A phone on a tripod in 2019, and then a company.
One platform for in-house talent and independent streamers, selling from one inventory. Okemos, Michigan is home base, and approved streamers book rooms there now. Dallas and Miami are coming soon, and neither is open yet.
One platform, every room.
Most live card selling is one person, one table, one channel. It works until the person needs a night off, or the product runs out, or the audience grows past what one buyer can source for.
“United” says the alternative plainly: one inventory, whoever is on camera. In-house talent and independent streamers are meant to sell from the same shelves, ship from the same lines, and show up on the same schedule.
The people and the rule.
Bailey Buoniello started streaming Pokémon on Facebook Live in 2019, before Whatnot existed, and was one of the first Pokémon streamers on Whatnot. He stepped away for a while and came back in September 2026 with Bid With Bailey.
We are always in stock, and every show sells from that stock. That is the rule the rest of it is built around.
Since 2019, one rule.
2019
First Facebook Live
Pokémon packs, a phone on a tripod, and a handful of viewers, before Whatnot existed.
2020
Early on Whatnot
One of the first Pokémon streamers on Whatnot, as live commerce becomes a category.
2022
A company, not a hobby
The operation becomes a company with a team, working out of Okemos, Michigan.
2024
The multi-city plan
The independent streamer program is designed around more rooms than one, all stocked and shipped from Okemos.
2026
United Card Exchange
The company takes its name: one platform for in-house talent and independent streamers. Okemos opens to approved streamers, and Dallas and Miami are named as the next two rooms. Bailey comes back to streaming in September with Bid With Bailey, the flagship show on Whatnot.
Three rules we run the floor on.
Never run dry
An inventory floor in every category, replenished daily. A stream without product is not a stream.
Never make a buyer wait
Orders go out fast and questions get answered on camera, not in a ticket queue.
Anyone should be able to sit down and stream
The setup took years to build. Now the product, the studio, and the fulfillment are waiting for whoever walks in with a personality and a schedule.
Okemos, Dallas and Miami
All locations →Okemos, MI
Open for streamers
Coming soonDallas, TX
Coming soon
Coming soonMiami, FL
4 stations planned
Dallas and Miami are coming soon. After that, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Toronto are on the shortlist.