Whoppah is a curated online marketplace for pre-owned designer furniture, lighting, art and interior decoration, enabling buyers and sellers to trade authenticated second‑hand design items.
Circularity Relevance
Core
Whoppah is explicitly a second‑hand (pre‑owned) marketplace for designer furniture and interior items - a core resale / reuse enabler. Source: Whoppah, 2025
Circular Role
DirectEnabler
Whoppah directly hosts and facilitates transactions of second‑hand goods (acts as the marketplace). Source: Whoppah, 2025
Circular Type
Marketplace
• Products
• C2C
• B2C
Whoppah is a consumer marketplace for physical products (pre‑owned furniture, lighting, art). The platform supports consumer sellers and buyers; the site also references 'Whoppah for businesses' but the primary marketplace flows are C2C and B2C. Source: Whoppah, 2025
R Strategy
R3 - Reuse, R2 - Reduce
Primary: R3 Reuse - site's primary function is resale of pre‑owned goods (evidenced on homepage and product pages). Secondary: R2 Reduce - extending product life reduces need for new production (inference from resale activity). Source: Whoppah, 2025
Circular Business Model
Resale / Second-hand
Platform's core value proposition is enabling resale and purchase of pre‑owned designer goods. Source: Whoppah, 2025
Organisational Type
ForProfit
Commercial marketplace with payments, app downloads and B2B offering; operates as a for‑profit e‑commerce business. Source: Whoppah, 2025
Sector
Retail & Consumer Goods
Site positions Whoppah as a marketplace for second‑hand furniture, lighting, art and home decoration - a retail resale platform rather than industry‑specific software. Source: Whoppah, 2025
Geographical Reach
International
• Netherlands
Platform offers multiple languages (en, nl, de, fr) and payment methods used across European markets (eg Giropay, Bancontact) and lists business pages; operations appear across multiple European countries rather than a single‑country store. Evidence from site and search results. Source: Whoppah, 2025
Hardware Component
None
Platform is a digital marketplace and does not supply or require specialised physical hardware to deliver its service; listed hardware (furniture, lighting) are the items traded, not enabler‑supplied devices.
Tech Map Relevance
Whoppah is a curated online marketplace for pre-owned designer furniture and interior items (resale marketplace). This directly supports circular economy reuse practices and therefore meets inclusion criteria for the Circular Tech Map. Source: Whoppah, 2025
Enablers are initially categorised by an AI agent, then verified by a real human. Suggestions or corrections are most welcome.