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How livestream selling strategy interacts with product line design

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  • Yu Jiang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Wei Lu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Xiang Ji

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jie Wu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

Livestreaming, now one of the most popular selling methods in e-commerce, affects consumers’ shopping behaviors and firms’ operations management. Compared with the traditional post-price strategy, livestreaming has many advantages such as strong interactivity, but it also has some defects, such as purchase time limits and the time cost of watching livestreams. This paper considers the characteristics of livestreaming and examines the strategic interaction with product line design. We find that the seller prefers to adopt livestreaming when the streamers’ selling ability is high enough. In addition, the product line design can also affect the adoption of the livestream strategy. When the seller offers a single product, a high-quality product incentivizes the adoption of livestreaming; when the seller offers a product line, the upward-line extension can incentivize the adoption of livestreaming. We also test the robustness of our main results through numerical analysis and related extensions.

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  • Yu Jiang & Wei Lu & Xiang Ji & Jie Wu, 2024. "How livestream selling strategy interacts with product line design," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 1187-1214, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:elcore:v:24:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s10660-022-09648-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10660-022-09648-3
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