How to Participate Live Shopping Revolution in 2026

0:00Live shopping today reminds me of social media 2009. 2006 social media, no one knew what that was. 2009 social media, people had heard of it but they didn't realize how big it was gonna be. I think we're there right now. This is the GaryVee Audio Experience.

0:23Can we put that down for a second? I just wanna see what happens. Can you put on the lights? Oh, I'm sorry, can you put on those? Yeah, I knew something was throwing me off. Keep going, that's good, that's good.

0:44Mm-hmm, awesome. No, I think we're good, right? Yeah.

0:52All right, I'm ready to go.

1:09Okay. The legal thing they popped up. Yeah. I don't see if it's shattered. You'll find it. I'm sure. Logan, good to see you. Peanut, good to see you. Daniel Rodriguez, welcome. Everybody, thank you so much for joining. Alexandra, welcome to another episode of Tea with Gary Vee. Episode what, 108? Something like that? Yep, very nice. Aria, good to see you. Thank you for joining. Easel, McMahon Cove, Kendall, Kenny Keys, thank you for joining. What up, M Coin Insurance, Champ, CB7, what's good? Good morning, good morning, good morning everyone. Hope you had a phenomenal, wonderful, epic, weekend.

1:58Great to see all of you. Jerome, good to see you. J-Lo, good to see you. Cold, guitar, hero, booyah. Everybody, thank you for joining the fan club. Bottom right corner, you can click the little gift box. But more importantly, everybody, double tap the screen right now five times for good luck. I don't know if you know this, Matthew. Double tapping the screen five times right away for good luck is five years of good luck. Bottom right corner, the little arrow, click that. Click that little arrow in the bottom right corner. When you click it, you can share the stream on the second level. You'll see a pop-up on the second level on the left.

2:36It'll say reshare this post or stream or live. Please share that. And it's good to see everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome. J.R. McNutt, good to see you, my guy. Great to see you. Drewie, great to see you. Everybody, thank you for sharing the show. Cody McSorley, thank you for joining. thanks for checking out the products in the store, everyone. Let's definitely pin a comic book of some sorts. By the way, this comic was given away last show. I have the three, they've been... What about this, though? This was signed during the show. I'll take it. Yep, you'll figure it out, thank you. FT Torres, Tierra Whack is the greatest.

3:18Great to see her name in here. Everybody, great to see you. Sharma HR, great to see you. Share, share, share the show. Thank you for being here. Tea with Gary V. If you have a question for me this morning, before I run off and take this flight, please just ask your question in the stream. Use three question marks, and that is how you get going. Let's see what's going on here. Best quote. You're somebody I know. I love that one here. Yard sales, that's amazing. Good to see that. TJ, good to see you. Beach bum, good to see you. Sir Byrne, you're absolutely right about VFriends cards. they are absolutely exploding.

3:57If you know you know and if you don't know you don't know and that's just how life works. Alright let's get into the questions. We've got the first one. G we had one last time that we didn't get to toward the end. Someone had asked did you ever feel discouraged starting out in your career and how did you work for that? I've not been discouraged in two places in my life. Random competitions backyard football, backyard basketball, board games, you know, just like, and business. There's two arenas where I don't get discouraged because I enjoy the process of figuring it out. I like the micro losing.

4:35I expect the adversity. I think in life, I figured out pretty early that if you're gonna win, you have to fight. And I do not know why somewhere along the line we just lost that narrative. You know, everybody in the chat, all 700 of you, double click by the way everyone, all 700 of you, what's your opinion on this? Please leave a comment right now. Do you believe over the last 20 years somewhere along the way we lost this concept that you have to fight to win? There's been this like kind of thought that it should, an entitlement, it should come easy. Like there's this weird concept Matthew. team that's here with me.

5:18There's this weird concept that incredible wealth and happiness and joy and ease isn't something you massively fight for. I don't know. I feel like, I don't know, when I was little, it was just like you didn't think you were going to be rich and famous. You thought that that would be something really impossible and hard to fight for and I think we've lost that. And so, no. I didn't get discouraged. I'm never discouraged because life is hard. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. 8.41 in the morning Eastern. 5.41 for the Sammies out there. Life is hard, but that's okay. It doesn't have to be atrocious. It doesn't have to be terrible.

