "maxResults": 200
}

Walmart returns only — clean condition, single pallets

{
    "vendors": ["Walmart"],
    "conditions": ["Untested Customer Returns", "Open Box Like New"],
    "packageTypes": ["Pallet"],
    "maxResults": 200
}

Alert mode — only surface exceptional deals

{
    "minDealScore": 80,
    "maxResults": 500
}

Regional buying — lots you can pick up locally in Texas

{
    "states": ["TX"],
    "maxPriceToMsrpRatio": 0.25,
    "maxResults": 200
}

Performance & scheduling

One API request per 40 lots — no browser, no DOM rendering. Typical run time is under 30 seconds with minimal compute cost.

Direct Liquidation lists new inventory continuously. Run this actor on a schedule every 1–4 hours to catch freshly listed lots before other buyers find them. Pair with sortBy: "newest" and minDealScore in alert mode to only surface results worth acting on.

Notes

• Direct Liquidation requires a registered buyer account to complete purchases. This actor surfaces opportunities — you complete the transaction on the platform directly.
• conditionRaw reflects the API field. condition may be overridden to Not Working when the lot name explicitly states the inventory is defective or non-functional — this prevents inflated scores on broken goods.
• Major Retailer is Direct Liquidation's anonymized label for large retail accounts (likely Amazon and similar). It represents the largest share of listed inventory.
• allowTradeOffers: true means the seller may accept offers below the listed price — worth attempting on high-value lots.
• MSRP is sourced directly from Direct Liquidation's API msrp.US field. It reflects the original retail value of the inventory, not a resale estimate.