The Tikee blog

Notes from inside the LIVE economy

Monthly drops on what's working, what's broken, and where TikTok LIVE is going. Written by the team and the brands and networks running on Tikee.

Creator tips

7 things that make a 5K-viewer beauty live convert at 14%

A breakdown of the openers, demo cadence, and gift triggers that actually move product on TikTok LIVE.

8 min · Mar 14, 2026
Brand playbooks

Why your first Tikee campaign should target Micro tier — not Mega

CFOs love Mega creators on the deck. The data doesn't. Here's where the actual ROAS lives.

11 min · Mar 11, 2026
Network ops

How Vista House onboarded 220 creators in three weeks

A teardown of the onboarding doc, the WhatsApp templates, and the one rule that cut churn by 31%.

6 min · Mar 7, 2026
Creator tips

The 24-hour pre-live checklist (it's mostly not what you think)

Three Tikee top earners on what they actually do in the day before going live.

5 min · Mar 3, 2026
Industry trends

Why MENA is the fastest-growing live region in 2026

Three macro forces converging in Q1, and what brands in Western markets are still missing.

9 min · Feb 28, 2026
Brand playbooks

Pricing live-commerce by GMV vs. flat fee — a decision tree

When does revenue share beat flat-fee, and when does it just cap your upside?

10 min · Feb 24, 2026
Creator tips

Reading your match score: what brands actually weight

Followers are 18% of the score. Here's where the other 82% comes from — and how to move it.

7 min · Feb 20, 2026
Network ops

The 5 KPIs every live network should put on a wall

Skip the vanity metrics. Track these instead — your roster will tell you what's wrong before they leave.

8 min · Feb 17, 2026
Industry trends

Live commerce vs. shoppable video: who's winning, market by market

A regional split on where each format is pulling — and where they’re losing to each other.

12 min · Feb 13, 2026