AMAZON LIVE CREATOR Best Practices User Manual

: June 5, 2024
: Amazon

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Best Practices
Amazon Live Creator is a unique and fun way for brands and influencers to engage with shoppers on Amazon.com. Before you get started, we recommend the following steps to ensure your livestreams are successful

Follow the Amazon Live Creator Community Policy.
Confirm your internet connectivity is sufficient to support the stream. We recommend upload speeds of 5 mbps. Check your connection.
Plan ahead to ensure you’ve practiced your livestream content and have the right equipment to ensure sound and video quality.

In addition to the items above, we have put together a list of best practices for creating successful livestreams on Amazon.

Livestream for at least 60 minutes at a time
In order for Amazon shoppers to discover your livestream while you are live, make sure to livestream for at least 60 minutes at a time. Talk about multiple products, engage with shoppers in the chat, and restate key messages to increase the length of your livestream.

Encourage your audience to interact and follow your channel
Ask shoppers to send in a question, or ask them to click on the ‘Reactions’ button. Ask shoppers to follow your channel if they liked your stream and to receive notifications about future livestreams.

Use calls to action, remember to sell, and restate key messages
Make sure to refer to the product carousel while you are live and highlight key features and selling points. Because shoppers can come in and out of your stream at different times, don’t be afraid to re-state points that you’ve made already. We recommend referencing new joiners to bring them up to speed (e.g., ‘For those of you who just joined, etc…’).

Engage with your shoppers live
As shoppers interact with your livestream by sending Reactions or sending a mention in the chat, mention them live on camera by saying hi! Livestreaming is different from other video because it is interactive and engaging, make sure to engage your audience as they watch. Remember that your video content should be live and avoid pre-recorded content.

Show products in action, don’t just talk about them
Some of the best-performing livestreams to date use striking visual elements or unexpected settings. For example, a creator streaming about Bluetooth speakers conducted the stream from a pool area, where they could demonstrate that the speakers were waterproof. Livestreaming gives you a way to show elements of products they otherwise wouldn’t see before purchase.

Share your livestream with your audience off Amazon
We highly recommend using the provided link in the Amazon Live Creator app to promote your Amazon livestream to your other marketing channels, like social media or e-mail lists. We have seen strong performance when brands and influencers promote their streams. You can access this link while setting up your livestream, after it’s set up before you are live, and after you are live by clicking the ‘Share’ icon in the app

Consider streaming with an encoder
We highly recommend downloading and using livestream encoder software (such as OBS) when livestreaming on Amazon. Using an encoder will allow you great control over your stream audio and video quality. Additionally, an encoder lets you use multiple cameras, insert motion graphics and leverage video overlays. Learn more.

Feature a live-only promotion
Any time you add an item to your Amazon Live product carousel, the item will reflect any special offers for the item, including any limited time deals, coupons or price promotions. Amazon Live also gives brands and influencers the ability to share special live-only promotions. For brands, click here to learn how to create one in Seller Central or Vendor Central. For influencers, click here to learn how to find an existing one in Associates Central.
For more tips on featuring a live-only promotion during an Amazon livestream, click here to see our guide.