Buying wholesale clothing: by the kilo or per garment
Search for “wholesale clothing by the kilo” and you will find 20 or 25 kg bales at a flat price. It looks cheap until you open the bale. On this page we compare, using real numbers from our catalogue, what you actually end up with under each model and what is left in your pocket at the end of the month.
How buying by the kilo works
A bale is sold sealed, with no view of the contents, and paid for by weight. In Spain the going rate is €8 to €15 per kilo for “first quality”, and a 25 kg bale holds between 60 and 90 garments. The supplier guarantees no brands, no sizes and no condition.
In practice three things happen with a typical bale: 30 to 40 % of the garments cannot be sold (stains, wear, impossible sizes), the rest are low-value brands that sell for €5 to €12, and you have to wash, photograph and describe every single piece one by one because no two are alike.
How a per-garment pack works
You buy a pack knowing how many garments it holds, which category they belong to, which brand tier they sit in and what condition they are in. At Ealyx everything is new with tags: brand excess inventory, not second hand. Every garment carries a retail price, so you know what it is worth before you buy. You pay per garment, not by weight.
Real numbers: a 25 kg bale vs a 20-dress pack
Comparison table (indicative, based on our catalogue and average market prices for bales sold by weight).
| Item | 25 kg “first quality” bale | Dresses Mix pack, 20 garments (Ealyx) |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 25 kg × €10/kg = €250 | €185 (€9.25 per garment) |
| Shipping | €30-40 (by weight): €35 | from €6.95 by weight (free from €1,000) |
| Garments received | 70-90, contents unknown | 20 dresses, new with tags |
| Sellable garments | About 55 (30 % waste) | 20 (0 % waste: new with tags) |
| Average retail price per garment | Unknown, low-value brands | Around €60 |
| Realistic resale price | €8-12 (€10 average) | 50 % of retail: €30 |
| Estimated revenue | 55 garments × €10 = €550 | 20 × €30 = €600 |
| Estimated profit | 550 − 285 = €265 | 600 − 192 = €408 |
| Hours of work | 45-50 (washing, checking, photographing and describing 80 different garments) | 8-10 (photographing 20 garments in identical condition) |
| Profit per hour | €5-6/h | €40-50/h |
Pack revenue assumes selling everything at 50 % of retail, the usual level on Vinted and Wallapop for garments that are new with tags. If you prefer faster rotation and sell at 40 % of retail (€24), you still make €480 in revenue and €288 in profit. The kilo is not a scam: it is a different model. It yields less margin per hour, demands more capital and more time, and you do not know what is inside until you open the bale.
Why the kilo looks cheap and is not
A bale is advertised on its apparent cost per garment (€250 / 80 garments = €3.10 per garment). The real cost is calculated on what you actually sell: €285 / 55 sellable garments = €5.20 per garment sold, and that garment sells for around €10. With a pack, the cost per garment sold equals the cost per garment bought, €9.60 with shipping, and that garment sells for €30. The kilo still makes money, but half as much, with 50 % more upfront investment, five times the hours, and without knowing what you are buying.
When buying by the kilo does make sense
We will be honest: the kilo works if you sell at markets or in a bulk second-hand shop, with one flat price per garment and no photography at all. It does not work online, where every garment needs a photo, a description and a buyer who trusts its condition.
What about sizes and brands
Ealyx packs are assorted: varied sizes and styles within one category (dresses, jeans, outerwear…) and one tier (Mix, Premium, Luxury, Sport). Brands change with every lot, and each product page lists the brands a pack may contain. If you want to know which brands are in a pack right now, ask us on WhatsApp before you buy.