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Citing market data, a report said TikTok and Whatnot's U.S. live-commerce sales grew significantly, while the number and duration of livestreams also increased.
Key decision points
- 1Live-commerce sales doubled year over year
- 2Number of livestreams increased by more than 60%
- 3Total livestream duration increased by more than 80%
What this means for sellers
U.S. consumers are becoming more receptive to live shopping, and competition on TikTok Shop and similar platforms will shift from simple low pricing toward coordination among content, hosts, and conversion. Sellers that only list products without operating livestreams risk losing traffic to merchants that are better at presenting products. Highest-priority action: Run a short livestream test this week, record room visits, interactions, and sales, and then decide whether to increase investment.
Action items (within 24h)
The U.S. live-commerce market is attracting increasing attention from consumers and retail businesses. CNBC reported that TikTok, Whatnot, and other platforms are continuing to bring live shopping into the U.S. mainstream consumer market, with related live-commerce sales doubling year over year. During the same period, the number of livestreams increased by more than 60%, while total livestream duration grew by more than 80%, indicating that both the supply of live content and consumer interaction time on the platforms increased. The report also said that as acceptance of interactive shopping rises, companies from the traditional television shopping sector have begun entering the live-commerce business. TikTok and Whatnot have therefore become prominent platforms in the expansion of the U.S. live-shopping market, where live content, product presentation, and real-time interaction are the main components of the model.