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For independent retailers

Your inventory is hiding your cash. We find it.

Cash Margin Partners finds the cash hiding in your inventory. We show you what's sitting too long, what to move, and what to do next — so the money stuck on your shelves comes back to you. Start free, no credit card needed.

5-minute setup · Live retail sync · CSV diagnostic

WatchThe Cash No One Talks About
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I want to talk to you about something most people in the retail business already know, but nobody wants to say out loud. There's money sitting in your store right now that is not working for you. Money you already spent on products that are just sitting there. Stuff that's not moving. Things in the back room you kept meaning to deal with. Dead stock. Products you bought with the best intentions, and now they're quietly bleeding your cash flow.

Every major retailer in the country — Target, Nordstrom, Gap — has a whole team of people whose only job is to look at the numbers and make sure cash never gets trapped in inventory that is not moving. A small army of analysts making sure money keeps moving. Independent retailers have never had that army, until now.

Cash Margin Partners brings that same enterprise-grade capability to the little guy: the independent store owner. We connect to your Shopify, Square, or Lightspeed account, and we tell you exactly which products are tying up your money and what they are worth right now to the right buyer.

Then, we do the part most companies walk away from. We move the inventory. We find the buyer, handle the logistics, and wire you the money. Nothing out of your pocket. We only get paid when you get paid. Start free at cashmarginpartners.com.

Service note: CMP Exchange listings depend on inventory eligibility and participating-buyer demand. Seller payout is released after the buyer confirms delivery; CMP earns 20% only when a sale closes.

Find the trapped cash

The inventory problems quietly costing you money

If two or three of these sound familiar, there's a good chance excess inventory may be tying up more cash than you realize.

Excess inventorysitting too long

Products that should have sold months ago still occupy shelf space and tie up working capital with no recent sales.

Markdowns basedon guesswork

Without visibility, you discount too late or hold inventory far longer than you should — and the cash stays stuck.

Reordering thewrong products

Bestsellers sell out and risk stockouts while slow-moving inventory quietly keeps growing.

Inventory hiddenin the back room

Overbought and aging inventory stays invisible until cash flow becomes the problem you can't ignore.

How it works

From inventory visibility to inventory recovery

Your retail platform reports data. CMP shows what's costing you money and what to do next — run the plan yourself, or bring us in when the opportunity is large enough to justify hands-on help.

The Cash Margin Partners recovery dashboard showing trapped-cash insights and inventory buckets.
  1. 01

    Connect your data

    Connect a supported retail platform in under ten minutes for live sync, or upload a clean catalog + sales export for a one-time diagnostic. Tokens are encrypted; uploads use private, short-lived staging and are deleted after analysis.

  2. 02

    See where the cash is trapped

    Every SKU is classified into dead stock, slow mover, overstock, stockout risk, or healthy — every dollar tied to a verifiable line in your catalog. Your first diagnostic lands in minutes.

  3. 03

    Get a written recovery plan

    Markdown sequences, bundling moves, and reorder protection — each with the expected dollar impact and the order to run them in. The plan is yours to keep either way.

  4. 04

    Move it to cash, week over week

    Weekly alerts track inventory as it shifts. When you're ready to clear overstock, publish it through the CMP Exchange and manage offers, payment, shipping, and delivery in one workflow.

Connect your inventory

Works with the tools you already use

Whether you connect your retail platform or upload a spreadsheet, CMP fits the tools you already use without changing how your business operates.

Connect Your Store in Minutes

Live integrations

Import products, inventory, and sales history automatically from the platforms you already run.

  • Choose a supported retail platform in onboarding
  • Inventory and sales data syncs automatically
  • Secure data handling and storage
  • Disconnect anytime

Prefer a spreadsheet?

Upload inventory and sales data directly using a spreadsheet.

Perfect for:

  • Independent retailers
  • Specialty stores
  • Wholesalers
  • Businesses using unsupported POS systems
Upload inventory file

Coming next

soon

Integration directory

One operating system, organized by the job.

Connect retail evidence directly, then add partner-hosted reporting, spend context, and liquidation workflows as your team needs them.

Finance and reporting

Business context and management-ready reporting.

Reporting partner

Databox

Approved operating metrics in Databox, with guided setup and integration support from CMP.

Databox is the provider-hosted reporting system of record. CMP supports setup; delivery requires approval.

Contact CMP about DataboxExplore Databox
Partner referral

Ramp

Explore Ramp through CMP's official partner referral. Ramp remains the provider and system of record.

CMP may receive referral compensation. A referral does not connect financial data; financial actions stay in Ramp.

