Rag warehouse: Specialist in Wholesale Textile Sorting and Export

Company overview

Rag Warehouse is a UK supplier of second-hand clothing for resellers, offering bulk parcels, A grade stock and original unsorted goods. The company positions itself for sellers on eBay, Vinted and Whatnot as well as market traders, with export options alongside.

What separates this entry from most of the directory is that Rag Warehouse publishes actual prices. In a trade where almost everything is quoted on request, a supplier that puts numbers on a page is doing something genuinely useful: it lets a buyer work out the economics before making contact rather than after.

The range, from unsorted to brand new

The offer spans the full width of the trade, which is unusual for a supplier of this size:

• Original / unsorted - sourced directly from UK cash-for-clothes operations, priced from £1.35 per kilo
• 20 kg Value Grade - mixed, lower-cost bulk parcels with mix-and-match options
• A Grade - premium sorted bundles in 20 kg parcels
• Pre-sorted wholesale clothing
• Brand new and branded - designer, sports and power brand collections in 6-8 kg mixes

All grades run across women's, men's and kids' categories. The published example prices show how the ladder works in practice: an 8 kg Designer and Sports Branded mix at £100, an 8 kg All Brands Value Grade at £80, and a 6 kg All Brands A Grade at £96. Shipping is £7.50 per 25 kg box.

Reading those numbers properly

Look at the A Grade line again: 6 kg for £96 is £16 per kilo, while the Value Grade works out at £10 per kilo. That gap is the entire commercial question in second-hand buying, and having it stated openly is rare enough to be worth using.

The right way to read it is not per kilo but per sellable item. If A Grade yields nine listable pieces from six kilos and Value Grade yields seven from eight, the cheaper parcel is the more expensive one. Buyers comparing second hand clothes suppliers should build that calculation once for their own market and reuse it, because it reverses the apparent ranking more often than not.

The original line at £1.35 per kilo

The most interesting entry in the list is unsorted original at £1.35 per kilo, sourced directly from UK cash-for-clothes operations. Cash-for-clothes is a specific collection channel: members of the public sell clothing by weight over the counter, which produces a stream distinct from both charity shop residue and door-to-door bags.

At that price the arithmetic is straightforward. Unsorted means you carry the sorting cost and the unwearable fraction yourself, and the margin depends entirely on what your own labour can extract. A buyer with a sorting bench and time will do well; a buyer without one will not. Anyone deciding between original and graded should read how UK sorting plants split these flows before committing, since the same goods produce very different economics under the two models.

It is also worth noting that cash-for-clothes material has already been through one filter: people generally do not sell their best pieces over the counter. That is not a reason to avoid it, but it is a reason to test before scaling.

Parcel sizes and who they suit

The 6-8 kg branded mixes and 20 kg parcels are sized for one person to unpack and list, not for a warehouse crew. That places Rag Warehouse alongside the pack-based suppliers rather than the container exporters, and it fits the stated audience of marketplace sellers precisely.

For anyone testing a category, a 6 kg branded mix is a cheap experiment compared with a bale. Buyers building a programme of wholesale second hand typically start here, learn what sells in their market, and move to bales once the categories are proven and there is space to sort. As always, read the underlying grades definitions before assuming a UK A Grade matches a continental one.

Frequently asked questions

What does Rag Warehouse sell?

Second-hand clothing for resellers: original unsorted goods, 20 kg Value Grade parcels, A Grade sorted bundles, pre-sorted wholesale stock and brand new or branded mixes, across women's, men's and kids' categories.

How much does unsorted original cost?

From £1.35 per kilo, sourced directly from UK cash-for-clothes operations.

What parcel sizes are available?

Standard parcels are 20 kg, while branded and designer mixes come in 6-8 kg. Shipping is £7.50 per 25 kg box.

What do the branded mixes cost?

Published examples include an 8 kg Designer and Sports Branded mix at £100, an 8 kg All Brands Value Grade at £80 and a 6 kg All Brands A Grade at £96.

Who is this supplier for?

Resellers on eBay, Vinted and Whatnot, and market traders, with export options available. The parcel sizes suit individual sellers rather than container buyers.