Campaign type · Live shopping

Live shopping that turns viewers into buyers.

Creator-hosted, shoppable livestreams that compress discovery and purchase into a single moment. We plan the run of show, cast the right hosts and run the stream, so an audience becomes a checkout queue.

What it is

Live commerce, hosted by creators people trust

Live shopping is a real-time, shoppable broadcast where a creator demonstrates products and viewers buy on the spot. It has reshaped retail across Asia and is now scaling fast on TikTok Shop and beyond, because it collapses the gap between seeing a product and owning it into a few seconds of genuine enthusiasm.

The hard part is not the technology, it is the host and the plan. A flat stream with the wrong creator sells nothing. We cast hosts who can hold an audience and sell without a script, build a run of show that keeps energy and offers moving, and manage the stream end to end so you can watch the cart fill.

Best when you want to

  • Drive a spike of real-time sales around a launch or sale
  • Demonstrate products that are better shown than described
  • Move stock with urgency and live-only offers
  • Reach shoppers on social media platforms where live commerce is booming

How CrowdSwell runs it

The same three moves behind every live event

01

Cast on data

Hosts scored on audience fit, on-camera sell and engagement across a database of more than 380 million records, so the person holding your stream can hold a room.

02

Run on a plan

A tight run of show, product order, offers and moderation planned and managed on one workflow, so the stream stays high energy from open to close.

03

Measured on sales

Views, engagement, add-to-carts and conversions tracked against the stream, so you know exactly what the hour returned and what to run next time.

What you get

What sits in a typical live event

01

Vetted live hosts

Creators who can present, demonstrate and sell live, matched to your category.

02

Run of show

A minute-by-minute plan for products, offers and segments that keeps momentum.

03

Offer strategy

Live-only deals and urgency mechanics built to convert viewers in the moment.

04

Stream management

Setup, moderation and real-time direction handled so the host can focus on selling.

05

Shoppable setup

Products linked and checkout paths tested so buying is one tap away.

06

Post-event report

Sales, conversion and audience insight, with recommendations for the next stream.

Why live shopping converts

Live shopping works because it puts three things in the same moment: a trusted host, a product demonstration, and a reason to buy right now. Online retail usually spreads those across days and channels. A livestream compresses them into a single, high-energy window where the enthusiasm is real, the questions get answered live, and a limited-time offer removes the reason to wait. That combination is why live commerce converts at rates most other formats cannot touch.

It is also uniquely suited to products that are better shown than described. Beauty, food, homewares, gadgets, anything with a demo or a wow moment, all come alive when a creator uses them in front of an audience and handles objections in real time. The format turns passive scrolling into active buying.

What makes a live shopping event work

A livestream is only as good as its host and its plan. The events that sell share a few things in common.

Where live shopping fits

Live shopping is at its best as the spike in a broader creator strategy rather than a standalone tactic. Seeding and UGC build the awareness and social proof that fill the stream, influencer partners can host or promote it, and affiliate mechanics can extend selling beyond the broadcast. As TikTok Shop and live commerce scale, brands that build the muscle early will own the format. If you want to run your first creator-led live event, a short call is the place to start.

Questions

Live shopping, answered

What is live shopping?
Live shopping, or live commerce, is a real-time video broadcast where a creator or host demonstrates products and viewers buy during the stream. It combines entertainment, demonstration and instant checkout, and converts strongly because it creates urgency and trust in a single moment.
Which platforms support live shopping?
TikTok Shop is driving most of the growth in live shopping, alongside live formats on Instagram and other platforms. We help you pick the right platform for your product and audience and run the event there.
Do we need our own audience to run a live event?
No. That is the advantage of running it with creators. We cast hosts who bring their own engaged audience and know how to sell live, so you are not dependent on your own follower count to fill the stream.
What kinds of products work best for live shopping?
Products that benefit from demonstration or have a clear wow moment perform best: beauty, food, homewares, gadgets and anything better shown than described. If it demos well, it sells well live.
How do you measure a live shopping event?
We track views, engagement, add-to-carts and conversions against the stream, then report on sales and audience insight with recommendations for the next event, so each stream is sharper than the last.

Other campaign types

Live shopping is one of six ways to run creators

Most brands mix a few. Here is where each one fits.

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