You run the show.
Backstage catches everything else.
Every giveaway winner, raid, and first-time buyer — caught live. Backstage puts a real number on each item after Whatnot takes its cut, so you say goodnight with the bins sorted and the math already done.
Built by a working Whatnot seller. No invite, no waitlist — add a card and your 7-day free trial starts that day. Cancel anytime.
One win. Two very different nights.
The exact same sale lands on both desks. On the left, Backstage prints the label and bins it for you. On the right, you're writing a sticky note — and they keep stacking up. Drag the speed and watch the gap grow.
With Backstage Live · auto-binning Where do you run your show?
Backstage runs in two places — and everything else plugs in. Pick where you sell; the plans below cover the rest.
In your browser
Backstage Live rides along with your show. It captures every sale, tip, and raid the second it happens and gives each buyer a bin number as they win — so you end the show sorted, with your manifest ready. Step up to Plus to bulk-list with Prep, too.
- Live buyer-card feed — name, handle, item photo
- A bin number for each buyer as they win, and your manifest when you end
- Bulk-list a whole batch with Prep (comes with Plus)
On your iPad or iPhone
The whole show in one native app. Prep, live capture, labels, and consignment — all on the device you already run your show from. (Comes with Plus & Pro.)
- Native iPhone + iPad app
- Pre-show listing prep + photo hosting
- Auto-prints labels natively — no add-on needed
Pick a plan. Free for 7 days.
Cancel anytime — you're never surprise-charged. Your founding rate is locked for life.
Capture your show, right in the browser.
- Live capture of every sale, tip & raid
- Bin numbers as you sell + manifest PDF
- Print & label by hand, on any printer
Everywhere — browser and iPad.
- Everything in Lite
- Prep — bulk-list a whole batch
- The native iPad / iPhone app
- Label printing — auto on desktop, native on iPad
The whole operation.
- Everything in Plus
- Whatnot consignment — splits, contracts, payouts
- A free consignor portal for every consignor
Founding rate ($14 / $24 / $34) through November 15, locked for life. Standard pricing is $19 / $29 / $49. Prep and the iPad app are in Plus; Sidekick and Raid Trains are free. Auto-printing runs in the iPad app, and from Chrome on macOS and Windows.
Riding a raid train? Backstage runs your part.
Trains are organized on our partner Raid Train Express, the free raid train planner. If your Whatnot username is in the lineup, Backstage finds the train for you, and shortly before your slot it shows a countdown and who you raid into next, right where you're selling.
Guides for Whatnot sellers
How to set up a Whatnot live show: labels, bins, shipping, listing and consignment. Or start with every Whatnot seller tool, in one place.
- Whatnot label printer & bin sorter for iPadPrint a bin label the second a buyer wins, with no computer.
- Whatnot label printing softwareAuto-print bin labels on iPad, Mac or Windows.
- The Whatnot bin systemSort buyers into numbered bins as they win, pack by bin.
- Run a Whatnot show from an iPadPhone for the camera, iPad for sales, bins and labels.
- Whatnot sales trackerEvery sale recorded live, by buyer, as it happens.
- Whatnot bulk listingList a whole show at once and upload one CSV.
- Whatnot consignment trackingSplits, manifests and payouts for every consignor.
- Ship Whatnot orders fasterBe mostly packed by the time you raid out.
Yours, and only yours.
Backstage is a tool you point at your own show — not a service that takes over your account.
Never touches your account
Backstage only reads the Whatnot tab you're already viewing. It never logs in as you, and never touches your money or your payouts.
Your data stays with you
Your show data is yours. It's never sold, never shared with other sellers, and the only people who ever see a slice of it are the consignors you pair with — who see only their own items. You decide what to export and when.
Not affiliated with Whatnot
Backstage is an independent tool built by a working seller — not made, owned, or endorsed by Whatnot.
Built by a seller, not a startup.
I sell live too. The parts of the job I hate most are the parts that take the longest.
Listing is tedious — uploading inventory one item at a time, hunting for the right photo. Shipping is worse: hours after the show matching numbered inventory to buyers, until a sticker falls off or the rack tips and you give up and go back to the video receipts.
I built Backstage because none of the existing tools worked the way I do — so I added the parts I kept wishing for. Same philosophy through all of them.
— Jackie · Backstage Live
What sellers say after the show.
Backstage has completely changed the way I run my live shows — and the time I spend on the aftermath. Packaging a 150-item show used to take me hours; with Backstage, it takes about 30 minutes. It’s an absolute game-changer and a HUGE time-saver!
Seriously — everyone needs to use this.
This is amazing.
A bin doesn’t have to be a box.
Backstage captures who won what the second it happens — so when the show ends you’re packing, not running a scavenger hunt through your sold inventory.
Numbered cards on your rack
Number the rack you already run and hang items behind each one.
Numbered poly bags
A bag per buyer — all the grouping of a box, none of the bulk.
A shelf or bins
Group straight into bins on a rolling shelf as the sales land.
Packed by the time you end
Drop each win into its box as it happens — end the stream already packed.