Free to list · Free when it sells
How SurplusYard works
Two sides, nothing to pay, no surprises.
If you're selling
Three steps, and none of them costs you anything.
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Say what it is
Type it in plain words — “leftover matte white wall tiles, about 6 square metres”. Add a couple of photos and the AI reads the brand, size and SKU straight off the box, writes the description and picks the category.
- 2
Add a price and how they collect it
Pickup, local drop-off, courier, freight — whatever suits. Your phone number stays hidden until a signed-in buyer asks for it.
- 3
Publish, sell, keep the money
No listing fee, no commission, and nothing to pay when it sells. Sell a $2,000 pallet of pavers and you keep $2,000.
If you're buying
Free the whole way through — buyers never pay us anything.
- 1
Search for the exact product
Not “tiles” — your tile. Name the retailer, the range, the SKU or the batch number and we rank every listing by how well it actually matches.
- 2
Sign up with just an email
To see a seller's number you need an account. We send a six-digit code, you type it in without leaving the listing. No password, and your address is never given to the seller.
- 3
Deal direct
Call or text the seller, inspect it, pay them directly. We never hold your money and never take a cut of the sale.
Where the money comes from
Posting, selling and buying are free, and we take no cut of what changes hands.
A seller who wants a listing seen can buy one of two things. A highlight is $4 for 14 days and changes how the listing looks where it already sits. A promotion is $10 a month and shows it first among the results it already matches.
A promotion is paid placement, so it's fenced rather than hidden: it carries the word Promoted, no page holds more than 3, and it still has to match your filters. Sort by cheapest, nearest or newest and nothing paid moves.
Eliminating waste, not just measuring it
A lot of construction waste is material that was never used — the leftover third of a pallet that goes in the skip because finding a buyer was more trouble than tipping it.
Reusing what already exists skips the whole chain behind making it again: no firing, milling, rolling or freight, and nothing in landfill. It also happens to be the cheapest way to finish the work.
Staying safe
- Inspect goods before money changes hands.
- Check batch and shade codes against what you already have — a matching product code with a different batch can still be visibly off.
- Never pay a deposit to someone you haven't spoken to on the phone.
- Meet at the property or job site where the material actually is.