Get your products in front of more fans with the Boosted Network. If you’ve opted in, we may feature your products in merch ads across Facebook, Instagram, and Google.
What is the Boosted Network?
Over the years, the Boosted Network has evolved as we strive to become the no.1 destination for creator commerce. Recently, we’ve scaled back on featuring listings on marketplaces (such as Amazon, Wish and eBay) and focused on promoting listings through SEM and retargeting ads on Google, Facebook and Instagram.
How can I add my products to the Boosted Network?
You can opt-in to feature your listings via your dashboard settings. The selection of Boosted Network content is based on an algorithm. In order to ensure your products are eligible, you should:
Products with at least one sale are automatically prioritized for the Boosted Network.
How much profit can I make per sale?
It depends on the product. Please refer to the table below to see how much profit each item generates when sold through the Boosted Network.
Please note: products with profit margin lower than the payout profit amount listed below will not be boosted. For example, a mug with a profit of $1 would not be eligible to be sold on the Boosted Network.
Can I sell digital products on the Boosted Network?
Yes, but please note only digital products with a selling price of $45 or higher are eligible to be sold through the Boosted Network. The profit for digital products sold through the Boosted Network is $40.
Can I opt out?
Yes, you can opt-out within your dashboard settings.
How do I see profits generated through Boosted Network?
Any products sold through the Boosted Network will be labeled as such. You can also see your total Boosted Network sales within the “Source of Units” section of your account analytics or within an individual listing’s analytics.
Do Boosted Network sales count towards my monthly pricing discount?
Yes they do count towards your monthly sales count. Just keep in mind products sold through the Boosted Network will not receive the pricing discount.
Selling on Linktree allows fans to browse your top products or head to your full Spring store—seamless shopping for them and tons of new traffic for you. Start selling across all your social media platforms below in 3 simple steps.
How to start selling on Linktree
The Spring x Linktree integration enables your fans to browse featured products, click-to-purchase, or visit your store—all without leaving your Linktree. Follow the steps below to get started.
Set up a Linktree account (if you haven’t already).
Head to the Linktree tab in your dashboard, then hit “Add this to my Linktree”.
Click “Show me more,” then select “Show my shop on Linktree”
Your embedded Linktree shop will display the first six products in your Spring store. If you want to show different products, then “star” them in the stores tab of your dashboard. Now they’ll appear at the top.
Set up? Next, learn more about Linktree’s 30+ integrations with third-party apps and Link Apps, meaning fans are able to to watch, listen, shop and more. Newly added apps like Typeform, Reddit, and Gleam will come in useful for selling more on Spring. Learn more here, then checkout other Spring integrations to promote on all your social media channels.
Use the Twitch merch store extension to showcase and sell custom products while you stream. The extension features integrated checkout, so fans can purchase merch without having to leave your stream. Plus, enable in-stream purchase alerts and create subscriber-exclusive products to engage and reward your community.
Features
No minimum orders required. Create and sell products with no upfront cost or risk.
The ability to customize the display products featured in the panel.
Whenever you launch new products with Spring, they’ll appear in your panel in under 15 minutes.
Sell your products to fans globally—the panel is visible to all viewers and products can be shipped worldwide.
Avoid the hassle of order fulfillment or customer support. Spring handles it all for you.
Create and sell exclusive products only your loyal subscribers can access.
Perks
Chat and OBS Alerts
Purchases from fans automatically trigger Twitch chat alerts featuring a direct link to the product purchased so other fans can see and replicate.
Set up OBS alerts through Streamlabs for prominent overlay celebrations that will excite fans and encourage additional purchases.
Integrated browsing and checkout
With a dynamic browsing experience directly on your stream page, fans will never have to leave your stream to purchase your products.
Integrated checkout on Twitch increases conversion and creates a cohesive experience for fans from browsing, to check out, to celebration with alerts.
Personalized merch alerts
Fans can create personalized messages post-purchase that are visible to you and all viewers on-stream. Check out this video to learn how to set them up.
Streamers who enable merch alerts are increasing their merch sales by an average of 32%.
Spring’s live merch alerts are available on every streaming platform integrated with Streamlabs—including YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, Facebook Gaming, and many more.
