Backstage PREP

List the show
before it starts.

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Built by a working Whatnot seller — I read every signup personally and reply within 24–48 hours. — Jackie, Backstage Live

Backstage Prep
+ New batch
● Ready batches

2 batches in motion. None ready yet.

Your between-shows workshop. Each batch is a CSV in the making.

14In flight
0Ready to export
5Photos pending
0Sent all-time
Batches · in flight
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Vintage tees · drop #4AllReadyIssues
A1Vintage navy blazer
All set · ready to export
Quick presets
Sealed TCGNWT FashionEUC Used
Basic info
A1 ·Vintage navy blazer
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Listing details
CategoryWomen's Fashion ▾
ConditionNWT ▾
Price$34.99
Click a batch to open it · select items · hit Download CSV

Pre-show today

You're filling out Whatnot's listing form. One. Item. At. A. Time.

One item, one form, repeat 22 times

Whatnot's form takes one listing at a time — title, category, condition, shipping, price, photos, save, repeat. By item 22 it's two hours later and your wrist hurts.

Photo soup

You shot 30 photos on your phone, AirDropped them over, and now you're squinting at IMG_4521.HEIC trying to remember which item it was.

Category tree from hell

Every Whatnot category, each with its own sub-categories and condition options. The right combo is several clicks deep, and you find it again for listing after listing.

Pre-show panic

It's 5pm. The show's at 7. You're 9 items in with 13 to go — and you haven't eaten dinner.

Prep lets you draft the whole batch in one workspace, then push it to Whatnot in a single CSV.

What Prep actually does.

A focused listing builder that opens in its own Chrome tab and exports a CSV Whatnot's bulk importer accepts directly.

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Drag a folder of photos in

Drag 30 photos from Finder into the Prep pane and group them into items — photos attach automatically, each file name becomes the starting title, and you just fill in price and category.

Prep in Chrome: the photo tray beside a batch of four listings, each with its photo
02

Auto-numbered callouts buyers can shout

Every item gets a chat-friendly code — A1, A2, A3 — buyers shout to request it. Sort your batch, hit Renumber, and every callout snaps back to sequential order.

Prep in Chrome: four items coded A1, A2, A3 and A4 at the front of their titles
03

Every Whatnot category baked in

Pick a category and the right sub-categories and condition options populate automatically. No more memorizing Whatnot's tree.

Prep's preset form with Whatnot's category, sub-category, condition, sale type and shipping fields
04

Bulk-edit a selection in one shot

Select 12 items and set category, condition, and shipping in one modal — or save a preset once and apply it to every relevant item.

Applying a saved preset to every item in a batch: Apply to 4 items
05

CSV export that Whatnot accepts as-is

One click. The export follows Whatnot's bulk-import template. Open Inventory in Seller Hub on a computer, choose Import from CSV, and your listings appear as drafts, ready to review, publish and add to your show.

Prep's export finished: Sent, now finish in Whatnot, with an Open Whatnot button

Prep is included in Plus & Pro.

Prep comes with the Plus and Pro plans. Start a 7-day free trial — add a card, run your first show within 14 days or the offer expires (no charge), then cancel anytime before day 8 and you're never charged. One login unlocks Prep on every surface.

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