$30,000 in 6 hours: Top live streamers can make this much in a single live selling session

Would you eat 2kg of durian in one go to sell a batch of the fruit? How about yapping for eight hours straight to hit your sales numbers?

Live-streaming is booming, and for some, it looks like an easy gig with easy money. But seasoned live-sellers say the market is saturated and only the top sellers get high commissions.

In this episode of The Usual Place, Natasha chats with social media personality Xiaxue (@xiaxue) and fellow live-streamer Yin Peiying (@officially.poopa) about the reality of selling on platforms like TikTok or Shopee.

We talk about banned words, “violations” that can hurt your viewership numbers, and why not every live-seller makes it big.

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:45 Most extreme thing Peiying has done on a livestream

3:49 Why did live streaming get so big?

7:14 Why merchants give huge discounts

11:15 Can you sell anything in a live stream?

13:55 No idea if I’m a good live streamer: Xiaxue

26:04 $20k-$30k commission possible, but outlier

34:33 Why live streamers are treated differently from influencers

41:18 Does live streaming encourage drama?

45:26 Uneven rules on who gets flagged: Xiaxue

48:50 The words that you can’t say on a stream