Our Seattle team has been growing fast, and last night we got a room full of the city's builders, operators, and sellers together to talk about live shopping and what it's doing for local businesses. More than 20,000 sellers across Seattle are on Whatnot, and in a region that's long been a trading card games stronghold, sellers here do 3x the sales you'd expect for a market this size. The engineering behind this is difficult work. Auctions resolve in seconds, inventory exists for minutes, and over 560,000 hours of live video flow through our systems every week that have to understand and respond to it as it happens. All of that is for the sellers using the platform, and the best part of the night was hearing from them. Nights like this are a reminder of why we stay close to the people using what we make. We build better when we do. Seattle's a big part of where we're headed, with teams across engineering, AI, and ML based here and hiring. If you want to work on hard problems for people whose businesses depend on you getting it right, check out careers.whatnot.com for open roles. #Hiring #Seattle #Engineering #LiveShopping
Such a fun night! Was so interesting hearing from sellers from different categories and career paths find success on Whatnot.
Such a great night! Huge thank you to everyone who came out
Any chance that WhatNot is coming to the Midwest anytime soon? Lots of folks in Kansas City for you to chat with! :)
It was such an energizing event, I enjoyed getting to hear directly from sellers, builders, and the local community
Such an amazing event!
> To Whatnot Executive Team, > I am reaching out directly to escalate a critical issue regarding the unlawful retention of $5,824.46 in earned seller funds. > On July 17, Whatnot Support confirmed in writing under Ticket #31270678 that my payout was officially released. However, payment processor Stripe confirmed that the payout delay is strictly caused by an internal backend glitch on Whatnot's system failing to sync compliance approval status. > Standard support channels remain unresponsive, providing only automated template replies while my earned funds remain locked. > I request an immediate administrative review to execute the manual verification sync with Stripe and release the $5,824.46 balance without further delay. > Account Details: > * Seller Username: niceprice4you > * Account Email: moqdprc@gmail.com > Sincerely,
This looks like it was a great time. Hope you do this in Boston one day.
It’s exciting to see Whatnot investing in sellers and building communities like this. As a small business in North Carolina, we’ve seen firsthand how live shopping creates relationships that simply don’t exist on traditional marketplaces. It’s not just about buying and selling cards, it’s about building a community of collectors who come back week after week. Looking forward to seeing Whatnot continue investing in sellers of all sizes and helping us grow our businesses. Keep up the great work!