3 Days to Open the World’s Largest Bin Store: 86,000 Sq Ft, 200 Bins
3-DAYS TO OPEN THE LARGEST BINSTORE
Guys… it’s Tom from Liquidation Motivation, and today is the big announcement:
We are opening the world’s largest bin store.
And you guys get to see the process.
86,000 square feet.
200 bins.
3 days. That’s 72 hours.
If you’ve seen a bin store bigger than this, let me know—because I haven’t.
And I don’t have time to “talk about it.”
I’ve got to build it.
The 72-Hour Checklist From Hell
Here’s what has to happen… right now:
64 bins still need to be assembled
build a lounge with a TV
build the front cash wrap
place all the bins
get all the loads in and fill it up
paint all the bins
buy another cash wrap for the other door
build the offices
get the internet on
get the marketing done
get everything done
And my goal?
Open on Black Friday.
Because I want Thanksgiving to be simple:
Me and the team come to my house, relax, eat dinner…
and I don’t want to worry about anything.
So yes.
Three days.
The biggest opening of all time.
Let’s go.
Ten People. One Mission. No Whining.
I’ve got a team of about 10 people in here working.
Walls had to be painted because the slat wall came off and it looked like garbage.
So we made a deal with the mall—we paint it.
Bins are getting built.
Legs getting screwed on.
Sanding every edge so nobody gets a splinter…
because I don’t need any Karens showing up like:
“Excuse me, Tom, the bin assaulted me.”
No. Sand it. Smooth it. Done.
Then we set up a paint station.
We’re going lime green as the color scheme.
And yes…
We spent about $1,000 on paint.
Because 200 bins is a lot of paint.
And you need multiple coats or it looks like trash.
Bin Status: 44 Done. 60 Ready. 64 Still Waiting.
Here’s where we’re at:
44 bins painted and ready to hit the floor
about 60 bins ready to be painted
64 bins still need assembly
And remember—the sides come off.
That’s the whole point of the bin design.
It’s faster to clean, faster to move, and you don’t get crushed by leftovers.
Now here’s the inventory plan:
Today I’m shipping the first load.
Tomorrow morning I’ve got LPN coming in.
I just bought another FC.
I’m mixing in some Walgreens.
I’m mixing in some electronics.
Because it’s going to take so many loads to fill 200 bins.
This isn’t a cute little bin store.
This is a monster.
And the worst thing you can do?
Scramble last minute to get inventory.
That’s the scramble game.
And that’s how people lose.
I pre-purchased the loads.
As long as shipping hits on time, we’re stocked.
The Secret Weapon: 25,000 Sq Ft Back Room (No Customer Hands)
This used to be an old Burlington Coat Factory.
They built a false wall, and it left us about 25,000 square feet of storage in the back.
And this is huge for operations.
Because we can fill bins back here where:
customers can’t touch it
customers can’t mess with it
customers can’t “shop early” with their little hands
This is the workflow:
My goal every week is this:
Out of 200 bins, I only want five bins left on the last day, last hour.
That means 195 bins are already ready to go.
The mall won’t let us close until 5:00.
So at 5:00… everything should already be loaded.
All we do is:
wheel bins into place
lock doors
walk home
That’s the system.
And no, we are NOT loading all bins on changeover day.
That’s rookie work.
We load bins all week long.
Combine bins. Clean them out. Fill them in the back.
Changeover becomes easy.
Some stores are there until midnight doing changeover.
Not me.
Same labor either way—do it throughout the week and protect your sanity.
Theft Control: The Marshall’s / TJ Maxx Cash Wrap Flow
We’re setting the front like Marshall’s / TJ Maxx.
Crowd control barrier comes out, turns the corner, funnels into the registers.
Why?
Because all inventory has to flow through one point to leave.
If somebody is carrying items toward the side door…
they haven’t paid.
We bought out Party City’s cash register wrap and signs.
So you’ll hear:
“Next on Register 5.”
They walk to Register 5.
Simple.
Controlled.
