Updated 1 October 2026 · Pludor team · 3 sources
It depends on what you sell and where your buyers are. Whatnot is a live-shopping marketplace app with a built-in audience for things like collectibles, cards and fashion, while Pludor is an AI-powered commerce platform where you run live auctions, gifts and paid ticketed shows from your own store, with free streaming. If you want Whatnot's marketplace audience, use Whatnot; if you want your own store with live selling and AI tools, Pludor fits better - and you can use both together.
What each one is and how each charges, from their published pricing.
| Whatnot | Pludor | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Whatnot is a live-shopping marketplace app where sellers run live auctions and sales in categories like collectibles, cards and fashion. | Pludor is an AI-powered commerce platform for creators and independent businesses: sell online, take payments, answer customers with AI, make content with AI and get found by shoppers and AI agents. |
| How it charges | A commission on each sale plus payment processing. (Whatnot pricing) | $0 a month to start. Pludor charges a platform fee of 4.99% + $0.90 per paid online order, deducted before payout. Card processing (Stripe) is charged separately by the processor. Cash sales recorded in POS carry no platform fee, and wallet-to-wallet transfers between Pludor users are free. (pricing) |
| Best for | Sellers who want Whatnot's live-shopping audience. | Sellers who want live auctions, gifts and paid tickets from their own store, with free streaming. |
| Strengths | An engaged live-shopping audience; Strong in collectibles and trading cards; Live auctions built in | Store, checkout, AI answering, AI content tools and a marketplace in one account |
It depends on what you need. Pludor fits sellers who want live auctions, gifts and paid tickets from their own store, with free streaming. Whatnot fits sellers who want Whatnot's live-shopping audience, especially in collectibles and trading cards.
Whatnot charges a commission on each sale plus payment processing. Check Whatnot's pricing page for current rates, since fees can change.
$0 a month to start, with every feature on and no item limit. Pludor charges a platform fee of 4.99% + $0.90 per paid online order, deducted before payout, and card processing (Stripe) is charged separately by the processor. Cash sales recorded in POS carry no platform fee, and wallet-to-wallet transfers between Pludor users are free.
Yes. Many businesses keep one tool for what it does best and use Pludor for their store, checkout, AI answering or content. You could sell live on Whatnot while running your own store and customer tools on Pludor.
Yes. Pludor supports live auctions, gifts and paid ticketed shows with replays, streamed from your own store. Streaming is free, so you only pay the standard order fees when you make sales.
Whatnot is a live-shopping marketplace app where sellers run live auctions in categories like collectibles, cards and fashion. Pludor is an AI-powered commerce platform: a free store with checkout, bookings, an AI receptionist and AI content tools, plus live selling from your own store.
Whatnot is strong in collectibles and trading cards and has an engaged live-shopping audience built in. If you want that existing audience, Whatnot is the better fit; if you'd rather sell from your own store with free streaming, Pludor offers live auctions and paid ticketed shows too.
No, streaming on Pludor is free. You pay the platform fee of 4.99% + $0.90 only on paid online orders, and cash sales recorded in POS carry no platform fee at all.
Yes, Pludor supports paid ticketed shows with replays, along with live auctions and gifts, all from your own store. Whatnot's model is built around live auctions and sales to its marketplace audience rather than ticketed shows from your own store.
A free store with every feature on, no card needed and no item limit. Each month you get free amounts of things like 3,000 store visits, 100 AI replies and 30 bookings, and new stores get 500 free credits for the AI tools. Past the free amounts, you pay only for what you use, in credits where 1 credit = 1 cent.
It depends on what you need. Pludor fits sellers who want live auctions, gifts and paid tickets from their own store, with free streaming. Whatnot fits sellers who want Whatnot's live-shopping audience.
A commission on each sale plus payment processing. Check Whatnot's pricing page for current rates.
$0 a month to start with every feature on and no item limit. Pludor charges a platform fee of 4.99% + $0.90 per paid online order, deducted before payout. Card processing (Stripe) is charged separately by the processor. Cash sales recorded in POS carry no platform fee, and wallet-to-wallet transfers between Pludor users are free. Usage past the monthly free amounts uses credits (1 credit = 1 cent).
Yes. Many businesses keep one tool for what it does best and use Pludor for their store, checkout, AI answering or content.
What Pludor gives sellers who want live auctions, gifts and paid tickets from their own store, with free streaming:
Free to start - no card, no item limit. Pay only for what you use past the monthly free amounts.
Try Pludor freeChecked 1 October 2026. Fees and rules change; follow the links for the latest.