Subscriber exclusive products
Streamers can reward and engage loyal channel subscribers and recruit new ones by offering access to exclusive products.
Spring Merch Store is the only Twitch extension where users can create and sell subscriber-exclusive merch in combination with integrated checkout and built in OBS and chat alerts.
Click ‘install’ then ‘configure’ to move onto the next step in completing the connection.
Click ‘Get Started’ to be taken to the Spring login/signup page. Log in with your existing Spring account or create a new one.
A successful login will display a 7 digit Store ID number. Return to Twitch then copy and paste this number into your extensions configuration panel and click connect. Important, if you haven’t created any products yet head over to Spring and click ‘start designing’ to create merch.
From the ‘My extensions’ section of your creator dashboard click ‘Activate’ on the Spring merch extension to display the panel on your channel.
Head back to your channel page and do a hard refresh of the page to ensure the panel has cleared your cache. You can configure the order of your panels (putting products up top increases conversions). Please note, new products can take up to 15 mins to populate on Twitch from your Spring store.
How to create sub-exclusive merch (premium)
Once you’ve connected your Twitch account to Spring, open your Spring account and navigate to the ‘listings’ section of your dashboard.
Click the ‘settings’ icon of the listing you want to edit.
Toggle the ‘Make this listing premium’ to ‘on’.
Go back to the listings section of your account and you should see the ‘premium’ tag visible on your listing.
Now everyone will be required to verify they’re a subscriber to your Twitch channel before they can purchase products from this listing. If they’re not a subscriber they’ll be prompted to subscribe in order to unlock your sub-exclusive products.
Further FAQs
Where can I find my Spring store ID?
In the integrations tab of your Spring dashboard under the tab on the left labeled ‘Twitch’.
Does the Twitch integration cost anything to use?
No, there are no additional costs when selling via Twitch Panel.
Why aren’t my OBS alerts aren’t working?
OBS alerts need to be enabled through the Streamlabs in the Integrations tab of your Spring dashboard. Learn more about connected your Spring and Streamlabs accounts here.
Can I change the display order of my products on the extension?
Yes, visit the integrations tab of your Spring dashboard to make changes to your product display.
I’ve activated the extension but I don’t see it on my stream page or my phone, what do I do?
First try a hard refresh (CMD+Shift+R) on your browser to clear your cache. If this doesn’t work please contact Spring’s Creator Experience Team for assistance via creatorhelp@spri.ng. The Merch Store extension is only visible on desktop right now but is coming soon to mobile.
Spring’s integration into YouTube Shopping allows eligible creators to showcase their Spring products on YouTube. Fans can browse and buy your products across these surfaces on YouTube:
Your channel’s store
Product shelf below or next to your videos and live streams
Shopping button in your videos, Shorts, and live streams
As a pinned product in live streams
In YouTube Studio, you can organize your products to display across these surfaces.
What are the Youtube Shopping features I can use via Spring’s integration?
YouTube Product Shelf – The product shelf helps you keep your products visible to fans in your videos without needing to include a link to your Spring store in the video description.
YouTube Channel’s Store – The YouTube store lets you display all your products on your YouTube channel, making it easy for your fans to discover them.
1p Tagging features – With the 1P tagging feature, you can display specific products alongside your video and YouTube Shorts. This allows your fans to discover new products and enjoy an interactive shopping experience.
Live Shopping – With the YouTube Live Shopping feature, you can showcase specific products during your live stream videos, creating enhanced interactions with your fans and providing them with a fun shopping experience.
What are the Youtube integration eligibility requirements?
Creators must have a Youtube channel approved for monetization and at least 500 channel subscribers. More details about Youtube Shopping Eligibility can be found here Once access is granted, YouTube will notify you. You must also be a part of the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), as well as meet additional criteria which are listed on the YouTube help center. If you need further assistance on this topic, please contact YouTube support.
How do I integrate my Spring account with Youtube?
Do I need to include links in my video descriptions
By tagging products in your video, viewers based in these locations will always be able to see and purchase your products. However, we recommend you also add links to your Spring’s store in the video’s description and in the “About” section of your Youtube channel.
How many products are displayed on the product shelf and Store tab?
