--- title: "First show was rough - here's what I'd do differently - Whatnot Live Selling Hub | SideHustlr" description: "Ran my first show last week. Energy was low, I ran out of things to say about half the items, and viewership dropped off fast after the first 20 minutes..." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DiscussionForumPosting", "@id": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/whatnot-live-selling/first-show-was-rough-heres-what-id-do-differently-13201ae2", "url": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/whatnot-live-selling/first-show-was-rough-heres-what-id-do-differently-13201ae2", "headline": "First show was rough - here's what I'd do differently", "text": "Ran my first show last week. Energy was low, I ran out of things to say about half the items, and viewership dropped off fast after the first 20 minutes. 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Writing out actual talking points per item ahead of time helped a ton going into show 2, way less dead air.", "datePublished": "2026-08-07T05:13:45.455489+00:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "jamal_w", "url": "https://sidehustlr.ai/u/jamal_w" }, "interactionStatistic": [ { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "https://schema.org/LikeAction", "userInteractionCount": 0 } ] }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/whatnot-live-selling/first-show-was-rough-heres-what-id-do-differently-13201ae2#comment-c703c432-7c8c-4a41-b04f-5d621dc55c05", "text": "Watching a few established sellers' full shows beforehand helped me a lot with pacing too, worth doing before you go live again.", "datePublished": "2026-08-07T11:13:45.455489+00:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "sam_the_saver", "url": "https://sidehustlr.ai/u/sam_the_saver" }, "interactionStatistic": [ { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "https://schema.org/LikeAction", "userInteractionCount": 0 } ] } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sidehustlr.ai/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Hustle Hubs", "item": "https://sidehustlr.ai/hustle-hubs" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Whatnot Live Selling Community", "item": "https://sidehustlr.ai/hub/whatnot-live-selling" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "First show was rough - here's what I'd do differently" } ] } ] --- [$ Earn as a mentor](/become-a-mentor)[How it works](/how-it-works) [![SideHustlr - Earn more. 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Writing out actual talking points per item ahead of time helped a ton going into show 2, way less dead air. 0 SA sam\_the\_saver · about 1 month ago Watching a few established sellers' full shows beforehand helped me a lot with pacing too, worth doing before you go live again. 0 Login to join the discussion Login to Reply [![SideHustlr - Earn more. 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