Visit CMP's Ramp partner page

Liquidation network

A governed path from qualified excess inventory to recovery.

Approved-workspace workflow

Regional pools / Via review

Pool qualified excess inventory with nearby businesses. Via review remains a separate buyer-delivery step; no Via provider connection is active.

CMP workflow for approved cohorts; Via review, freight, sale, and payment remain separate

Explore CMP's marketplace workflow
Pricing

Everything included, free

Connect your store and see the cash hiding in your inventory today — plus what's about to get stuck before it does. Every feature, no card required.

Available now

Move overstock through the CMP Exchange

Publish listings to participating buyers, review offers, and manage payment, shipping, and delivery in one workflow. There is no marketplace subscription; CMP earns 20% when a sale closes.

From John's desk

The view from the back room

Founder field notes on owner-operated retail, inventory discipline, and the decisions that put cash back to work.

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John Valenti

Over the coming months, our customers and partners will see Cash Margin Partners fully express ourselves on social…

The inspiration for this: Motley Fool. I’ve known David Gardner and his co-founder and brother Tom since we were kids. Nerf Football in the backyard. Tom was a huge Eagles fan, David/me – Skins all the way. It could get heated. We’d stay up all night in their G’town home playing Strat-O-Matic and Dungeons & Dragons. Around 3am, we could hear their dad…

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Why Cash Margin Partners exists

Our story

Unlocking the cash hidden on your shelves. No messy integrations, no guesswork — just a mathematically-sound read on what's costing you money and what to do next.

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Retailers need better visibility into inventory performance. Without clear inventory intelligence, cash gets trapped, decisions become reactive, and growth opportunities get missed.

We built Cash Margin Partners to help operators understand what's trapped in inventory and what to do about it next. We connect inventory visibility, recovery planning, and inventory movement in one platform.

What drives us

What drives everything we build

Four principles guide every recommendation, every product decision, and every diagnostic we run against your real catalog.

Unlocking retail liquidity. How recovery works, explained.

Clarity builds confidence

Better decisions start with better visibility. We help you clearly understand what inventory is costing you and where to focus next.

Mathematically sound

No SKU enters a recovery bucket without verifiable sales history. Every figure traces to a verifiable line in your catalog — no fabricated numbers.

Trust through transparency

Read-only access. Encrypted tokens. Honest recommendations. No unnecessary complexity and no surprises.

Action creates value

Insight only matters when it leads to action. We move you from inventory visibility to inventory recovery, week over week.

Where to start

Inventory solutions, simplified

Three short steps that take you from spotting trapped cash to turning it back into working capital.

Audit your inventory health
Free tool

Audit your inventory health

See the cash trapped in your inventory in minutes — connect Shopify, Square, or Lightspeed or upload a spreadsheet.

Run the free calculator
What to move first
Walkthrough

What to move first

The recovery sequence — what to move first, and when to mark down versus liquidate.

Read the walkthrough
Clear it through the Marketplace
CMP Exchange

Clear it through the Marketplace

Move dead stock and overstock with participating buyers through a guided transaction workflow.

Explore the marketplace
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Talk to our team

Curious how much cash may be sitting in your inventory?

Whether you're looking to identify excess inventory, improve inventory decisions, or explore options for slow-moving stock, we'll help you understand where the opportunity is and what to do next.

What we'll discuss

  • How much working capital may be tied up in inventory
  • Opportunities to improve inventory performance
  • Which parts of Cash Margin Partners fit your business right now
  • Recommended next steps based on your business

Schedule an Inventory Review

Your details
Your inventory snapshot

VIQuestions

Plainly answered.

What inventory systems do you support?
Cash Margin Partners supports live connections for Shopify, Square, and Lightspeed, plus guided spreadsheet uploads for other inventory systems.
Is my inventory data secure?
Yes. Your inventory and sales data are encrypted and handled securely.
How long does setup take?
Most businesses can connect a supported retail platform or upload inventory data in under 10 minutes.
Do I need to use the Liquidation Marketplace?
No. RDE Basic helps you find and plan around trapped cash without using the marketplace. The CMP Exchange is an optional, subscription-free path for selling qualified inventory.
Does the software require a subscription?
No. The complete Cash Margin Partners workspace, including predictive analytics, is free. Optional managed services are scoped separately, and CMP earns a fee when a liquidation marketplace transaction closes.
Who is Cash Margin Partners built for?
Cash Margin Partners is designed for retailers, wholesalers, and inventory-based businesses looking to improve inventory performance and recover working capital.
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A final thought

Your cash may be sitting in your inventory.

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