You can tag and rearrange up to 30 items for individual videos or Shorts to trigger a more customized shopping experience for your audience. You can also choose to tag and rearrange up to 30 items for a live stream.
Can I customize the order in which my products are displayed on my Youtube channel?
The display order for your products is optimized for engagement and automated based on various factors, such as price, popularity, and availability. You can select the products to display in a certain order for your entire channel and store. You can select the order of products for your entire channel in the Earn Tab of your YouTube Studio. You can also select specific products to be tied to individual videos in the monetization settings of your videos.
You can find the steps to manage your products here.
Can I tag my Spring products in my YouTube videos?
Yes. YouTube Shopping features make it easy for eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program to tag your products in videos, Shorts, and live streams
You can find the steps to tag your products in videos and live streams here.
What data does Spring share with YouTube?
We share data about your Spring account, including the number of purchases, number of page visits, retail price of items sold, total revenue and profit, and canceled orders. We do not share any personally identifiable information with YouTube.
Why is my product available on Spring, but not on my Youtube channel
Products featured on Youtube must comply with YouTube’s Community Guidelines. If your design is listed on your Spring store but not on your Youtube channel it may have been removed due to content concerns. If you recently uploaded the design to your Spring store, it can take 2-3 business days to show up on YouTube. If you are having trouble getting new products to show, please contact creatorhelp@spri.ng.
Do you have any tips that will help me sell more?
Of course, make sure you build hype before launching your YouTube store to build excitement. When you launch your new products collection, make sure you’re wearing one of the products, this shows your pride in your products and encourages purchases.
Sharing photos of excited fans wearing or showing off your products affirms the quality of the products you’re selling and increases interest. This is an effective way to increase product sales and make your fans feel special.
Collecting content
There are several ways your community can share their photos and videos with you.
Ask fans to tag you in their photos on social media in your YouTube videos, Instagram stories, or social posts, etc
Ask fans to use a specific hashtag when posting photos with your products on social media.
Check out the clip below to see how YouTuber @JessicaKellgren-Fozard [637K subscribers] asks her community to use the hashtag #LovelyPeopleMerch on Twitter and Instagram when their orders arrive.
Other engaging ways to collect valuable content:
Offer prizes for people who submit their photos. Host a selfie contest and ask fans to submit their photos. Whichever photo has the most likes/votes wins a giveaway.
Feature a “follower of the month” (fan of the week, etc.) on your social accounts. Ask people to submit photos and choose one to feature each week—add a link in the post to the product they’re wearing in case other followers want to purchase it too.
Ask subscribers to send in photos of their new purchases in your stream. Highlight supporters who send photos on stream and thank them.
@JessicaKellgren-Fozard [637K subscribers] engages with followers who’ve shared their selfies with Jessica’s custom hashtag on Twitter.
Facebook’s collection of commerce tools and content features make it a powerful platform for promoting your Spring store.
Create a business page
You should create a Facebook business page if you haven’t already. By setting up shop, you’ll be able to unlock more tools, analytical features and boost your brand’s discoverability. Once your page is live, you can update your ‘About’ section with links to your channel, store, social accounts and more.
Your Facebook cover photo is a prime location to promote products and announce sales. @SimonsCat [5.1M subscribers] creates cover photos during the pre-order period of their limited edition products. Include a link within the caption of the photo, so fans can find your store. Choose ‘shop now’ as your page button and link to your store to create another pathway.
Set up your shop
Creators who open a Facebook business page may also be eligible to utilize tools like Facebook shopping. While viewing your page, look to the left sidebar to see if you have the ‘shop’ tab. Click the tab, write a description for your shop and add your products one by one by pasting each listing URL. Once added, your community can click products and complete their purchase on Spring by going straight to the listing page on your store.
Publish posts
What to include in Facebook posts:
Always include a link to your listing or store when sharing your products
Include visuals in your posts—whether it be a photo wearing your product, showcasing your digital product, a promo gif or video.
We also recommend sharing the story behind your design and why it’s important to you and your community.
If you’re running a sale, it’s a good idea to call out the promo code and the sale end date in your post.
Last, you’ll want to remind followers to share photos of their products once they receive their order so you can reshare them.
