A new sales tactic has become increasingly popular among China’s e-commerce livestreamers, in which products are held up to viewers then tossed aside at a frenetic pace. Now Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, is cracking down on the practice to protect consumers.
Starting from Friday, Douyin will forbid such “rapid introductions” marketing tactics, whereby products are introduced one after the other with minimal or no product information provided. Violators may be fined and even see their accounts closed.
Though the practice has been around for several years, it has come under the spotlight this month due to the runaway success of Zheng Xiangxiang, a popular Douyin livestreamer with over 531 million followers on the platform. Continue to read the full article here
This article originally appeared on Sixth Tone.
