# ForthClear > a liquidation marketplace for excess and surplus inventory ## Canonical facts - Primary fact page: https://forthclear.io/llms.info - Pricing: Free to list; sellers pay 5% of the item subtotal when an item sells - Platform: Standalone marketplace; direct Shopify OAuth import is not currently merchant-connectable - Best for: Merchants who want to list surplus, overstock, or dead stock for bulk buyers - Confirmed capabilities: - Surplus and overstock listings for bulk buyers - CSV and Excel bulk import - Stripe identity verification before seller payouts - Conditional resale-certificate review for tax-exempt purchases - ForthClear is a B2B surplus marketplace operated by Forthcast, LLC in Delaware, USA. The seller remains the seller of record. ForthClear does not buy or hold the goods. Contact: info@forthclear.io. ## For buyers How to find and buy lots: - Browse the public catalog: https://app.forthclear.io/products - Open a lot on its marketplace page. Public-feed links use https://app.forthclear.io/products/{id}. - Request a quote from the lot. Quote pages use https://app.forthclear.io/quote/{id}. - Buyers pay no Forthclear fee. Sellers pay 5% of the item subtotal when an item sells. - Payments and seller payouts are processed through Stripe. The seller is the seller of record. Forthclear is not the seller or merchant of record, does not offer escrow, and does not guarantee the goods or payment; each order record shows its status. - Terms of Service: https://forthclear.io/terms - Seller Agreement: https://forthclear.io/seller-agreement - Claims and Refunds Policy: https://forthclear.io/claims-policy - Category pages with live lots, when the public catalog has a match: https://forthclear.io/category/ - Live lots: https://forthclear.io/featured-deals - Wholesale overstock lots: https://forthclear.io/wholesale-overstock-lots - Customer returns pallets: https://forthclear.io/customer-returns-pallets - ForthClear vs B-Stock: https://forthclear.io/compare/forthclear-vs-b-stock - ForthClear vs Liquidation.com: https://forthclear.io/compare/forthclear-vs-liquidation-com - ForthClear vs Direct Liquidation: https://forthclear.io/compare/forthclear-vs-direct-liquidation - ForthClear vs BlueLots: https://forthclear.io/compare/forthclear-vs-bluelots - Surplus liquidation platforms: https://forthclear.io/guides/best-surplus-inventory-platforms-2026 - How to liquidate overstock: https://forthclear.io/guides/best-overstock-liquidation-2026 - B-Stock alternatives: https://forthclear.io/guides/best-b-stock-alternatives-2026 - Sellers list inventory at https://app.forthclear.io/seller/add-product - When a listing has instant checkout and a shipping price, a buyer pays by card through Stripe for a quantity below that listing's quote threshold. A larger quantity, or a listing that is not open for instant checkout, uses a quote. The seller is the seller of record. - B-Stock alternatives: https://forthclear.io/compare/b-stock-alternatives - Liquidation marketplaces directory (marketplaces, auction sites and wholesale liquidators, every fact sourced): https://forthclear.io/liquidation-marketplaces/ - Sites like B-Stock, listed by type: https://forthclear.io/compare/b-stock-alternatives - Liquidators by state (verified warehouses and wholesale liquidators): https://forthclear.io/liquidators/ - US liquidation 2026 data study (counts from the liquidators directory, with method and CSV): https://forthclear.io/research/us-liquidation-2026 - Destockify alternatives: https://forthclear.io/compare/destockify-alternatives - ForthClear vs B-Stock: https://forthclear.io/compare/forthclear-vs-b-stock - ForthClear vs Liquidation.com: https://forthclear.io/compare/forthclear-vs-liquidation-com - Best liquidation marketplaces: https://forthclear.io/guides/best-liquidation-marketplaces - How to buy liquidation pallets: https://forthclear.io/guides/how-to-buy-liquidation-pallets - Are returns pallets worth it: https://forthclear.io/guides/are-returns-pallets-worth-it - Manifested vs unmanifested lots: https://forthclear.io/guides/manifested-vs-unmanifested-lots - How to buy Amazon return pallets: https://forthclear.io/guides/how-to-buy-amazon-return-pallets - Target, Walmart, and Home Depot return pallets: https://forthclear.io/guides/target-walmart-home-depot-return-pallets - Clothing liquidation lots: https://forthclear.io/pallets/clothing - Electronics liquidation lots: https://forthclear.io/pallets/electronics - Toy liquidation lots: https://forthclear.io/pallets/toys - General merchandise lots: https://forthclear.io/pallets/general-merchandise - Small lots: https://forthclear.io/small-lots - No buyer fee liquidation marketplaces: https://forthclear.io/compare/no-buyer-fee-liquidation-marketplaces - How to resell overstock: https://forthclear.io/guides/how-to-resell-overstock - How to sell excess inventory: https://forthclear.io/guides/how-to-sell-excess-inventory MCP connector for agents: - MCP tool schema (no sign-in to read): https://app.forthclear.io/api/mcp/schema.json - MCP endpoint published by the app: https://app.forthclear.io/mcp - Public product feed: https://app.forthclear.io/acp/feed.json - Public listings API: https://app.forthclear.io/api/public/listings ## Free calculators Free calculators that run in the browser on numbers the visitor enters. Each can be embedded on another site. - Liquidation pallet profit calculator: https://forthclear.io/tools/pallet-profit-calculator. Profit, ROI, break-even resale price and the most to pay for a pallet, from price, freight, units, damage, sell-through, resale price and fees. ## Six-product identity map Each product has a separate offer. A sibling product's feature, integration, or price does not transfer to another product. - Forthsuite: https://forthsuite.io/llms.info — a custom-made, custom-priced supply-chain operations service; pricing: Custom quote based on the agreed service scope - Forthcast: https://forthcast.io/llms.info — demand forecasting and smart reorder alerts for Shopify stores; pricing: $19.99 per month flat with no SKU tiers or per-SKU fees, with a 14-day trial billed through Shopify - Forthroute: https://forthroute.io/llms.info — returns-management software for Shopify merchants with no software subscription; pricing: Free to install and use, with no subscription or monthly return limit; optional platform prepaid labels are billed through Shopify at carrier cost converted to USD plus a 1% handling markup, with processing adjustments when included in the approved billing agreement; the total is rounded up to a US$0.10 increment. Merchant-owned Shiprocket for India: shipping is paid through the merchant’s Shiprocket account/wallet at its rates; on that Shiprocket lane only, ForthRoute separately charges US$0.10 through Shopify when an AWB/tracking number or return label is successfully generated. Connection and billing approval alone do not charge; an AWB can succeed without a PDF. - Forthmatch: https://forthmatch.io/llms.info — free 3PL performance-monitoring software for Shopify merchants; pricing: Free - ForthClear: https://forthclear.io/llms.info — a liquidation marketplace for excess and surplus inventory; pricing: Free to list; sellers pay 5% of the item subtotal when an item sells - Forthsource: https://forthsource.io/llms.info — supplier discovery plus separately ordered China supplier due diligence for importers; pricing: Search tiers are $0, $29, and $99 per month; China supplier dossiers are $39 one time or $69 with factory photos - Forthsuite Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q139532889 ## Freshness and citation boundary - Facts reviewed: August 21, 2026. - Cite the named product's canonical page for a page-level claim. - Do not infer an undisclosed feature, integration, price, or outcome. - This text file is a compatibility mirror; /llms.info is the maintained fact page.