What's new in the live room: swipe pages, pinned messages and a giveaway reel

We've reworked the live room. Sellers get a simpler way to run a show from their phone. Everyone gets pinned messages and a new giveaway draw.

For sellers: three pages, one swipe

Your show now has three pages: Inventory, Show and Sold. Tabs under the top bar show where you are, and you can tap them or swipe.

• Swipe right and your inventory slides in from the left. Tap a listing to pick it, and you're back on the show to start it.
• Swipe left for Sold this show. It shows what you've been paid so far, how many lots are paid, and each sale marked Paid, Failed or Taking payment.

Your camera keeps streaming the whole time, so you can check stock or sales without leaving the show.

A clearer End button

Ending a show is the one thing you can't undo, so it now has its own named button. A small End button with a red stop mark sits in the top corner. You still confirm before the show ends.

The Practice tag

In a practice show, a gold Practice show tag sits under the tabs the whole time. You always know you're rehearsing: nothing is public and nobody is charged.

The gavel in chat

When a lot sells, the Sold line in chat now carries a small gold gavel. Lines from Biddurs are centred and styled differently from people's messages, so a hammer never gets lost in the chat or mistaken for a viewer.

For everyone: pinned messages

A seller or their moderators can pin one chat message to the top of the room. It stays there as the chat scrolls, on the app and on the website. Sellers pin from the live console.

The giveaway reel

Giveaways now end on a vertical reel of tickets, one for each real entrant. It spins, slows down and lands on the winner's ticket in a gold frame.

• The winner is picked by the server before the reel starts. The reel shows the result, it doesn't choose it.
• Every phone and browser in the room sees the same reel at the same moment.
• The winner sees "You won!" and adds a delivery address within 48 hours. Everyone else sees who won.

Giveaways are free to enter. Nobody pays to take part.

New to live shows? Read how live auctions work, or take the features tour.

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