B-Stock alternatives

ForthClear is a B2B marketplace for surplus, overstock, customer returns, and liquidation lots. Listing is free. Sellers pay 5% of the item subtotal only when an item sells. Buyers pay no ForthClear fee and no membership. 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 quantity at or above the threshold, or a listing the seller has not opened for instant checkout, uses a quote. The seller is the seller of record. ForthClear does not offer escrow or a mandatory inspection window, and it does not guarantee payment; each order record shows its status. Buyers who are comparing B-Stock alternatives can use ForthClear for direct marketplace lots, or keep using an auction marketplace when that format fits the lot. B-Stock (https://bstock.com/) and Liquidation.com (https://www.liquidation.com/) are separate liquidation marketplaces. Their public pricing pages did not return readable fee text on 30 October 2026, so this page does not restate a buyer premium, membership, or seller commission for either of them. Read the current page on each site before you compare a charge. Direct Liquidation's homepage title, read the same day, is "Direct Liquidation: Wholesale Auctions of Liquidation Inventory" (https://www.directliquidation.com/). bulq.com did not resolve in DNS on 30 October 2026, so this page does not describe BULQ's fees or whether the company is operating.

What does ForthClear charge?

Sellers list for free and pay 5% of the item subtotal when an item sells. There is no listing fee and no membership. Buyers pay no ForthClear fee. Shipping is arranged between the buyer and the seller, and it is not part of the 5% fee.

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 quantity at or above the threshold, or a listing the seller has not opened for instant checkout, uses a quote. The seller is the seller of record. ForthClear does not offer escrow or a mandatory inspection window, and it does not guarantee payment; each order record shows its status.

How is this different from an auction marketplace?

ForthClear is a marketplace where the seller lists a price. Where instant checkout is on, the buyer pays that price by card for a quantity under the quote threshold. An auction marketplace sells by bid instead. B-Stock and Liquidation.com are in that auction group; this page does not quote their premiums because their fee pages were not readable here.

Direct Liquidation's own homepage describes wholesale auctions of liquidation inventory. That is a different buying motion from paying a listed price by card.

Who is the seller?

The business that lists the goods is the seller of record. ForthClear is the marketplace. It does not buy the inventory, and it does not promise a recovery rate.

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These are current public listings. Open the lot to see whether instant checkout is on.

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Questions

Is ForthClear a B-Stock alternative?
Yes. ForthClear is a separate B2B marketplace for surplus, overstock, and returns lots. Sellers pay 5% of the item subtotal when an item sells. Buyers pay no ForthClear fee and no membership.
Do buyers pay a membership?
No. ForthClear has no buyer membership and no buyer fee.
Can a buyer pay by card?
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 quantity at or above the threshold, or a listing the seller has not opened for instant checkout, uses a quote. The seller is the seller of record. ForthClear does not offer escrow or a mandatory inspection window, and it does not guarantee payment; each order record shows its status.
What is B-Stock's buyer premium?
This page does not state one. Check https://bstock.com/ for the current buyer and seller charges.