Marlin P Jones & Assoicates

What Marlin P Jones & Assoicates does

Marlin P Jones & Associates (MPJA) is a privately-held surplus electronics parts retailer founded in 1974, historically operating from West Palm Beach, Florida with fulfillment from an Orlando warehouse location at 5021 Edgewater Drive. The company sells discontinued, overstock, and surplus electrical and electronic components — including wire and cable (coax, marine, mil-spec, welding, building), connectors, power supplies, motors, fans, switches, relays, and industrial control parts — sourced from major brands such as Allen Bradley, Honeywell, 3M, Belden, Whelen, and Hewlett Packard. Customers purchase primarily through a BigCommerce-powered e-commerce storefront, with a secondary sales channel on eBay's marketplace and a newsletter signup for notifications of new inventory and sale pricing. Pricing is per-unit and pay-as-you-go (no subscription), with examples ranging from $1.36-$2.00 per foot of cable to $279.95 for an ABB Buck Boost Autotransformer.

The company's core technology is a standard BigCommerce storefront providing catalog browsing, search, shopping cart, and checkout — there is no proprietary technology stack, no mobile app, no API, and no AI/ML capabilities disclosed. Customer segments split between DIY hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts (primary) and professional contractors and tradespeople (secondary), with horizontal segmentation across both. The marketing mix is owned-channel heavy: the e-commerce site for bottom-of-funnel conversion, e-mail/newsletter for top-of-funnel demand capture, and eBay for mid-funnel marketplace discovery.

The ownership commentary and absence of leadership information indicate MPJA is independent and privately held; however, Skycraft Surplus is actively uploading and restocking MPJA's inventory and explicitly welcomes former MPJA customers to its platform, suggesting MPJA has ceased independent direct operations and transferred its catalog to Skycraft. This makes the company's ongoing operating status ambiguous from the available evidence, and points to a declining or transitioning business model rather than active expansion. No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, patents, awards, regulatory actions, or leadership changes are recorded in the source data.

Name

Marlin P Jones & Assoicates

Legal name

Marlin P Jones & Associates

Website

https://mpja.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Marlin P Jones & Associates (MPJA) is a 1974-founded surplus electronics parts retailer serving DIY hobbyists and electrical contractors through a BigCommerce storefront and eBay marketplace, offering overstock wire, connectors, power supplies, and components at unit pricing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: One-time transaction sales of surplus electrical parts, wire, components, power supplies, and related products to individual customers. No subscription or recurring revenue model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Marlin P Jones & Associates (MPJA) is a retailer of surplus and overstock electronic parts and components, offering wire, cables, connectors, switches, power supplies, transformers, motors, fans, relays, and related electrical items. The company sells one-off and discontinued inventory from major manufacturers (e.g., Allen Bradley, Honeywell, 3M, Belden, Whelen, Hewlett Packard) through its own BigCommerce storefront and an eBay marketplace listing.

Product overview

Marlin P Jones & Associates (MPJA) is a surplus electronics parts supplier. The company offers a broad range of electronic components, switches, connectors, wire, and power supplies. Skycraft Surplus has acquired MPJA's inventory and is working to upload and restock these products, transitioning former MPJA customers to their platform. The product portfolio includes various electronic parts, electrical components, and related supplies available through both the Skycraft Surplus website and their eBay store.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MPJA Surplus Electronic Parts & Components Broad catalog of surplus and overstock electronic components including wire, cables, connectors, switches, relays, power supplies, transformers, motors, fans, and industrial control parts from brands such as Allen Bradley, Honeywell, 3M, Belden, Whelen, and Hewlett Packard. Targeted at DIY hobbyists, electronics enthusiasts, and contractors seeking affordable, often hard-to-find or discontinued parts.
• MPJA Wire & Cable Assortment

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Newark / Element14: Multi-category electronics distributor offering components, test equipment, and tools. Competes with MPJA for the same contractor and hobbyist buyers but with substantially larger assortment and B2B infrastructure.
• McMaster-Carr: Industrial supplier known for exceptional fulfillment and an enormous catalog of electrical, mechanical, and hardware items. Overlaps with MPJA in electrical supplies and serves similar trade and DIY customers with superior logistics.
• Amazon Business: Business-focused marketplace carrying vast third-party electronic component listings. Competes with MPJA on price, selection, and Prime shipping for many of the same hobbyist and small-business buyers.
• Digi-Key Electronics: One of the largest global electronic component distributors with millions of SKUs, parametric search, and rapid fulfillment. Competes with MPJA in the same electronic parts category but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Mouser Electronics: Global authorized distributor of semiconductors and electronic components serving engineers and buyers. Adjacent competitor with broader catalog and stronger design-in relationships than MPJA.

Direct peers

• Electronic Goldmine: Surplus electronics vendor offering components, kits, and gadgets to hobbyists and experimenters. Overlaps directly with MPJA's DIY/hobbyist segment and surplus sourcing model.
• B.G. Micro: Texas-based surplus electronics and components retailer serving hobbyists, educators, and small-scale makers. Direct peer to MPJA in product mix, pricing strategy, and target customer.
• Surplus Sales of Nebraska: Family-run surplus retailer carrying electronic components, electrical parts, and industrial surplus. Comparable to MPJA in long-tail catalog breadth and hobbyist/trade customer mix.
• Skycraft Surplus: Orlando-based surplus retailer that has acquired MPJA's inventory and is migrating its customer base. Direct peer in surplus electronic and electrical components, now combining the two catalogs on a shared storefront.
• All Electronics Corp: Long-established surplus electronic parts retailer selling new, surplus, and obsolete components to hobbyists and small businesses. Closely comparable to MPJA in assortment, customer base, and transactional e-commerce model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mpjaonline

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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