e-Collective Co.

What e-Collective Co. does

e-Collective Co. is a privately-held wholesale and liquidation company specializing in circular fashion, based in Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 2005 and operating with a 5-person team, the company acquires branded apparel, footwear, and accessories — including inventory from Everlane, Free People, RE/DONE, Lacausa, Nike, Champion, and Under Armour — through liquidation channels covering customer returns, overstock, and going-out-of-business sales from both large brands and small sellers. It sells this inventory in multiple formats: small lots, mixed lots, pallets, and individual items, with unit pricing ranging from approximately $4.50 to $50 per piece depending on brand, condition, and lot size.

The core platform is a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront (e-collectiveco.com) augmented by an email-first wholesale buyer collective, an in-person boutique in Fort Worth open by appointment, and periodic pop-up sample sales in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro area. The Shopify storefront offers standard payment integrations across major processors and digital wallets. The company applies a 15% default flaw-rate policy with store credit compensation for issues beyond that threshold.

Revenue is generated through one-time sales of liquidated and surplus inventory via markup on acquired goods. Primary demand-side customers are established SMB wholesale buyers and resellers who receive early email access to inventory; secondary demand comes from individual consumers via the website and boutique. On the supply side, the company works with large brands and small sellers seeking to liquidate excess stock. Revenue figures are not disclosed, and there is no evidence of institutional investment, parent company ownership, or recent strategic transactions. Geographic operations are centered on the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro area with nationwide shipping within the United States.

Name

e-Collective Co.

Legal name

e-Collective

Website

https://e-collectiveco.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

e-Collective Co. is a privately-held Fort Worth, Texas wholesale and liquidation company that resells branded apparel, footwear, and accessories (Everlane, Free People, RE/DONE, Lacausa, Nike) sourced from customer returns and overstock, selling via a Shopify storefront, email-first wholesale buyer network, in-person boutique, and DFW pop-up sample sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Apparel Liquidation

NAICS

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Merchant Wholesalers (424350), Footwear Merchant Wholesalers (42434)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Liquidation, Returns & Overstock Recommerce Marketplaces (CRAFAGAO)

Keywords

• Wholesale apparel liquidation
• Circular fashion resale
• Brand-name clothing lots
• Surplus inventory sales
• Secondhand apparel wholesale

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Apparel and Liquidation Sales: One-time sale of liquidated and surplus apparel inventory including branded merchandise, customer returns, and overstock. Products sold in various formats: individual items, small lots, mixed lots, and full pallets. Revenue generated through markup on acquired inventory from brands and sellers looking to liquidate excess stock.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

e-Collective acquires liquidated, surplus, overstock, and customer-return branded apparel, footwear, and accessories from brands and sellers, then resells this inventory primarily in wholesale lots (small boxes, mixed lots, full pallets of up to 150 pairs) and secondarily as individual items. Sales are made to established wholesale buyers via a direct email network and to individual consumers via a Shopify storefront, an in-person Fort Worth boutique, and DFW pop-up sample sales, with unit prices typically ranging from $10 to $50 per piece and pallets priced in the low thousands.

