BuyWander Moves HQ to Seattle Area, Expands to 325 Employees and 8 Warehouses
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Updated · GeekWire · Aug 18
BuyWander Moves HQ to Seattle Area, Expands to 325 Employees and 8 Warehouses
3 articles · Updated · GeekWire · Aug 18
Summary
BuyWander shifted its headquarters from Spokane to Kent this month, placing its leadership team nearer Seattle’s retail and e-commerce hub as the startup pushes into new markets.
325 employees now work at the company, up from 22 in April 2025, while its national warehouse network has grown to eight sites with Denver and Chicago among the newest locations.
Four executives joined the leadership team, including former Amazon manager Abu Marcose to lead warehouse technology and ex-Amazon marketer Roger Ling, alongside operations chief Laura Sasser and data and AI head Daniel Kiepfer.
Founded in 2023, BuyWander runs online auctions for returned and overstocked goods from retailers including Amazon, Target, Walmart and Home Depot, with local warehouse pickup instead of shipping.
The move underscores BuyWander’s bid to scale a crowded recommerce model that aims to redirect returned merchandise from warehouses and landfills to bargain-seeking consumers nationwide.
With retail returns hitting $850 billion, can a startup's local-pickup auction model truly solve the e-commerce waste crisis without relying on shipping?
Does driving to a warehouse to pick up $1 auction items actually reduce carbon emissions compared to traditional optimized delivery networks?