Livestreams & show cockpit

Livestreams covers two places: the imported history table and the show cockpit, where you prepare and review a scheduled Whatnot live.

Two places

Cockpit sections

The left sidebar groups the page so you always know what each block is for.

How to connect inventory

1. 1

   Stock first

   Build Inventory for the same Whatnot shop (manual, from sold SKUs, or inventory CSV). Unit purchase cost is needed for suggested prices.

2. 2

   Open the show cockpit

   From Calendar, click the event. Make sure the event’s shop matches the inventory shop.

3. 3

   Connect inventory

   In Lineup, click Connect inventory, tick the lots for this show, then Add selected. Items already in the lineup are hidden.

4. 4

   Or add a manual product

   Use Add manual product for a one-off lot (title, optional SKU/category, quantity, unit cost). Prices fill in automatically.

5. 5

   Tune prices

   Edit auction start, floor, and target (+10%) on the row, then Save. Roles (opener, peak, filler, closer, VIP bait) can be set manually too.

Suggested prices

When you add a lot, WhatCopilot proposes three levels from purchase cost so you know your floor before you open auctions:

• **Floor (profitable)**: break-even after about a 10% fee buffer
• **Target (+10%)**: modest net margin goal above the floor
• **Auction start**: roughly 35% of floor, sometimes lowered if past auctions for that item often opened lower

How timeline suggestions work

Generate timeline suggestions scores each product for each hour in your slot, then places lots across roughly 20-minute windows.

What the suggestions look at

• Hour heat: when your shop sells most
• Product or category fit by hour: which types convert when
• Velocity: how strong the SKU’s revenue is
• Margin: net vs cost when available
• Stock pressure: prioritize low or critical on-hand quantities
• Top-buyer hours: when high spenders tend to buy (closers / VIP)
• Novelty: new SKUs with little history are kept out of blind peak placement

Typical placement

• Early window → openers (known lots, energy)
• Peak heat hours → headliners (velocity / margin)
• Softer hours → fillers and controlled novelty tests
• Late window → closers / VIP bait when top-buyer overlap is strong

Results and debrief

1. Import the Seller Weekly Orders Report after the show (Imports)
2. On Results, confirm auto-match or manually link the imported livestream
3. Review KPI cards (orders, unique buyers, estimated duration, buyer and net revenue)
4. Open Debrief to see which planned lots sold, units, net, and vs floor / target
5. When sales are linked, use **Create shipments from this live** to open the pack queue in Delivery

Ask Orion about the plan

From the cockpit, Ask Orion opens a conversation with your event and lineup. Orion reads the same structured plan (insights, scores, prices) and may propose lineup changes. You confirm Apply in the app. Orion never writes the lineup on its own. Ask to refresh engine suggestions only when you want a new run.

History table

• Shop filter; search by title or id
• Columns: live, orders, unique buyers, estimated duration, buyer revenue, net revenue
• Default sort: net revenue; multi-select → Analyze with Orion
• Open prep when the livestream is linked to a calendar event

Good to know

• No real-time Whatnot connection: prep is offline; results arrive with the weekly CSV
• Demo cockpit is read-only
• Matching lineup to sales uses SKU first, then product title
• Estimated duration on history is not the official stream length

See also

• Calendar: create the slot that opens the cockpit
• Inventory: stock and cost to connect
• Delivery: create shipments from a linked live
• Imports: Seller Weekly CSV
• Statistics: sales-by-hour heat
• Orion: coach on the structured plan