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The world of live shopping is an increasingly crazy one, from bootcamps teaching people to become live shopping streamers, to predatory contracts trapping streamers for years, to cubicles of rentable streaming places. You may have seen live shopping yourself (or even spent some money on it) on Instagram, TikTok, or even Amazon. In this video, we dive into this billion-dollar industry and how it's transforming shopping and selling, how it poses a risk to our finances with all of its dopamine-hit glory, and how we can reject the instant gratification culture it props up. All that and more, so stay tuned!

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🔍 Resources mentioned:
Influencer Marketing Hub: https://influencermarketinghub.com/li...
Rocket sold live: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-f...
Nature article on impulse shopping: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...


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Time Stamps:

00:00 The Crazy World of Live Shopping
03:13 Live Shopping's Origins
4:51 China's Live Shopping Culture
06:15 Shopping as Entertainment
07:48 Speed Selling
8:45 What's the problem?
10:22 Financial Issues & Credit Cards
12:36 Anti-consumption?
13:08 How to Reject Instant Gratification





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