6:09But it is hard. And Sammy cried. Good to see you. and I don't know like some reason we kind of lost that narrative and I actually think there's beauty and enjoyment in the fight I believe that there's beauty and enjoyment in the fight and the figuring out is there a purple bird? people keep saying purple bird on the screen oh the purple bird got it this right here that's the karma I'm like I thought it was this screen this is the karma kiwi y 'all that's the karma kiwi from VFriends. Karma is important. Alright, let's keep it going. Next question. Hey Gary, kind of a follow up to this in the same theme but Facile asked how do you maintain empathy while holding people accountable?

6:57Sometimes it feels tough decisions might conflict with positive culture. So when you're saying that people don't want to fight, that holding people accountable, how does that play? I don't think being empathetic to someone is in conflict with being, keeping someone accountable. You can understand why someone did something wrong and you can have a lot of compassion along with that empathy. You can feel why they did that. They had a toxic upbringing and their mother made them feel like a piece of crap so they're lashing out on you and they stole your video games or they punched you in the face or they yell at you all the time.

7:34That doesn't mean you can't keep them accountable.

7:41I do not think that is in conflict. Keeping them accountable is a form of love. Being an enabler to them is an issue. So I would say that's not in conflict. You can love someone, you can be empathetic, compassionate, sympathetic to them, but you can still hold your line and be accountable. A lot of people on this Zoom, on this live right now, me included, have enabler DNA. You enable. And you blame the other person, not yourself. And holding someone accountable is your own practice. And so, that's that. Blazing Deals, good to see you. Ken can do this, good to see you. Blazing Deals says, nope, it's always their fault.

8:28You know, I don't see it that way. I mean, it could be their fault, but he's kidding. but you know like you know that's kind of how it is if you have a question in here everyone just ask it right in the chat everybody we're gonna take a pause right now everybody double tap the screen five times for five years of good luck everybody bottom right corner hit the arrow everybody little the gift box down there is how you join the fan club if you're wondering what's popping up here and also if you do not follow me top left corner hit my face click that and turn on notifications and follow who just showed up here randomly this is your first time ever seeing me I have great news for you you have found the positive and practical part of the internet you found the positive and practical part of the internet I am glad your for you page brought you here this morning for Tea with Gary V let's go to the next question gee someone had just shouted you out two years ago they started on whatnot and they surpassed over 2 million in sales that's pretty neat yeah listen live shopping revolution I keep bringing it up people are often curious but some are cynical in the comment section TikTok affiliate if you're on here right now please chat chapt please claude please google search TikTok affiliate you can sell things by making content without even owning the product and then if you take it to the next step and you're on live like I am now Court do we have a comic book pinned?

9:52yes amazing which one? 8 amazing everybody who's watching right now all 736 of you just click that comic book 8 right there in the bottom It won't make you buy it, but just click into it. I want you to see the process. And obviously I'm gonna give a shout out to anybody who buys it, and it is going to be a collector's item one day as I build VFriends. But if you click in there, you can see what's going on. You can see that there's a whole ecosystem, and live shopping is one of the great opportunities. Live shopping today reminds me of social media 2009. 2006 social media, no one knew what that was.

10:242009 social media, people had heard of it, but they didn't realize how big it was gonna be. I think we're there right now. there's nothing pinned just looking maybe it's not for everyone does everyone see the pin down below it's pinned again it is again got it got it no worries alright let's keep it moving everyone K-pop Demon Hunter's Saja Boys breakfast meal and Huntrix meal have just dropped at McDonald's they're calling this a battle for the fans what do you say to that Rumi it's not a battle so glad the Saja Boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day. It is an honor to share.

11:01No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor. No, really. Stop. You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba. I participate in McDonald's while supplies last. Similarly, someone asked, can I just do live shopping out of my grandma's garage full of stuff or do I need to have some sort of inventory? No, you can absolutely sell. I actually think garage selling and flea marketing on TikTok is a huge opportunity. Before you get into buying wholesale and selling and infrastructure and all that, like just selling stuff, like literally I could do it right now.

