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Vendoo

Vendoo · YC W22 · Washington DC · founded 2017
👤 Thomas Rivas (Resold online since 2007, high school through college; felt the cross-posting grind first-hand and built for the reseller he was.)🌐 siteLinkedIn

Resellers retype one listing across 10 apps. Vendoo posts it everywhere at once, then delists it when it sells.

Will it work? · our read
Owns the grind. Not a moat of code — anyone can build a cross-poster. The real moat is keeping 10 fragile marketplace integrations alive and being the name resellers already trust.
01How the money moves
Reseller lists one item in Vendoo
Vendoo cross-posts it to about 10 marketplaces at once
Seller pays $14.99-59.99/mo; tiers differ by features, items are unlimited
02The numbers
$1.4MStated2020 revenue (reported)
2020
$1.4M
2020 revenue
78M+
items listed
10+
marketplaces
2020 is the last reported revenue; current is undisclosed and higher. FreightWaves
$1.4M in 2020 (reported); undisclosed and higher today.
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SourcesSources last checked 12 July 2026
Revenue is not first-party disclosed. The $1.4M is Vendoo's 2020 revenue as reported by FreightWaves (company-stated), with a 2021 projection of $1.9-2.1M; it is SaaS subscription revenue, not merchandise GMV. Since then Vendoo did YC W22 and grew to 60+ employees and 26M+ items created, so current ARR is materially higher but undisclosed — treat $1.4M as a dated floor, not a current figure (not independently confirmed, tagged Stated). Item count, marketplace count, and headcount are from Vendoo's own site. The founding-story and enterprise-only-incumbents 'key move' are documented (FreightWaves). The 'arm the influencers' framing is our read; the affiliate/partner program itself is documented on vendoo.co/partners. Rival weights are rough mindshare, not measured share, and competitor prices are approximate list rates. We never score you.