6 Pallet Flipping Business Success Stories [2023]
Here are some real life success stories of starting a pallet flipping business:
1. The Simple Biz ($360K/year)
Play matchmaker between pallet buyers and sellers to flip pallets for profit. Varnie started his pallet flipping business in 2020, and has already scaled it to $1000 a day (and beyond). He credits another Side Hustle Show guest — John Wilker from episode 274— and his Simplest Biz course with helping him get started. To check out that episode .
John Wilker (from Birmingham, Alabama, United States) started The Simple Biz over 24 years ago.
- John Wilker, a former construction contractor, founded The Simplest Biz, a shipping products brokerage firm.
- He created a straightforward yet profitable business strategy offering middle-man services to companies who send and receive products.
- He buys industrial byproducts used in transportation, such as pallets, cardboard boxes, and crates, and sells them for a profit to others.
- Over the past 25 years, John has perfected this company concept, and he now helps people launch their own Simplest Biz through his online video course and other tools.
- His objective is to help as many individuals as he can get out of the rat race and the 9 to 5 job.
- He currently has students worldwide implementing this basic business concept for themselves.

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2. Liquidation Sales, Wholesale Closeout Deals
888 Lots is a website dedicated to help you find the best liquidation sales and surplus inventory lot deals. Open an account today and start making profits.
- Website traffic: 50K/month
- Business rank: #87.4K
Check out their full website ➜
Learn more about starting a pallet flipping business:
Where to start?
-> How much does it cost to start a pallet flipping business?
-> Pros and cons of a pallet flipping business
Need inspiration?
-> Examples of established pallet flipping business
Other resources
4. The Simple Biz
How to flip shipping pallets! How to get Pallets for free. Best Pallet Training Course. Best Side Hustle 2022. How to find businesses that buy wooden pallets.
- Estimated revenue: $30K/month
- Business rank: #2.27M
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5. American Pallet Liquidators
We are one the most trusted wholesale liquidators in the country offering a wide variety of liquidated merchandise from some of the largest retailers in the world.
- Business rank: #2.92M
Check out their full website ➜
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