11:37Like I could be like, all right, this Macho Man, Randy Savage toy, let's throw it up right now for a dollar, keep bidding. We could do that. In fact, when Courtney comes back, good job, Court. I'm gonna do that right now. Actually, Court, can you throw something up for live bidding? You know how to do that? I can't. We don't have that function on this account? Correct. Right, I have it on my VFriends. I don't have it on this account, y 'all, but I'll go on on VFriends. That's okay, I'm trying to show them how to do garage sales. I know you just stepped out. This is really good. Everybody who has a kid between three and six years old, if you've got a child between three and six years old in this chat, put 36 in the chat.

12:16Put 36 in the chat. Let's do this as a giveaway. I'm gonna give away this kid's book sign right now, but if you have a kid between three and six, we're gonna pin this kid's book. This is a remarkable book to read to your kids about VFriends. It's about patience, patient pig and eager eagle, how to find balance in life. And we're gonna pin that right now and we're also gonna do a giveaway. If you put 36 in the chat or if you're an awesome aunt or an unwavering uncle, who's an awesome aunt or an unwavering uncle? Say AA or say you, you in the chat. If you're the best auntie in the world, say AA.

12:53if you're one of the great uncles of all time, put you, you in the chat right now. If you're an aunt or uncle to a three to six year old, the book is now pinned? Yes, the book is pinned and the giveaway is up. All right, the giveaway is up, everyone. The giveaway is up. Top left corner. Click it. Top left corner. There's a little, might not be on yours, right? You can see the timer, but there's a shopping bag. Yeah, there's a shopping bag right up here. Click that. It'll say entered in the chat when you enter. free giveaway of the signed kids book. One of you is gonna win this. For everybody else, if you wanna buy one, it is pinned right below if you're an awesome uncle or aunt or a parent of a three to six year old.

13:33That is live shopping, y 'all. Let's keep it moving. G, how can my 30 year old son start over after losing his brother recently? That's tough, y 'all. Grief is real. You need to allow yourself to grieve. He's allowed to grieve. Everyone should grieve. Some people grieve by putting it on a shelf and they'll come back to it later through therapy. Others sit in it for two, three, four weeks, months. There is a cutoff where you have to move on with your life. The person that you've lost, parent, sibling, God forbid, child, best friend, all of them would want you to move on at some point, but we need to be dramatically more cordial to ourselves and allow us to grieve.

14:18but how will your 30 year old son move on? Because he's 30 and he will. He'll be 31, 32, 33. Life is long y 'all. There's chapters, there's seasons. Watch this, New Yorkers. How nasty was this winter? We had a nasty fucking winter here in New York. It was cold but it will be spring. Even though we all thought this morning was gonna be nice we're like finally getting there. It was cold again this morning but you will get to the next season both in the four seasons of the Northeast and definitely in life. he will get there. Thank you for that little he will get there. I want to say thank you to the person that just bought that.

14:54Court just can't see it just by an inch. Yeah. Thank you so much. Cozy Mama Sips thank you so much for picking up the book. Cozy Mama Sips Mama Sips thank you so much for picking that up. It is pinned below. Alright if you have your question ask it right now and we will answer it. Who's got the next question? Here are you all. G do you remember the first time you spoke to a large audience Yes, Florida. And what that felt like. Yes, it felt like I was home. It was one of the great moments of my career. I'd never spoken before. It was 2006, 7, 8, that range. And it was down in Florida for an entrepreneurial marketing event.

15:36And I had no idea what I was gonna do. I got there early. Everybody had presentations and decks. I did not make one. I went up there and did an improv. And this is why I push so many people, all of you. You forget about my story. I'm pushing all of you. You have to try new things. Cooking, skiing, what's this? Yarning or I don't know. Knitting, thank you so much team. Knitting, collecting and flipping. Making content, written content, audio content, video content. You need to try new shit because I did not think at 30 years old, 31 years old that I was a public speaker. Then I tried it, then I loved it and that's that.