@ColeandMarmalade [1.29M subscribers] show off a variety of their holiday collection in this Facebook post by posing with their samples.
@Mississippi_golden_gurls [324k followers] has posted a photo with several of their products. In the description, they’ve included their store link, and shared a promo code for a sale they’re running.
Tracking tips:
Remember to use clean product and store URL’s when sharing online. Remove any additional tracking parameters like ?tsmac=store&tsmic=simonscat that might be added to the URL if you’re copying from the Spring website.
To shorten the link or to track the number of clicks it generates, consider using a bitly link.
Going Live
Sharing video content via Facebook live is an incredible way to engage with fans. @Mississippi Golden Gurls [314K followers] reveals a new product in this live video to show fans personally, as well as engage with their community in real-time.
@Givling [67.7K followers] noticed a significant increase in engagement and sales when they announced new products and giveaways using Facebook Live.
Pinterest is a visual social media platform used to “pin” or collect images from the web. With 335 million monthly users reported at the end of 2019, Pinterest can be an effective social platform to promote your Spring store and build your brand’s presence and identity online.
This platform is probably best known as a mood boarding tool for inspiration, but there’s a huge online community to tap into—83% of weekly Pinners make purchases based on content they see on Pinterest.
Set up a business profile
To make the most of this creative platform, set up a business Pinterest account. You’ll be able to access extra features, such as analytics, advertising, and custom profiles. With analytics you are able to keep track of your pins’ engagement rates and discover which ones are performing the best.
Pin your products
Compelling images, colorful graphics and on-trend visuals are the types of content that drive the most engagement. There are loads of ways you can create effective Pinterest content using your products.
Always include a link to your listing as the destination link of each post.
Always include visual content in your posts—whether it be a photo wearing your product, a mockup or gif.
If you’re running a sale, it’s a good idea to call out the promo code and the sale end date. Include this in the pin’s description or as a part of the image itself.
By creating pins using your listing URL, fans who click on the pin can access the products easily. Consider using UTM parameters on your links using bitly, which will track the number of clicks your pins are generating. If you want further analytics insight like the number of visitors and purchases your pins are driving, you can take advantage of Spring’s Google Analytics Integration.
Share real photos
Wearing your merch in promotional content can increase your sales significantly. Lifestyle images always win. In the example below, creator @megmatable [659 followers] wears one of her samples and links the listing URL in the pin so fans can easily discover her store.
@johniejaysworld [836 followers] has utilized the ‘Shop the look’ feature by including all the products featured in the main pin. As long as you create a pin for each specific product that you want to feature, this is easy to achieve by following the steps here.
Offer a discount
During key shopping dates like Black Friday means sharing images of your products with a discount included can literally 2x your purchases compared to images with no discount offered. @allisonbickerstaff [5.6K followers] incorporates text into her images to promote a sale, including the promo code in the description of the pin.
If you don’t have any images or graphics to use yet, consider creating product mockups using your designs. These are a great alternative to presenting your product on a person without taking your own images. Also fill up your Pinterest board uploading content from fans featuring your products. Use platforms such as PlaceIt with over 7,000 templates. Placeit offers Spring creators unlimited features for a discounted subscription per month. Learn more here.
Twitter has an average of over 330 million monthly active users. Over a third of Twitter fans buy from a brand they follow on Twitter—making it a great social platform to share your product releases.
Promoting products on Twitter
Always include a link to your listing or store in your tweets
Keep in mind Twitter prime-time is usually between 9am and 1pm.
Tag @spring4creators in your tweets—we may retweet you and help expand your reach.
Include relevant hashtags in your tweets (for example, fundraisers could include hashtags #CharityTuesday, #boost4charity, etc.) to gain more impressions.
Retweet your fans’ tweets mentioning your products to reward them for their loyalty and to engage with your community
Include images whenever possible—not only does it make your tweets more eye-catching, but featuring images are 35% more likely to be retweeted.
Make your store easily discoverable
You can add your Spring store URL as the website link for your Twitter account. This will make your products easily accessible for your community. Also add a CTA to your Twitter bio to draw attention to your store, for example, ‘Check out my store in the link below!’
