Contributing to Community Boost

Community Boost

Community Boost is a way to support the Sellers that you care about by contributing towards a boost to the discoverability of their show. Community Boost contributions work like tips but instead count towards a mid-show promotional boost, equivalent to a Show Boost that a seller could otherwise purchase for themselves.

How it works

Contributions combine together towards a goal: A viewer or buyer can choose to give Sellers a Community Boost contribution, which will count towards a special type of Boost that is only available for viewers or buyers to buy. Multiple buyers can contribute small amounts to pool their contributions together. 

Reaching the goal activates the Boost: Once there are enough contributions to kick off a boost in the show category the seller is streaming in, the Boost will activate!

Bring in new viewers to the Seller’s show: New viewers will see that the seller has received a unique type of boost in the For You Feed, Category pages, and other surfaces with a special animated show border to highlight the moment. 

11 Things to Know About Community Boost

1. Community Boosts last 15 minutes and receive a special visual border around the show tile. You may or may not see the visual border on the show as a contributor, depending on where the show is ranked for your recommendations.
2. Contributions will count towards the next Boost goal across multiple scheduled shows. If the Boost doesn’t kick off in the current show, the contributions will be valid for up to 30 days from the first contribution.  
3. Boost Contributions don’t count towards Rewards Club spend thresholds at this time. 
4. “Booster” badges will be added to your name for the current show that you contribute towards, but will not be present in subsequent shows. 
5. Mods will not receive a “Booster” badge if they contribute to Community Boost right now, due to constraints on space in chat. 
6. Goal thresholds are variable and based on the category that the seller is streaming in. Sellers do not set the goals, they are automatically picked based on the demand for promotion across the ecosystem. 
7. Sellers will be able to see who contributed towards the Goal up until the threshold is reached and the boost ends. 
8. Only Community Boosts are eligible for the special animated border in Whatnot discovery surfaces and are differentiated from regular promotions by the “Booster by Viewers” add in addition to the animation around the show tile. 
9. Boosting is optional and does not replace tipping! Some sellers will prefer one versus the other. 
10. Sellers do not directly receive the money from the Community Boost, but instead receive the equivalent value of the goal in promotion and higher visibility within discovery surfaces. Your contributions are essentially purchasing an advertisement on behalf of the seller. 
11. Goals reset to $0 after the Boost ends. 

Contributions are final sale (no refunds), with one exception due to inactivity 

If a Community Boost goal is not reached within 30 days of the first contribution towards the goal, all contributions will be automatically refunded to the original payment method, to ensure that buyers are protected in the event a seller is not streaming anymore.