Second-hand design marketplace Whoppah starts in France

Whoppah, a marketplace for second-hand design and art, has recently entered the French market. The Dutch company previously spread its wings to Belgium and Germany. Its ambitions are pan-European.

With a wide range of furniture and decorative objects, Whoppah says it wants to promote sustainability and stylish living.

Whoppah, which claims to be Europe’s largest online marketplace for second-hand design, expects to welcome many new buyers and sellers by opening in France. According to founders Thomas Bunnik and his wife Evelien Bunnik-Remmelts, the company is ready for rapid growth thanks to years of investments in a scalable platform.

Pan-European design marketplace

“This not only expands the market, but also provides more diversity of styles on our platform”, says Bunnik-Remmelts about the start in France. That has not stopped Whoppah’s drive for expansion, she says. “The expansion into France is an important step in our ambition to become a pan-European design marketplace.”

‘The European network effect will help us scale up further.’

In recent years, the number of French visitors to Whoppah.com has grown steadily. There are now a few thousand sellers from France active on the platform, according to the company. Next year, Whoppah expects to achieve a sales volume of millions of euros in the country. At the beginning of 2023, the company took its first steps in the German market and Whoppah now has a “strong turnover of millions” there.

Second hand online sales boom

Whoppah, in which several tech entrepreneurs and Dutch media personalities have invested, responds to the growing online second-hand market in Europe, which mainly manifests itself in fashion and tech. Demand from European customers has propelled second-hand shopping on Amazon into a billion euros business already. The trend is likely to persist as shoppers seek to save money and make more sustainable choices, one of Whoppah’s spearheads.