Your dead stock is our buy list.
Allocated bottles gathering dust in the office, a whiskey program that changed direction, a closing you need to wind down cleanly. We buy sealed inventory in volume, business to business, with paperwork your accountant will actually like.
The four calls we get from operators.
The allocation stash in the office
Every account gets offered bottles the bar never pours (Pappy, BTAC, store picks), and they pile up in the office as 'someday' inventory. That's capital sitting in a box. We turn it back into cash flow in about a week.
Dead stock on the top shelf
The dusty allocated bourbon nobody orders, the vertical you built for a whiskey program that changed direction. Sealed bottles only, quoted line by line, picked up from your list in one transaction.
Closing or changing concept
A closing is brutal enough without trying to retail out a spirits collection bottle by bottle. One itemized quote for the sealed premium stock, one shipment, one payment, while you deal with everything else.
Estate of a former owner
Settling a late partner's or owner's collection held at the business? That's part estate, part B2B. We handle both. See the estate liquidation guide, or just call us.
A licensed buyer on both ends.
You operate under a license; so do we. We Buy Bottles is an ABC-licensed spirits buyer, so the sale is a documented transaction between two accountable businesses, and the compliance questions (state restrictions, carrier rules, adult signature) are handled on our side. Everything moves on the prepaid, insured labels we issue, never on shipping you have to arrange.
Selling licensed inventory has state-specific wrinkles. Tell us your state and license type when you reach out and we’ll tell you plainly what’s possible before anyone wastes time. Verify us first if you like: licensing details here, and the humans behind it on the About page.
How we work with businesses
- Itemized written quotes your bookkeeper can file
- Volume is welcome: cases and back-bars, not just trophies
- Sealed, unopened bottles only (pour the rest for the regulars)
- Payment by check, ACH, or wire to the business
- State-restriction and carrier compliance handled on our side
Moving a big list? Skip the form and call (202) 902-9935. It’s faster for fifty-line inventories, and you’ll reach a person who buys them regularly. Our inventory template keeps big lists organized.
Inventory in, cash flow out.
Paste the list or attach the spreadsheet, sealed bottles only. An itemized quote comes back within 24 hours, no obligation.
- Cash offer in under 24 hours
- Insured shipping both ways, on us
- No fees taken from your payout, ever
Prefer to talk it through? Call (202) 902-9935; a real person answers.