How to Show Prices and Item Details on Your Live Stream (Without Leaving the Camera)

You know the moment. A buyer asks “how much for that Jordan?” and you reach off-camera, dig through a binder, lose your train of thought, and come back to a chat that’s already moved on. Dead air. Buyer gone.

This is the most preventable revenue leak in live selling. The fix isn’t more prep time — it’s having your inventory visible and pushable the moment someone asks.

Why fumbling kills your sales (not just your vibe)

Live selling works because it’s fast. Buyers bid on energy, momentum, and FOMO. The second you break eye contact with the camera to find a price, you interrupt the loop that drives impulse buys.

Here’s what actually happens in those 10–15 seconds of dead air:

Viewers scroll away to another show
The buyer who asked loses their conviction
Chat momentum resets and you spend the next two minutes rebuilding it

Multiply this by 20 questions per show and you start to see the problem. Every fumble is a compounding loss.

What buyers actually need to see

When a buyer asks about a card, they want three things immediately: the item name, the price, and a clear image. That’s it. Everything else is noise until those three are confirmed.

The sellers who move the most product show their inventory visually — cards pop up on the stream with the name, grade, and price right there on screen. Buyers see exactly what they’re getting before they commit. No questions, no hesitation, no dead air.

This is what Caddie does

Search your inventory. Push it to your stream. One click.

Caddie runs in your browser while you stream. Type a quick search — “Jordan PSA 10” — and matching items from your inventory appear instantly. Push one to your OBS overlay and your viewers see the card, name, grade, and price on screen before you’ve finished the sentence.

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How the overlay actually works

Caddie uses a browser source URL — a webpage that OBS loads and displays on top of your stream. You add it once in OBS, then forget it exists. Whenever you push an item in the Caddie dashboard, it shows up on your stream in real time. No plugins, no complicated setup.

The overlay adjusts automatically based on how many items you push:

1 item: Large card, centered — great for featuring a single high-value piece
2 items: Side-by-side — good for quick comparisons
3–4 items: 2×2 grid — perfect for showing a run of cards fast

Setup takes about three minutes the first time. After that it’s search, push, sell.

What to do right now

If you’re streaming on Whatnot, eBay Live, or TikTok Shop without a live inventory overlay, you’re leaving money behind every show. The fix is simpler than you think.

Load your inventory into Caddie before your stream (5–10 minutes for a typical show prep)
Add the Caddie browser source URL to your OBS scene once
During your stream, search and push items as buyers ask — no more leaving the camera

The sellers using overlays aren’t doing more work. They’re doing the same work in a way buyers can actually see.

Stop losing buyers to dead air.

Caddie is free to start. 20 items and full overlay access on the Starter plan. No credit card required.

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