Product overview

e-Collective is a circular fashion wholesale and liquidation marketplace operating on the Shopify platform. The company specializes in selling brand-name apparel, footwear, and accessories through various product formats including wholesale lots (small boxes, pallets, mixed lots, and individual items). Product categories span Women's, Men's, and Children's apparel, with brands including Everlane, Lacausa, Free People, RE/DONE, and athletic wear from Nike, Under Armour, and Champion. The platform enables both retail and wholesale transactions, offering items in conditions ranging from new with tags to preowned customer returns, with a 15% default flaw-rate policy on most products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Everlane Wholesale - Men's & Women's Bottoms Mix Wholesale lot of 10 Everlane-brand bottoms in NWT/NWOT condition, including shorts, skirts, pants, jeans, and uniform styles, mostly in black, for Women's and Men's at $12.50 per unit ($125 per lot).
• Everlane Wholesale - Men's & Women's Sweater Mix Wholesale lot of 20 Everlane-brand sweaters, cardigans, sweatshirts, and hoodies in NWT/NWOT condition for Women's and Men's, priced at $22 per unit ($440 per lot).
• Mixed Shoe Pallet - 150 Pairs Mixed pallet of 150 pairs of customer-return shoes in conditions ranging from pristine retail-ready to preowned, including original boxes, replacement boxes, or bagged items, priced at $2,750 per pallet with flat-rate freight shipping.
• LACAUSA - Retail Ready Lacausa-brand women's apparel lot of 25 pieces in size run XS-XL (mostly XS-S), with tags and mostly in retail packaging, including dresses, denim, cotton pants, corduroy, and tank tops, priced at $250 per lot ($10 per unit).
• Athletic Clothing - 10 Piece Lot Preowned 10-piece athletic clothing lot from brands such as Free People, NUX, Spiritual Gangster, Nike, Under Armour, and Champion, may contain men's or women's items of any style, priced at $4.50 per unit ($45 per lot).
• RE/DONE Denim - With Tags RE/DONE-brand lot of 10 denim pieces in size run 24-30, vintage Levi's repurposed into unique jeans including skinny and boyfriend fits, mostly women's, with tags, priced at $50 per unit ($500 per lot).
• Free People Twilight Combo Maxi Dress Single Free People bohemian-inspired maxi dress in Twilight Combo colorway, size L, 100% polyester with viscose lining, new with original tags, featuring long sleeves, button-front neckline, and pleating, listed at $89.98 (MSRP $168).

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• B-Stock Solutions: B2B liquidation marketplace that runs closed-door auctions for retailer and brand returns, overstock, and customer returns across apparel and other categories. e-Collective competes for the same brand-side liquidation supply and wholesale buyer demand, though at a smaller, more curated scale.
• 888 Lots: Online wholesale liquidation marketplace offering pallets and lots of customer returns and overstock, including apparel and general merchandise. Closely comparable in product format (pallet-based, brand-name) and buyer type (resellers).
• Via Trading: Wholesale distributor of liquidation merchandise including customer returns, overstock, and shelf-pulls sold by the pallet or truckload. Operates in the same wholesale-to-reseller channel as e-Collective and serves similar small and mid-volume resellers.
• Liquidation.com: Online auction platform selling liquidation pallets and lots sourced from major retailers, including apparel and mixed-merchandise pallets. Directly comparable to e-Collective's pallet and mixed-lot offerings in product format and buyer segment.
• BulkWholesale Lot: Wholesale liquidation company selling pallets, truckloads, and smaller lots of overstock and customer returns from major retailers, including apparel. Comparable to e-Collective in lot-format structure and reseller target market.

Broad incumbents

• ThredUp: Large-scale recommerce platform for secondhand apparel that processes returns and overstock from major brands and resells to consumers and wholesale buyers. Operates in the same circular-fashion space as e-Collective but at significantly greater scale, with both retail and wholesale channels.
• TJX Companies (TJ Maxx / Marshalls): Off-price retailer that purchases brand overstock and packaging irregularities in volume for resale. Sources from the same brand-side liquidation pipeline that feeds e-Collective, though TJX operates its own branded retail channels rather than wholesale distribution.
• Sierra (TJX): Off-price outdoor and active retailer selling overstock and closeouts from brands like Nike, Under Armour, and Champion — categories that overlap with e-Collective's athletic clothing lots. Operates in the same brand-overstock sourcing market but sells direct to consumers.

Emerging players

• The RealReal: Authenticated luxury resale platform that buys and consigns pre-owned designer and contemporary apparel for resale to consumers. Comparable to e-Collective on circular-fashion branded apparel, though focused on luxury authentication and individual consignment rather than wholesale lots.
• Poshmark: Peer-to-peer resale marketplace for fashion and apparel where individual sellers and small resellers liquidate branded inventory to buyers. Overlaps with e-Collective on circular-fashion resale of branded apparel, but operates a C2C model rather than a wholesale/liquidation model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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