A note from Disney Petit, CEO and Founder of LiquiDonate
Let’s be realistic for a second: donating your excess inventory shouldn’t be hard and you can do it for free. But it is and you can’t– especially if you want to do it at scale, with speed, and accurate tax documentation.
When I started LiquiDonate, I had a vision for a simpler, smarter way to give. One that didn’t involve calling 10 nonprofits, chasing down paperwork, or watching good products collect dust (or worse—end up in a landfill).
But building a seamless donation process—one that actually works for both donors and nonprofits—takes real infrastructure. Real people. Real systems. And yes, a real budget.
If it were totally free…
Let’s imagine for a moment that this service was free. No tech, no team, no support. You’d probably be cobbling together spreadsheets, cold-emailing nonprofits, and hoping someone has a truck and can pick up your goods before EOD Friday.
And what happens if something breaks? No one is there for the pickup? A donation gets misrouted? A 3PL needs documentation? A nonprofit needs an itemized receipt to stay in compliance? Without the right team, tools, and tracking—it becomes a mess. Fast.
What’s the Cost of Doing it Yourself?
Let’s break it down:
- Time spent each week coordinating donations: ~3 hours minimum
- Average hourly rate for an employee: $30/hour
- Weekly labor cost: $90
- Monthly labor cost (not including holidays, rushes, or cleanup): $360-400+
That’s before you even account for:
- Packaging and labeling
- Shipping or delivery coordination
- Confirming nonprofit eligibility
- Tracking for impact and compliance
- Tax deduction paperwork
What does our service fee actually cover?
When you partner with LiquiDonate, here’s what you're paying for:
- A dedicated support team managing every step of the donation process, from intake to impact.
- Immediate Donation Matching so you don’t have to wait to hear from a nonprofit and can get that excess inventory out within just a few days
- Fulfillment coordination—whether it’s pickups, shipments, or deliveries.
- Impact documentation and tax deduction reporting, so you can tell the story and claim the benefit without having to do the paperwork yourself.
To do this on your own, you'd need a full-time staff member (or more), a nonprofit vetting process, a shipping and logistics strategy, custom reporting, and a ton of goodwill. Even then, it might take weeks to move a single donation.
Our Promise: Efficiency with Impact
Our fees are intentionally designed to be affordable, especially compared to the cost of liquidation, warehousing, or landfilling. We do this because we believe doing good should be a business advantage—not a burden.
LiquiDonate is a donation service, yes—but more importantly, it’s a donation system. One that works at the speed of modern retail, with the accountability your brand deserves. Our goal is to keep everything we can from hitting the landfill, so we can also recycle, upcycle, and use our resale partners in addition to donations. LiquiDonate’s goal is to make sustainability work for the way you do business today.
Thank you for believing in what we’re building. And for investing in doing the right thing—the right way.
Ready to make donation logistics the easiest part of your day?
Let’s turn your excess and unsellable inventory into real-world impact—without the stress.
Book a demo to see how LiquiDonate can work for your team. Or email us at hello@liquidonate.com with questions—we’re real humans, and we’re here to help.
