Tophatter is a discovery shopping marketplace that creates entertaining experiences for 20 million shoppers looking for great products at low prices. Fueling competition among shoppers with 90-second live auctions, this innovative approach has increased the number of products sold—averaging 3 million items per month and 75K items a day sold from over 5,000 sellers. Tophatter is ranked #52 in Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Marketplace 100.
how we worked with Tophatter.
Aiming to make online shopping quick, fun, and easy, TopHatter is focused on growing its brand recognition in the retail & eCommerce space and being position alongside D2C brands. Working with two members of their executive team, cred collaborates with each of the TopHatter speakers to create and define their individual speaking goals, target audiences, and topics to position them as thought leaders in the industry.
Andrew Blachman, President
Andrew is President of Tophatter, the discovery shopping experience for mobile. Tophatter delights 20 million users globally to 90-second auctions starting at one dollar – selling over 100k items daily. Previously, Andrew was CEO of GET ME IN! (acquired by Ticketmaster), a consultant for Stubhub, and European director and VP Business Development for WideRay. Andrew began his career as an investment banker in Goldman Sachs' high technology group. He’s also an early seed investor in several online marketplaces, including SeatGeek, Bridebook, and Outdoorsy.
Sree Menon, COO
Sree Menon is COO of discovery shopping marketplace, Tophatter. As head of a team that spans the US, China, and India, she employs her global approach to grow Tophatter’s business operations. An eCommerce veteran, Sree brings her decades of experience to scale the company’s sales, logistics, business development, marketing, and operations strategies. She previously ran eBay’s Motor divisions—it's fastest growing business segment. Prior to eBay, Sree served as eCommerce and online director at Dell and as an operations manager at GE Capital.
Tophatter’s speaking goals.
Position Andrew and Sree as thought leaders in the retail space
Reach retailers and partners to grow the marketplace
Continue to secure a firm a positioning as a leader in the mobile and technology spaces
Tophatter’s speaking platform.
Discovery Shopping: How today’s Consumer Finds and Purchases Products
The Gamification of Retail
How to Succeed as an E-commerce Seller and Win at Cross-Border Commerce
opportunities we secured for Tophatter.
Collision
Shopper Brain New York
The Montgomery Summit
Shoptalk
The Hustle's 2X
MoneyConf
Women Impact Tech Connect
Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE)
GSMA Thrive North America
Subscription Summit (SubSummit)
eTail events
HBS Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
Money 20/20 Asia
Mobile Growth Summit
D3 Retail Supply Chain Summit
eCommerce Innovation Summit
Mission’s Up Next in Commerce Podcast