For buyers
How to buy pallets
You describe which pallets you need, where and in what quantity. Matching suppliers contact you directly.
The palettenring mission
Transparent pallet trade instead of middlemen.
The pallet market is opaque today. Reseller margins reach 30–50 % of the purchase price, the quality class stated in a listing often does not match what actually arrives, and the buyer almost never speaks to the person who really decides. We are building palettenring to change that structure: to expose the real seller price, to enforce honest quality descriptions, and to connect companies directly — on terms both sides understand.
In short
Getting started is simple
Three short silent films with subtitles: post a buy request, post a sell offer and set up a pallet contract. No commission, no intermediaries.
For suppliers
How to sell pallets
You list your pallets with quantity, location and delivery. Interested buyers write to you directly, with no commission.
For annual volumes
How to set up a pallet contract
In four steps you describe your annual demand or supply and send the contract for review. After that, partners can make you offers.
From Silver partner · Watching is free
Four principles the platform stands on
What we mean by a transparent pallet market.
“No commission” is not a marketing slogan to us. Each of the principles below translates directly into how we build listings, verify accounts, and present data to buyers.
PRICE TRANSPARENCY
Listing price = seller price
We do not add a commission, do not charge a transaction fee, and do not buy up pallet batches to resell them ourselves. The figure you see in a listing is your negotiation starting point with the company that actually has those pallets on its yard — not with yet another distribution channel.
QUALITY AS DESCRIBED
Class stated in the listing = class delivered
Every listing requires pallet type, quality class (new / class A / B / C), quantity, and condition. A structured form instead of free-form prose ensures the buyer knows what to expect — and has a clear basis for a complaint if the delivery does not match the declaration.
FRAUD REDUCTION
Verified companies, not anonymous shell sellers
Business accounts go through verification: VAT number, business registration, contact details of the decision-maker. The seller profile shows the listing history, industry, and location. Instead of anonymous one-off ads from classifieds aggregators — accountable B2B partners.
LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS
A repeat supplier, not a single transaction
The most valuable relationship in the pallet trade is a long-term supplier who knows your quantity and quality requirements. Filters, match alerts, and pallet contracts are designed so a one-off deal can grow into a steady partnership — not another isolated spot.
What you get in a listing
Concrete technical data instead of promises.
Every listing carries the information needed to decide — no marketing prose, no guesswork. In seconds you can tell whether an offer fits your logistical requirements, and then you speak directly with the person on the other side.
What makes a listing trustworthy
Full technical parameters
Pallet type (EPAL / industrial / CP / one-way), quality class, quantity, price, location and logistics terms — visible directly in the feed, with no need to open every listing one by one.
Verified company account
The seller has a company profile with a VAT number, industry and activity history. Verification status is visible on every listing — you know whether you are talking to a producer, a warehouse, or a reseller.
Direct contact to the decision-maker
Phone and email reach the person who actually owns this pallet stock — not a call centre, not a shared inbox. You negotiate, ask for additional photos, schedule an inspection.
01 / LISTING
Post an offer or a demand
Enter pallet type, quality class, quantity, price, location (publicly we show city only) and contact details. The whole form takes a few minutes — it asks for facts, not creative copy.
02 / SEARCH
Filter by parameters, not keywords
The listings feed lets you filter by offer type (buy / sell), quality class, location and pallet standard. The sort order does not favour those who paid more for visibility — this is a marketplace, not an advertising auction.
03 / VERIFY & CONTACT
Check the seller and talk directly
Open the listing, check the company verification status, the seller profile and history. Call or email the contact person. For larger volumes ask for photos from the middle of the stack or arrange an on-site inspection — this is industry standard, not an unusual demand.
04 / DEAL & RELATIONSHIP
Close terms, document quality, come back
Agree on condition, transport, pickup and settlement off-platform — palettenring takes no commission. A good seller with a clean delivery is your next regular supplier. Document the class on receipt and signal that you’ll return for the next batch.
Why it matters
A few market numbers that usually disappear into the reseller’s margin.
All figures come from analyses by our Managing Director, Olaf Oczkos, published in the Articles section and in the “Paletten-Handbuch”. The numbers refer to the DACH market in 2026.
Typical reseller margin
30–50 %
That is how much a classic pallet reseller adds on top of their purchase price — profit the buyer rarely sees in the listing. On 500 class-B pallets it can mean up to EUR 2,000 of difference on a single order.
Class A vs. new EPAL
EUR 8–18 / unit
Class A currently costs EUR 11–13, a new EPAL EUR 21–29. Choosing the class your application actually needs (not every use case requires A) can cut the purchase budget by 40–55 % without compromising technical parameters.
Global EPAL pool
600 million pallets
That is how many EPAL pallets circulate globally across 50+ countries. Full parameters, EPAL stamps, quality class and a licence trail are B2B standard today — and that is exactly why we require them in every listing.
COST & BENEFIT
What does membership cost — per pallet?
The yearly membership is a fixed fee — no commission, no per-transaction cut. Spread across your annual volume, the price per pallet keeps falling with every pallet you trade.
Membership
pallets
Quick pick
Your price per pallet
4.2Cent
Silver-Partner · €2,500 / year
5-cent mark5.0 Cent
Under 5 cents per pallet
ALTERNATIVE · CUMULATIVE
Together under 5 cents per pallet
Spread the €2,500 across the full annual volume and the price falls further with every transaction.
Example: at 51,000 pallets of total volume the price drops to 4.9 cents per pallet.
- Member 1+15,00016.7 Cent
- Member 2+20,0007.1 Cent
- Member 3+5,0006.3 Cent
- Member 4+8,0005.2 Cent
- Member 5+3,0004.9 Cent
Total annual volume
51,000 pallets
Price per pallet
4.9 Cent
ALTERNATIVE · CUMULATIVE
Cheaper with every pallet
The fixed yearly fee of €2,500 spreads across ever more pallets — the unit price drops below 5 cents.
16.7 → 4.9 cents · 3.4× cheaperThe fixed yearly fee of €2,500 spreads across ever more pallets — the unit price drops below 5 cents. 16.7 → 4.9 Cent.
More volumeCheaper per pallet
Ready to start?
Post a listing or browse the market.
Just a few fields: pallet type, quality class, quantity, price, location and contact. Your listing goes live on the marketplace as soon as you save it — in a view we designed so the buyer sees the full data set on the first screen.