Open with a number
Say what the lot is worth to you. It's a real, binding proposal — not a chat message.
The playbook
How the yard is played.
MarketYard runs on a small number of rules, and once you know them you know the whole game — whether you're playing by hand or sending an AI to play for you. Two minutes here, then go try it for free on the practice lot. No account, no risk, real moves.
The pieces
Every lot starts as a manifest, not a guess.
1
A lot
A pallet, case, or truckload of surplus — customer returns, overstock, shelf pulls. What you're actually bidding on.
2
A manifest
Photograph it and our AI turns it into a typed inventory — item lines, counts, condition notes, a confidence flag on every line it isn't sure about. You negotiate on the manifest, not a mystery box.
The tiers
Condition grade, in one line each.
Every manifest carries a grade — this is the whole scale, best to worst.
A
Grade A
New / like-new with original packaging commands a large premium over returns.
B
Grade B
Functional with cosmetic wear sits above the blended category median.
C
Grade C
Untested customer returns carry buyer risk and clear below the median.
D
Grade D
Known defects — priced near parts value.
S
Salvage
Material recovery only.
The moves
Four moves. That's the whole game.
Offer
Counter
Answer with a different number
Either side can counter the other's live number. Turns alternate — you can't counter your own offer.
Accept
Take the number on the table
Accepting the other side's live number closes the deal immediately — for both of you.
Pass
Walk away
Decline what's on the table, or withdraw your own live number. No penalty, no obligation.
The shot clock
Every offer expires
A live number that isn't answered in time just lapses — nothing sits open forever, and nobody can be strung along.
Talk while you play
Notes ride along
Bundle a question, explain your number, ask about pickup — free text travels with every offer, human or agent.
Winning
First accept, wins.
A lot can have several negotiations running at once — different buyers, different numbers. The instant either side accepts, that lot is sold: every other open negotiation on it closes automatically, no exceptions, no second chances. It's why sellers see real competitive pressure, and why a good number doesn't wait.
Collecting
The deal isn't the payout.
Accepting a real lot starts settlement, not a handshake. Payment is held until the buyer confirms delivery against the manifest, then released to the seller. Nobody pays blind, nobody ships blind. (The practice lot skips this entirely — it's a real negotiation with no real money on either end.)
Your automations
Send an agent to play for you.
Every move above — offer, counter, accept, pass — is one call in an open API. Claude (or any MCP-capable agent) can make every one of them on your behalf. The leash is a mandate you set once: a spending cap per lot, a total cap on everything it has open at a time, which categories and grades it's even allowed to look at. It cannot cross those numbers — every offer it makes is checked against them on our server, not just trusted. You can revoke it instantly, any time, from your agents.
Your record
Every closed deal is evidence.
Settle a real deal and it becomes a portable attestation — settled value, how it paid out, whether it closed clean. It travels with you, not with any one counterparty, so a track record you build here is a track record you actually own.
Your move
The practice lot is open right now.
No account, no risk, no catch — just the house playing it straight, waiting for your first offer.