16:16You know? So, please try new things. Like, one of the great things that are very clear to me in this world that all of you are, like, complaining about AI and the algorithm and loneliness is more new acquaintances, more new hobbies. Gotta force yourself. Pick up basketball, you know, fencing, bowling, ping pong. Marty fucking Supreme it, dick. Like, do something. Like, you know, back to Marty Supreme. Start going to the movies. Like, try different things. like start making food content like making videos about everything you eat like I don't know get into I actually think comic books are next actually pin this comic down below I think comic books are next start collecting comics music if you love music and you like flipping music memorabilia is starting to get hot CDs, cassettes VHSs if you like movie flipping if you want to make money I don't know fucking do something I promise you the one thing that's not going to work is fucking laying on your couch on your phone, like running around the internet, spewing that you're pissed and upset.

17:20That I promise you. 3014 Life, thank you for picking up the kids book. Stephanie Swan, thank you for picking up the kids book. Shane, thank you for checking out the comic book. Next question. Hey Gary, Susie asked this question. So how, like where do you look for trends to attract a younger audience when you're over 60? Go to Manus, M-A-N-U-S. Manus is Meta's Facebook, Instagram's AI. You go to Manus, use Manus inside of Instagram and search questions. Sammy, you could just ask questions like, what are the 23 to 40 year olds like in food? What are 22 year old Hispanic guys like in clothes? What is 31 year old females on the coasts like in health and wellness products?

18:09Manus, M-A-N-U-S. that was very important what I just dropped that was very important that was some progressive AI shit Sammy we're dropping some progressive AI shit big shout out to LoganCX.life for picking up the kids book the comic is pinned right now because people are going ham on the kids book which I appreciate they can go in the store to bottom left right Court bottom left there's a little shopping cart or store little shopping bag right orange shopping bag bottom left if you want to check out the whole store far right arrow click that to share right inside the far right arrow on the bottom right down there is a little little little gift box click that to join the fan club there he is joining joining is right there alright I'm gonna read the chat for a few minutes real quick let me see what's going on why don't you do why don't I who knows what are you selling Temer comic books books Gary opinion on a business idea Tucker ask the question Gary I'm in the lab couldn't get that one hi Gary I would like you to join okay can't see that when does 2026 Chrome come out Sir Bren 2026 Chrome comes out in mid-June Beach Mule I'll look for your LinkedIn message I'm focused on LinkedIn I'm writing a new book called Your Individual Empire what is it Raghav what did I call it the or your your your individual empire I'm talking about how people can go to the moon in revenue, Raghav, Matthew and I are starting, I'm writing it now, come out early next year.

19:45Not really, Jay, like I haven't done, Jay said 15 million followers, only 1 ,000 watching live. Not really, Jay. If you don't really commit to consistency, you will never get the numbers up on these platforms. I've not been consistent on live on TikTok. I've been random, so I haven't been able to build up. But if I focus on it, I will. This was 500 in the beginning of the year. Now it's 1 ,000. If I was really focused on it, it would go to the moon. In fact, I'll focus on it right now. All 1 ,100 of you, please do me a favor. Everybody double click the screen twice. Everybody click the right arrow at the bottom and share the screen.

20:18But most of all, go to the top left and go to my face, click that and follow me. But more importantly, turn on notifications so you never miss a live stream as I get more consistent throughout this year. How many of you join this by getting a notification? Let me know. If you want a question asked, ask your question now. I'm back into the chat. Thank you Joshua for the kind words. Steven, good to see you my guy. Princess Pitsy, good to see you. Glad Clothing, good to see you. Shop with Sam Live, good to see you. Faith, good to see you. Who's brand new? Who's brand new here and just showed up from the FYP and has never heard of me?

20:54Literally has never heard of me, has no idea who I am. Say new and no idea. If you've never heard of me and you don't know who I am and I just showed up randomly, say FYP. say FYP and nope. Love you custom Hermes. Good to see you. Say new and no idea. New and no idea. Look at all these people. I want everyone to see. The reason I just did that is for all of you to see. I've been making content for 20 years. I have 55 million followers around social. I make content every single day. Go ahead, Court. Don't worry about it. Court, he's just fixing the camera. Sorry, everybody. We'll be fine in a second.