Spring tip: If you’re running a promotion or have mentioned a new product launch in your content, provide a link directly to your listing, rather than store URL. It removes one step for the fan, and has been shown to almost double conversion rates, meaning more completed sales (easy win).
It’s useful to track the clicks your link is generating by using a bitly. In the example below, @ColeandMarmalade [1.28M subscribers] feature their store at the top of their profile. Creator @quietcoolkid [184K subscribers] is a blogger, so she connects with fans by sharing her outfits–so tweeting photos of herself wearing a sample is a great tactic.
Within the few days before you share new products with your community you should start posting teasers and hints around the upcoming drop, creating hype. Creators use Twitter to create anticipation during the pre-launch phase of his new product collection. By posting teaser images and videos on social media every day until the release date, he counts down with his fans.
Other content for your tweets might include a sale announcement to up engagement. Share a promo code in your tweet or overlay it on your image. @NerdECrafter [1M subscribers] uses a gif showing off their design and as well as the different products available.
Pin tweets
After posting a tweet, you are able to ‘pin’ it to the top of your profile. This means the chosen tweet will remain at the top of your profile until you update it or remove the pin. Pinning it means it will be the first thing your fans see after landing on your Twitter. Get creative with this feature and include photos, or even gifs to make it as eye catching as possible.
@SICKOFWOLVES [164.9K followers] uses pinned tweets in this way by including both images of his products, as well as a link to his store.
Re-share your fans’ tweets
Once fans start receiving their orders, retweet their posts to spread your reach even further and show appreciation to your community for supporting you. This technique is called social proof—being the approval of a product from a peer group. Fans sharing photos of themselves and your products generates excitement and interest, as well as affirming the value and quality of your products. Use and share a personalized hashtag, so you can easily keep track of any mentions.
@jessicaoutofthecloset [629K subscribers] uses Twitter to connect with her community, and even goes a step further by creating a hashtag specifically for her products ‘#lovelypeoplemerch’. Jessica encourages her fans to share selfies of them wearing her products.
With a community of 15 million fans, Twitch is a powerful social platform for sharing products in real-time on livestream. Spring is one of the only platforms that enables you to create subscriber-exclusive products to sell via Twitch as well—you can require fans to verify their subscriber status to access your exclusive product releases.
The Spring x Twitch merch store panel extension offers a fully integrated shopping experience (check out video). Your community can use the extension to purchase your products without leaving your livestream. Whenever you create new products, they’ll appear in your panel within 15 minutes. Customize products displayed on your panel within your Spring account in the “Integrations” tab. Your products will be visible to international fans, and products can be shipped worldwide.
Set up custom Streamlabs OBS alerts within the ‘Integrations’ section of your dashboard (learn how). Once you’ve activated custom alerts, fans can create personalized messages post-purchase that are visible to you and all viewers on your livestream. This real-time notification appears in chat and encourages their fans to purchase your products and get a shout out from you. Live merch alerts are available on every streaming platform integrated with Streamlabs—including YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, Facebook Gaming, and more.
Using a !merch command is a “must” when promoting on Twitch. Creating a command will enable you to easily direct people to your store via chat. Use a chatbot like Nightbot, Mootbod, StreamElements, etc. to create the command. Your merch command should always link to your merch store URL (you can use tracking links like bitly too). You’ll also want to include a call to action like CHECK OUT MY NEW STORE, NEW PRODUCTS JUST ARRIVED, CLICK FOR NEWEST PRODUCTS, etc.
Also add additional content like a link to a clip of you showing off products too. If you’re releasing a limited-edition product, create a custom command like !shirt to feature in the launch video. You may also want to automate your merch command to post within chat to remind your community to check out your products.
In this example you can see entering @Pestily’s !merch command in chat produces a link to his merch store with additional text.
Optimize stream title
Whenever you’re announcing new products we recommend mentioning ‘NEW MERCH’ at the beginning of your stream title. You should also regularly add your merch command towards the end of titles. Optimizing titles will make your products more discoverable to people browsing through streams. Plus adding the merch command at the end reminds viewers how they can learn more about your products.
Above, you can see the @FireDragon calls out his limited edition product and features a custom !shirt command he created for it.
