Remote BDR Role in Mexico - Live Shopping Startup — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is fully remote and based in Mexico, which opens up interesting possibilities for location-flexible workers — but with important caveats. The job explicitly requires frequent evening and weekend availability tied to seller schedules, making it far from a typical async-friendly role. You'll need to be consistently reachable across Mexico's time zones (CST/MST), which limits how freely you can travel to other regions.
Visa considerations: The posting requires Mexican work authorization, so this role is best suited to Mexican citizens or those with existing legal work rights in Mexico. Digital nomad visas from other countries (e.g., Portugal's D8, Costa Rica's DN visa) would not satisfy the "based in Mexico" requirement.
Cost-of-living context for $10–$12/hr USD:
- Mexico City or Guadalajara: At ~$1,600–$2,000/month (assuming ~40 hrs/week), this is a very comfortable income in most Mexican cities, where a quality apartment runs $400–$700/month.
- Oaxaca or Mérida: Even more purchasing power in lower-cost cities, making this wage quite livable.
- Bangkok or Medellín comparison: Equivalent purchasing power to remote roles paying $3,000–$4,000/month in those destinations — but this role locks you to Mexico.
If you're a nomad already based in Mexico and authorized to work, the remote setup works well. Just be prepared for an irregular schedule that makes international travel difficult to sustain.
About Palmstreet:
Palmstreet is a community-obsessed live shopping platform connecting over 2 million passionate collectors and sellers. Started in 2020, we have grown into one of the largest live shopping platforms in the US, featuring 1,000+ daily live streams.
Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, we're building the "World's Online Main Street"—bringing authentic personal connections and the excitement of discovering one-of-a-kind products to online commerce.
On top of our strong US community, we're expanding into Mexico and looking for ambitious, sales-driven talent to help build our local seller community.
The Opportunity:
Palmstreet is looking for a Business Development Representative based in Mexico to identify, recruit, and onboard high-potential sellers onto our platform.
This is a hands-on sales role. You will connect with prospective sellers through digital channels, understand their businesses, communicate the value of selling on Palmstreet, guide qualified sellers through the onboarding process, and keep supporting their growth on Palmstreet.
All seller acquisition and relationship-building will take place online, and the position is fully remote. This is a high-intensity role that requires flexibility, including frequent evening and weekend work, to connect with sellers when they are most available.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and research high-potential sellers, creators, shops, and communities across Mexico.
- Build a strong pipeline of seller leads and consistently meet outreach, onboarding, and activation targets.
- Persuade qualified sellers to join the platform and guide them through the onboarding process.
- Build long-term relationships with sellers and support their early success on Palmstreet.
- Gather seller feedback and market insights to help improve our product and go-to-market strategy in Mexico.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, marketing, and customer support.
- Work flexible hours, including frequent evenings and weekends, based on seller availability and business needs.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Based in Mexico with authorization to work locally.
- 2–3 years of experience in sales, business development, account management, or a related role.
- Strong sales ability, including prospecting, relationship-building, objection handling, negotiation, and closing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Professional working proficiency in Spanish; native English speaker.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment with frequent evening and weekend work.
- Fluent with latest AI tools.
- Experience working with sellers, creators, small businesses, or online communities is preferred.
- Interest in collectibles or trading cards is a plus.
Your Location: Mexico
Compensation:
- Base hourly compensation: $10–$12 USD per hour.
- This role is eligible for performance-based commission tied to seller acquisition and activation results.
- Specific commission structure and targets will be discussed during the interview process.
- Working hours will vary. Morning, evening, and weekend availability is a regular and essential part of the role.
Why Join Us?
- Play a key role in launching and growing Palmstreet's community in Mexico.
- Join a fast-paced startup where ownership, initiative, and results are recognized.
- Work remotely while connecting with entrepreneurs, creators, and sellers across Mexico.
- Help shape the future of live shopping and social commerce in a new market.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Palmstreet is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from everyone—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Application Process: We're excited to review your application! If your experience aligns with what we're looking for, our hiring team will reach out to schedule an initial screening call and walk you through the next steps of our interview process.
While we try our best to respond to everyone, the high volume of applications may mean we're unable to provide individual updates if we decide not to move forward.
To stay connected and explore future opportunities, follow us on LinkedIn or visit us at https://palmstreet.app/careers.
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