21:30I make content every day. hey everybody hope you're enjoying the podcast right now make sure you follow the podcast that's why I'm interrupting let's keep going on this show but follow the podcast it'll make my mom super happy there we go alright sorry about that everybody I make I have 55 million followers I make content every single day I'm on every platform and one more time let's do this one more time everyone how many of you just showed up from the FYP and have no idea who I am maybe you've seen my face once or twice or you've never seen my face. Say new and no idea and if you've never even seen my face, say new and never.

22:07I just want people to see this. Matthew, this is intense. I need people to see this. Grouchier, good to see you. Ichi, good to see you. Charlie Diaz, great to see you, my guy. Big FM Mello, good to see you. Will, good to see you. Tiger, good to see you, my guy. Rainmaker05, great to see you. Great to see you, high achiever. Look at all this. Light Spiritual Warrior, all of you, thank you so much for being here. I'm Gary Vee, I'm an entrepreneur. I talk about positive things, but practical things, accountability and kindness, all that shit. Macho, thank you for picking up my book in the store. All right, let's go to the next, Sirius 77.

22:46Thank you so much for checking out the comic. Next question, everybody. Gee, someone asked. Walk like an Egyptian, y 'all. Walk like an Egyptian, y 'all. Go ahead. If someone follows you for a week, what would stand out most, do you think? I mean, everybody consumes me differently. I think some people would be like blown away by the energy. Other people would be blown away by the authenticity. I think other people would, I hope after a week, if they're very, very observant, they would understand that I like positivity and practicality. I like business. I root for everybody else along with myself.

23:23I think we can all get it. I hate the fucking world is selling you so much negativity and everything sucks when it doesn't. and they got you, the world, these politicians, these world leaders, these business owners, and even parents, teachers, universities, they got you all fucking scared. And once they have you scared, they control you. Pay very close attention to what everyone's selling you. They're trying to fucking scare you so you need them.

23:55I'm trying to make you fucking optimistic and joyful so you don't need me. What? I'm trying to get you to come here right now, get happy, fucking be like, yeah, I got this, and stop watching me and needing me. And all these fuckers, all these personalities, all these politicians, all these fucking news outlets, they want to scare the fuck out of you so you need them. I'm going to scare the fuck out of you so much so you watch my network all day long. I'm going to tell you who to hate because I'm going to fucking thrive. I'm going to prey on your fucking insecurities. These fuckers. I hope they figure out that I'm not that.

24:41That's it. Gee, marketing wise, my dad has an aluminum company. How do I market it? Hold on, I want to read these, like everyone's lagged a little bit. I just want to see, Joshua, good to see you. Gee, thank you. Don't be frightened. MC, don't be frightened. The world is wide open for good. Glad Coach, I curse a lot because I grew up in Jersey in the 80s to a mom that cursed a lot. I think it's just entrenched. I apologize. Ovi, good to see you. Zenita, good to see you. Scurvy Steve, always good to see you. Dave H, great to see you. You're a legend. Serena, lucky Minaj. Tamara's the best, Sammy.

25:25Thank you for asking. I'm not apologizing for my cursing but I'm very empathetic that people don't like it meaning here's something important we've become so self-centered in the world right now that we don't have the capacity to understand someone else that sees something different I'm gonna be me I'm gonna be me but I'm gonna understand others that don't like it you know and that's that All right, let's keep going. I think it was Joe who had asked, my dad has an aluminum company. How do I market something? I don't know if it's aluminum. Is it aluminum B2B? It's probably LinkedIn, but I need more details there, Matthew.

26:09Next question. If you've got a question, everybody, I like all the ladies got the NSYNC reference. All the ladies got the NSYNC reference. Good job, ladies in the chat. Fellas, get your fucking culture game up for the 90s. My favorite battery is AAA as well. Kaczarski asked the question of the night what is your favorite battery? He says mine is triple A. Mine is also triple A. Though I like that weird one that's like a box. What's the, is that a D? The D? The D needs some love too. That D is weird. That little square in a world of fucking like you know logs. I like the D battery too. Alright let's keep it going.