Announce product releases live
Try creating hype leading up to a new launch to drive more sales in the first 24 hours. Examples of creating hype include hinting at ‘something big’ coming up while streaming or that you’ve got limited-edition new products launching soon. Loyal viewers will be anxious to know what the big news is, and you can plan to make the announcement on stream the day of your launch.
Spring tip: If you’re running a promotion or have mentioned a new product launch in your stream, provide a link directly to the listing, rather than your store URL. It removes one step for the fan, and has been shown to almost double conversion rates, meaning more completed sales (easy win).
You can schedule an end date on any of your listings to make products available for a limited time. Also consider doing a giveaway of one of your new products or a limited-time discount to increase viewership.
@FireDragon is a great example of on-stream merch promotion. Check out the clip above where he announces his new store—not only does give a complete virtual tour of the store, but he also discusses specific items and designs. His viewers get more and more excited in chat as he talks about each one.
Wear your products
Wearing samples of your products on stream and in promotional content can increase your sales by 50%. It’s a great way to show off your products without specifically calling them out. You can order samples of your products at base cost and have them delivered directly to you.
Create a store panel
In addition to activating the merch store extension, consider creating a custom panel for your products linking directly to your store. If you need help creating channel panels, here’s an example of a design tutorial plus our top recommended design resources.
Add overlays and BRB screens
Adding a merch overlay is a good way to keep your products top of mind, without creating distraction from your content. Build your overlay with product images and/or a merch command. Overlays are good for letting lurkers know about your products even if they’re not engaged with chat.
Get into the habit of featuring products in your stream intro, outro and BRB screens. Fans waiting for your stream to start or for you to return from a bathroom break is the perfect time for them to browse your store. 😏 Include mockups of your products (or images of you with them), your store URL, merch command and/or a call to action like “Check out official merch!” too.
In this example we can see @Patterz has incorporated his !merch command as well as product mockups into his intro screen.
Create crowd-sourced designs
Creating crowd-sourced designs on stream is an effective way to engage viewers and drive sales—you can even create the product on stream. Because viewers are actively involved in the design and creation of the product they’re more likely to purchase it.
TikTok is one of the fastest-growing, revolutionary social media platforms hosting a new wave of successful, ambitious creators. The DIY style content shared on this platform gives creators the freedom to experiment with honest and fun content. TikTok’s engagement driven algorithm makes it the ideal platform for creators to widen their community and make their products discoverable to millions.
Add store link to your bio
Your bio is featured at the top of your TikTok profile. Add your store URL within this space, and add wording such as ‘shop my products below’. Use a bitly link to track the number of clicks your bio link generates like @thedottist [30.7K followers] has below.
Spring tip: If you’re running a promotion or have mentioned a new product launch in your content, link directly to the listing in your bio, rather than your store URL. It removes one step for the fan, and has been shown to almost double conversion rates, meaning more completed sales (easy win).
Share content using your products
Get fans’ attention by creating video content featuring your products. Animator @tootymcnooty [3.7M followers], for example, released a dedicated video for the drop of her new product collection. She used her unique animated style within the video,wore samples of her products, and included a link to her store within the video caption.
TikTok couple @candyken [8.1M followers] and @jostasy [3.4M followers] often feature their products in TikTok videos. In this example, they are wearing their ‘ok boomer’ designs in conjunction with the release of their new song.
Announce a sale
Running a sale can boost conversions by up to 60% and TikTok is a great place to share promo codes with fans. Telling your community the discount has limited availability and updating your bio with the promo code can be very effective for increasing sales. @purpleedragonn [39K followers] announced a promotion she ran, using the in-app text editing tools to call out the promo code.
Use the livestream feature
Livestreaming is quickly becoming one of the most popular ways to promote products. The un-edited, real-time aspect of TikTok live streams increases the amount of fans that tune into your content—creating new ways to promote your products while engaging followers. The Livestream feature on TikTok is only available to for users over the age of 16 with at least 1,000 followers.
Crowd-source designs
Consider involving fans in your design process. Try live streaming or asking for input in your TikTok video content. @edenharvz [187K followers] did this, asking which designs her fans liked best. Creating a contest for fans to submit design ideas also works really well and makes your community more likely to purchase because they’re involved with the design process. You can pick the winners live on your stream to drum up even more hype.
