Sales Development Representative

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.

 💻 Role 

As a Sales Development Representative, you’ll be responsible for growing our seller pipeline and ensuring that we meet the needs of our buyers on Whatnot. You're a fast learner and a self-starter energized by talking to people, solving challenges, and finding the next big sellers to bring onto Whatnot!

• Deeply understanding our end-to-end sales process and collaborate with the team to bring high potential sellers to Whatnot

• Prospect, identify, and qualify top sellers that are a good fit for Whatnot

• Identify seller needs and solve for gaps with creative outreach strategy & discovery including, but not limited to: email copy, warm/cold calls, social media outreach, and in-person events

• Develop relationships with sellers and work with other internal teams to drive growth for the business

• Grow into Sales Manager roles or other opportunities in the business by working on a fast paced growth team

Team members in this role are required to be within 50 miles of our Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York CIty hubs.

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here. 

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

• You have a passion for our mission at Whatnot - you live and breathe the needs of our communities and work relentlessly to improve their experiences on Whatnot

• You love operating in ambiguity and being a solution oriented self starter

• You are always curious and a fast learner, meaning you can pick up and deeply understand all parts of our sales process and the various categories on the platform 

• You have strong communication skills- both verbal and written and can hold an engaging conversation

• You have strong attention to detail and organizational and time management skills 

• You can take in qualitative and quantitative data to make a judgment call on if a seller is a good fit for Whatnot

• You have resiliency through the sales process and can handle and work through rejection or objections 

• You are excited about our cultural principles and to work in a high-growth and high potential environment where change is a constant

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.