Kingpin
Kingpin is an AI-powered wholesale sales agency that helps consumer brands find and secure retail distribution without trade shows, agents, or in-house sales teams. The platform deploys six AI agents—covering research, sales coordination, account management, order processing, receivables, and intelligence—managed by a human account manager, with outreach conducted in the buyer's language. Kingpin charges a flat $1,500 monthly fee with 0% commission, and brands retain ownership of all retailer relationships and data.
- Sales Technology
- AI Agents
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software Only
- Commerce & Shopping
- Enterprise Software
Funding
Raised to date
$70KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Consumer brands traditionally rely on trade shows, agents, and distributors to reach retailers, which is costly, slow, and limited to existing relationships. Market research takes years, trade shows cost around $25,000 for two days, and agents take 15–30% of margin, while losing a single employee can mean losing the company's accumulated market knowledge.
Solution
Kingpin is an AI-powered sales agency that targets, reaches, and delivers the best-fit retailers for global consumer brands every month. It combines proprietary conversion data from every campaign, live public market data researched fresh for each search, and AI research on every retail door to identify and engage the most promising prospects. The platform deploys six AI agents—covering research, sales coordination, account management, order processing, receivables, and intelligence—all managed by a human account manager who serves as the brand's single point of contact. Campaigns run 24/7 with outreach in the buyer's language, and the system sharpens its approach with every reply and reorder. The platform provides a flat $1,500 monthly fee with 0% commission, and nothing is billed until a campaign is live. Brands retain ownership of all retailer relationships and insights, with data held by the brand rather than by an individual or agent.
Target Audience
Primary customers are global consumer brands and distributors seeking to expand retail distribution across new markets without relying on trade shows, agents, or in-house sales teams.
Features
- AI-driven retailer targeting based on conversion data, live market research, and per-door AI analysis
- Six AI agents covering research, sales coordination, account management, order processing, receivables, and intelligence, all managed by a human account manager
- Campaigns aimed with the precision of a fifth campaign from the first run, using aggregate signals only
- Live visibility into which doors are actively engaged and ordering, with deeper violet indicating more responses
- Market, segment, and price-tier filtering to match brands with the right doors by country, city, category, and price point
- Outreach conducted in the buyer's language with line sheets embedded directly in messages
- Order consolidation from email, WhatsApp, Excel, and buyer portals into a single dashboard
- Data ownership retained by the brand, including who buys, where, and why, enabling long-term pipeline building
- Flat $1,500 monthly pricing with 0% commission and no billing until the campaign is live