For Tradeloop members
Keep your buyers. Lose the 7.5%.
Memory Traders is a verified B2B auction house for server memory with a flat, capped seller fee, payment held by the platform until the buyer confirms, and a floor offer from ITAD Authority when the reserve is not met. Verification usually takes about 8 hours on business days.
14 days free, so you are not paying two marketplaces for a month. No contract; cancel from Billing.
Your fees, side by side
On Tradeloop a $10,000 sale costs $750.00 from your payout. Here it costs 1.5%, capped at $750 plus payout processing at cost (0.25% + $0.25 on the amount you receive). Type your own number.
The winning bid, before shipping.
You sell
- Hammer price
- $10,000.00
- Protected-payment fee · 1.5%, capped at $750Priority schedule
- − $150.00
- Payout processing at cost · 0.25% + $0.25 on the amount you receive
- − $24.88
- You receive
- $9,825.12
Effective take 1.75% of the hammer price. The schedule in force when the auction closes is copied onto the order and never changes afterwards.
- Tradeloop at 7.5% · final value fee$750.00you keep $575.12 more
- eBay at 13% · approx. final value fee$1,300.00you keep $1,125.12 more
What you keep at three hammer prices
| Hammer | Fee | Processing | You receive | vs Tradeloop | vs eBay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,500 | $37.50 | $6.41 | $2,456.09 | +$143.59their fee $187.50 | +$281.09their fee $325.00 |
| $10,000 | $150.00 | $24.88 | $9,825.12 | +$575.12their fee $750.00 | +$1,125.12their fee $1,300.00 |
| $50,000 | $750.00 | $123.38 | $49,126.62 | +$2,876.62their fee $3,750.00 | +$5,626.62their fee $6,500.00 |
“vs” is how much more you keep here than on that marketplace at its published rate, after our fee and processing.
What changes
The honest list. Where they do something we do not, it says so.
| Tradeloop | Memory Traders | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | 7.5% of the sale, uncapped | 1.5%, capped at $750; nothing on the plan beyond the monthly price |
| Payment protection | You invoice the buyer and carry the risk | The buyer pays the platform first; funds release when they confirm the count |
| Format | Negotiated listings and offers by message | Timed auctions: 4 days of registration, a 24 hours live window, proxy bids and a 5 minutes soft close |
| Buyer verification | Membership; you vet the counterparty yourself | Every bidder is a verified business with a payment method on file |
| Shipping | Your own labels and insurance | FedEx labels issued by the site at account rates, insured, paid by the buyer |
| Pricing data | Ask around | A free weekly price index built from released deals, with a reserve suggestion on every lot |
| Floor | None; unsold is unsold | An ITAD Authority offer when the reserve is not met |
| Placement | Paid placement ranks higher | Ending soonest by default; Featured is a labelled, time-boxed add-on |
Tradeloop column as published on https://www.tradeloop.com on Fri 23 Oct 2026. Tell us if it has changed and we will correct it.
We will move your listings for you
Send us your current listings as a spreadsheet or links. We draft the lots under your account, you add photos, and we verify you the same business day.
- 1Send what you haveA CSV export, a spreadsheet, or links to your live listings. Part numbers and counts are enough.
- 2We draft the lotsEach listing becomes a draft lot under your account with the spec filled in and a reserve suggested from the index.
- 3You add photos and go livePhotograph 10% of the modules (minimum 5) and schedule. The first auction can open in as little as 24 hours.
Prefer email? support@memorytraders.com. Support Mon–Fri 9–5 ET.
Same-day verification
Three steps, done by a person, usually inside the day.
1Step 1
Business details
Legal name, address, website and the person who will run the account.
2Step 2
Resale certificate or licence
A resale certificate, business licence or recycler registration. One document is enough to start.
3Step 3
Review
A reviewer checks the business and approves the account, usually within 8 hours on business days. Level 1 can bid and list; Level 2 adds higher deposit-free limits once documents are on file.
Questions sellers ask before they move
What does it cost to sell?
Sellers pay a flat plan of $249 a month (or $199 a month billed annually) and a protected-payment fee of 1.5% of the hammer price, capped at $750 per sale, plus Stripe payout processing passed through at cost (0.25% + $0.25 on the amount released to you). There are no listing fees and no other success fees. Compare that with 7.5% on Tradeloop or around 13% on eBay. Buyers pay the hammer price plus shipping and insurance at cost; there is no buyer premium at launch. Card payments (orders under $5,000) carry a 2.9% + $0.30 card processing line; bank payments carry nothing.
How does protected payment work?
The buyer pays Memory Traders, not the seller. We hold the funds while the seller ships on our label and the buyer confirms the count on delivery. Once the buyer confirms, or the confirmation window lapses without a dispute, the funds release to the seller and the transfer goes out. If there is a problem, the funds stay with us until the dispute is decided. Nobody ships on a promise and nobody pays a stranger.
Who can bid and sell?
Everyone on the platform is a verified business. Level 1 means business details, EIN last four, a licence or resale certificate and automated checks; staff approve the same business day. Level 2 adds a bank account on file and one completed protected deal, and unlocks high-value auctions. Level 3, the inspected seller badge, goes to sellers whose consigned lots counted within 2% of what they declared. Buyers never see a seller's name unless the seller chooses to show it.