And because we’re in a mall, we have multiple doors.
So we’re doing:
cash wrap at the front
cash wrap at the other doorway
exit controlled
You don’t wing this at 86,000 sq ft.
200 Carts. 200 Baskets. Thousands of Fracta Bags.
We bought 200 shopping carts.
We bought 200 baskets.
And we’re selling Fracta bags behind the cash wrap for $2.
I used to give free bags.
Not anymore.
It gets confusing:
who owns the bag
who paid for the bag
who grabbed one and walked
So now everybody buys one if they want one.
We’re not trying to make a ton of money on bags.
We’re trying to recoup cost and keep it clean.
And yeah—I’ve heard the cart drama.
Carts disappearing into the parking lot…
next thing you know your cart is at Home Depot.
But ours are coming from BJ’s, and we’re ready.
Between the carts, baskets, and Fracta bags…
people can shop until their heart desires.
Marketing Plan: 4 Days of Hammering the Airwaves
Here’s the honest truth:
We didn’t get to market ahead of time like we wanted.
Delays getting keys.
So the pressure is insane.
Marketing starts NOW.
Today is Monday.
We’ve got:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday (when nobody’s at work)
Thursday we hammer the airwaves.
Facebook. TikTok. Instagram.
We’re spending thousands on targeted ads.
Somebody said:
“Why don’t you print flyers and put them in mailboxes?”
Guys…
I can hit 100,000 people for a couple hundred bucks.
Stop playing 1997 marketing.
EDM, guys. Everyday marketing.
If you’re in the bin store business, you need to show:
excitement
deals
bargains
value
wins
Because people will come by the thousands if you keep the energy up.
New Partners: Mark & Rosie Are Running the Show
Mark and Rosie are my new business partners.
They’re going to be running the action here so I can work behind the scenes.
You’re going to see a lot of Rosie in videos.
She’s doing:
TikToks
Facebook marketing
daily content
She’s going to be a celebrity in this area.
People are going to walk in like:
“Oh, Rosie!”
And Rosie’s advice for anyone opening a bin store?
“Show me the money.”
That’s it.
That’s the energy.
Location Hack: A Busy “B Mall” + A Massive Sign
We’re at Lakeland Square Mall.
The mall is busy.
This isn’t the “seven cars in the lot” situation.
This is a real mall with real traffic.
I’d call it a B mall, not an A mall.
A malls have Louis Vuitton and all the high-end stores.
B malls are where owners are willing to cut deals.
And you need that.
Because we’re putting up a 15 ft x 15 ft sign over the old Burlington sign.
Everybody in that parking lot is going to see it.
That’s how you win in malls:
traffic
visibility
cheap lease
fast build
move volume
Rapid-Fire Value Riffs (Real Math + Real Ops)
1) Time Reality
3 days = 72 hours
If you waste one day, you don’t “fall behind”… you get destroyed.
2) Bin Math
200 bins means you need inventory at scale.
If you don’t pre-buy loads, you’ll get stuck playing the scramble game and opening half-empty.
3) Paint Cost
About $1,000 just in paint.
You don’t budget for stuff like that? You bleed cash.
4) Weekly Goal
Out of 200 bins, the end-of-week target is 5 bins left.
That means every week you’re cycling inventory like a machine.
That’s how you keep customers coming back.
Ops Rules: How Not to Die During a Giant Opening
Build the bin store like a machine, not a garage sale.
Pre-purchase inventory so you don’t play the scramble game.
Use the back room to load bins where customers can’t touch anything.
Load bins all week long, not on changeover day.
Control exits with cash wrap flow.
Don’t give away bags—sell Fracta bags cheap and keep it clean.
Hammer marketing daily (EDM).
Save your damn money by doing deals with malls and buying smart.
Rally Close
Guys… the electricity is in the air.
This is the next chapter in the Liquidation Motivation journey.
86,000 square feet.
200 bins.
Black Friday opening.
We’re making videos every day until it opens so you can watch the whole buildout.
Now go out there and make some money.
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