Is there a giveaway tracker for Whatnot?

Yes. Backstage watches your show and records each giveaway the moment Whatnot draws the winner, with the winner's name. If the winner also bought something, the giveaway lands in their bin with the rest of their order. If they bought nothing, they get their own line on the manifest so the giveaway still ships. On the Plus plan a giveaway label prints as it is drawn.

How do I know who won my Whatnot giveaway?

Whatnot picks the winner and shows it in the show, but it goes by as fast as everything else on a busy night. Backstage records the winner as a card the instant it happens, so you can call their name on air and find it again at the end. Every winner is listed on the manifest with the item.

How do I track who raided my Whatnot show?

Backstage turns each incoming raid into a card with the raiding seller's name and the size of the party, the moment it lands. That gives you the name to thank while they are still in the chat, and a list at the end for the next show. Raids are recorded in their own section of the post-show file and never counted as sales.

Do giveaway winners get a bin?

If the winner bought something in the show, the giveaway goes into their existing bin so their whole order ships together. If they did not buy, there is no bin: they get their own line on the manifest marked as a giveaway, with their name, because it still has to be packed and shipped.

Do tips and promos count as sales?

No, and a tracker that counts them gives you a wrong number. A tip is money from a buyer that is never shipped, so Backstage records it as its own card with the buyer and the amount and totals tips separately. A promo, sometimes called a boost, is money a buyer pays Whatnot to promote your show; none of it reaches you, so Backstage keeps only the name, so you can thank them, and never adds it to your earnings.

Is there a tool that helps me thank people during the show?

Backstage Sidekick is free. It keeps a who-to-thank list of sponsors (viewers who buy a giveaway for the chat), tips, raids and giveaway winners in the order they arrived, with a clock showing who has been waiting, and a deck of one-tap chat phrases for the thank-you. It runs as a Chrome side panel or an iPhone and iPad app, and mods can run it for you. No account needed.

Whatnot Giveaway and Raid Tracker: Catch Every Winner, Raider, Tipper and First-Time Buyer Live

The things that slip past you on camera are the ones people remember: a giveaway winner you never named, a raider you never thanked, a tip you never saw. Here is how Backstage catches each one the moment it happens, what it does with giveaway winners who did not buy, and why tips and promos never count as sales.

The sales take care of themselves; every one is in Seller Hub whether you noticed it or not. The things that do not take care of themselves are the ones that happen once, in a second, while you are holding an item up to the camera: a giveaway winner is drawn, a raid lands, someone tips, a first-time buyer wins. Miss the moment and the thank-you never happens.

Backstage is built to be the second set of eyes on exactly those moments. Here is what it catches and what it does with each one.

Giveaways: the winner, and where they go

Whatnot runs three kinds of giveaways (open to everyone in the show, followers only, and buyer appreciation), and Whatnot draws the winner. The moment it does, Backstage records the winner as a card with their name, so you can say it on air and it does not scroll away.

Then it handles the part sellers get wrong at midnight:

A winner who bought something has a bin already. The giveaway goes into it, so their whole order ships together.
A winner who bought nothing has no bin. They get their own line on the manifest, marked as a giveaway with their name, because the item still has to be packed and shipped.

On the Plus plan, a giveaway label prints as the winner is drawn, on Mac, Windows or the iPad, so the item is tagged like any sale.

Raids: the name to thank, while they are still here

A raid is a burst of new people arriving from another seller’s show, and the seller who sent them deserves a thank-you by name in the first minute, not a message the next day. Backstage turns each incoming raid into a card the moment it lands, with the raiding seller’s name and the size of the party. Raids go into their own section of the post-show file, never into your sales.

A raid, with who brought how many viewers.

If you ride raid trains organized on Raid Train Express, Backstage finds your train by your Whatnot username and, shortly before your slot, shows a countdown and who you are raiding into next. See how raid trains work with Backstage.

Tips and promos: recorded, thanked, never counted

A tip becomes a card with the buyer and the amount, ready to thank. Tips are totaled in their own section at the end. They are your money, but they are not a sale and are never shipped, so they stay out of your sales count.
A promo, which some sellers call a boost, is money a buyer pays Whatnot to promote your show. None of it reaches you. Backstage keeps the name, because the person still did you a favor, and keeps the money out of every earnings figure.

Raids and tips collected in one Shoutouts list.

First-time buyers and repeat buyers

The first time someone buys from you is the moment they decide whether to come back. Backstage marks a first-time buyer with a star on the live feed, on the packer’s board and on the bin label, so you can welcome them on air and your packer can add whatever you add for new people. A returning buyer gets a repeat badge the instant they win again, and buyer history carries across your shows so you recognize regulars without checking messages.

A first purchase from your shop gets the gold card.

Pending payments

A sale that is waiting on the buyer’s payment is flagged on the feed and on the packer’s board, and gets its own label if you print, so the item is not packed and shipped before the money clears.

A pending payment, flagged as it happens.

Everything is on the manifest at the end

When you end the show, the manifest lists every buyer and every bin, plus promoters, tippers, raiders and giveaway winners by name, so nothing you meant to thank or ship is missing when you sit down to pack. The sales tracker guide covers what is recorded on each sale.

The free way to never miss a thank-you

If you have a mod, give them Backstage Sidekick. It is free, as a Chrome side panel or an iPhone and iPad app, with a who-to-thank list that catches sponsors, tips, raids and giveaway winners in arrival order with a waiting clock, plus a deck of one-tap chat phrases for the thank-you itself. No account, no password.

Next steps

What gets recorded on every sale: the Whatnot sales tracker.
Where winners and buyers go: the Whatnot bin system.
Start with Backstage Lite, free for 7 days, or Sidekick, free forever.