Step 1: Understand What You're Buying
Before you place an order, you need to know the product landscape. Wholesale used clothing breaks into a few major categories: raw credential bales, graded bales, cream-pulled bales, and fiber/rag-grade product. Each serves a different type of buyer.
If you're reading this, you're probably interested in raw credentials — the highest-value product in the wholesale used clothing market. Raw credential bales are 100% unsorted, nothing extracted, straight from the donation route. Read the full explainer here.
Step 2: Know Your Volume
Wholesale used clothing is priced by the pound, and your per-pound price is largely determined by how much you're buying. Most raw credential sourcing has historically required a full truckload — 40,000 lbs or more — to get access to source pricing.
We sell direct, and only by the full load. Every order is 40,000 lbs — roughly 36 to 50 bales — with clothing at $0.55–$0.64/lb. If you run more volume, order multiple loads or set up a standing weekly or monthly schedule.
Step 3: Check Your Delivery Setup
A full load ships in a dedicated 53' trailer, or in a container for export. Before you order, confirm:
- ·Do you have a loading dock? A full trailer needs a dock to unload efficiently.
- ·Do you have a forklift? Bales weigh 800–1,100 lbs each.
- ·Do you have space? A 40,000 lb load is roughly 36–50 bales, plus room to break them down.
- ·Buying for export? Give us your destination port and we'll quote container freight.
Step 4: Vet Your Supplier
The wholesale used clothing industry has a fair number of intermediaries who represent product they don't actually control. Before you commit, ask:
- ·Do you source directly from nonprofits or donation routes, or are you brokering?
- ·Where is the sourcing geography? SoCal, Midwest, Southeast, etc. all produce different quality profiles.
- ·What's your pull cadence? How often do you run truckloads?
Step 5: Understand the Pricing Structure
Raw credential pricing is quoted per pound, with freight quoted separately. Our rate runs $0.55–$0.64/lb on every full 40,000 lb load — $22,000–$25,600 per load before freight. Where you land in that range depends on volume and schedule — worth a conversation with your rep.
Freight is calculated based on your delivery ZIP or destination port and the equipment — a 53' trailer or a container. A rep will provide a firm all-in quote after you submit your request. See the full pricing table on our home page, or our breakdown of credential bale prices per pound.
Step 6: Submit Your Order and Confirm
Once you've confirmed your volume, delivery setup, and pricing, the process is straightforward. Submit your order request with your contact info, number of loads, and delivery address or destination port. A rep will follow up within one business day with a firm quote and ship date. Start your order request here.