Adding Buyer Appreciation Giveaways

This article discusses how to add Buyer Appreciation giveaways in your livestream. 

You can add giveaway listings while scheduling your livestream or anytime before or during your live show. 

There are several types of giveaways you can run: standard giveaways, follower-only giveaways, and Buyer Appreciation giveaways. This article focuses on adding Buyer Appreciation giveaways. Visit Adding Standard Giveaways to learn more about standard and follower-only giveaways.

Before choosing what you want to list in your livestream, please review the items prohibited on Whatnot.  

To learn more about our giveaway guidelines and frequently asked questions, visit Giveaways Overview. 

About Buyer Appreciation Giveaways

• Buyer Appreciation giveaways are intended to show appreciation for users who have made a purchase during a seller’s livestream. 
• Buyers from the following countries can enter the Buyer Appreciation Giveaways when international shipping is enabled:
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Australia
• Please note, all users in the United States can enter the international Buyer Appreciation Giveaway for free by completing a web form available on the giveaway details page.
• Sellers and buyers must use the mobile app to create or enter a Buyer Appreciation giveaway. 
• Sellers must include rules pertaining to the giveaway. 
  • For United States and Canada users, visit our US Terms of Service (see “Whatnot Promotions and Giveaway Rules” to learn more about our giveaway requirements).
  • For UK, France, Austria, Belgium and German users, visit our EU Terms of Service (see “Section 15. Giveaways” to learn more about our giveaway requirements). 
• Do not inflate the sale price of an item to allow entry into a giveaway. Using Buyer Appreciation giveaways as a stand-in for conducting a raffle is prohibited.
• Do not circumvent in any way buyer's ability to enter a giveaway using alternative method of entry (web form).

Visit Buyer Appreciation Giveaways Rules and Requirements for more info.

Adding Items to Give Away During your Livestream 

There are several ways to add an item to your listings. You can:

• Add listings from your shop to your livestream. All photos and settings from your shop listings will also carry over to your livestream listings. These listings will appear in your Buy it Now lists. Once the listing is added, you can edit the listings and move them to a different category (e.g., Giveaway). 
• Copy listings from previous livestreams and add them to your live show. All photos and settings from those listings will carry over to your current livestream. Only available on the mobile app.
• Add new listings manually by scanning your item's barcode or searching for the item in Whatnot’s database.

Copying Giveaway Listings From Previous Livestreams

If there are giveaway listings from previous livestreams you want to carry over into your current live show, you can simply copy those items (and the item details) into your new livestream.

1. Open the Whatnot app on your mobile device.
2. Go to your scheduled livestream.
3. Tap the more button at the far right.
   
4. Tap the Clone Item button (two squares with a plus symbol) at the top of your screen.
5. Scroll through and tap on a previous livestream. 
6. Select each listing you want to copy to the current livestream, or tap Select all to clone all listings.
7. Tap Clone, then Yes to add those listings to your stream. 

Adding New Giveaway Listings to a Livestream on Mobile

To manually add listings on your iOS or Android device:

1. Open the Whatnot app on your mobile device.
2. Go to your scheduled livestream.
3. Tap the Shop icon on the far right. 
4. Click Create Quality Listing
5. (Optional) 
6. If you are listing a PSA or CGC graded item, you can scan the barcode to list the item.
   1. Click the Photos section at the top of the screen, then click Slab Scanning.
7. Tap Upload Photos and take pictures of your item (front, back, top, bottom, and each side). Optionally, take photos of any damage or residue the item might have. 
8. Configure the following settings:
   • Category: The category of the item you’re giving away (e.g., Funko, Trading Card Game, etc.).
   • Title: Item name. Be as descriptive as possible and include keywords to help users quickly search for and find specific items in your livestream.
   • Description: Describe the item, including the condition. Be as detailed as you can. Note: Check out our item conditions guidelines to help identify your item's quality. 
9. Under Pricing, tap Giveaway.
   
10. Configure the following settings:
    • Quantity: The total number of inventory you have for that item. 
    • Unit Shipping Weight: Choose the approximate weight of your item. 
    • Surprise Set?: Turn this on if the item is part of a Surprise Product Set.
11. Under Who Can Enter, tap Buyer Appreciation. 
12. In the Giveaway Rules field, provide the official rules for this giveaway. Ensure these rules accurately describe the giveaway and include all disclosures required by applicable law. 
    • For United States users, visit our US Terms of Service (see “Whatnot Promotions and Giveaway Rules” to learn more about our giveaway requirements).
    • For UK, and France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and other EU-based users, visit our EU Terms of Service (see “Section 15. Giveaways” to learn more about our giveaway requirements). 
13. Tap Publish. 
14. Tap Finish or Add Another. 

Related Articles

• Giveaways Overview
• Adding Standard Giveaways
• Running a Giveaway During a Livestream
• Entering a Buyer Appreciation Giveaway 
• Entering a Standard Giveaway