BuyWander Inc., a young online auction company that does business as Wander, is moving to a 6,000-square-foot facility at 403 E. Sprague, just east of downtown Spokane.

Curbside pickup operations are beginning at the new facility today, March 28.

Wander launched in early February at a 10,000-square-foot space at 2818 N. Sullivan Road, in Spokane Valley.

“We had to move because they’re turning this facility into an indoor pickleball facility, which is super cool,” says Jordan Allen, a Spokane-area entrepreneur and co-founder of Wander.

Power Pickleball Club is expected to open this summer and include 11 indoor courts and five outdoor courts, according to the club’s website.

Wander's move to the East Sprague location creates an opportunity for the company, Allen says.

“We have a lot of customers all over Spokane, and it felt like we were moving to a more central location so we could better serve our Spokane population,” he says. “Ultimately, we’ll find our home in maybe a few spots in Spokane.”

Wander purchases returned items by the truckload from retailers and sells them via no-reserve auctions on its website, buywander.com. Customers who win auctions pick up their items curbside from the Wander facility.

“We’re not just building another faceless e-commerce website,” Allen says. “People are coming to our warehouse. They’re meeting with us.”

Since launching just under two months ago, Wander has about 1,500 users. The company now has four full-time employees, including Allen and Matt McGee, the company's other co-founder.

In addition to updating technology and trying to improve the user experience, Allen says the company is starting to bring in more items.

“These last few days, we’ve got about 5,000 new items in,” he says. “Our goal is to (list) 1,000 items a day.”

Allen says there will be a lot more items listed on the website starting next week.

“Now we’re starting to get a lot more variety of inventory from Sam’s Club, Target, and a few other larger retailers,” Allen says.

Allen’s previous startups include the now-defunct vacation rental company Stay Alfred Inc., which reached $100 million in revenue not long before it was devastated by the pandemic, and Doorsey Inc., an online residential real estate bidding platform that was acquired last year by Dallas-based Auction.io.