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Enable Live Flash Sales

Launch a Live Flash Sale on any product during your live: set a discount and a countdown, and viewers see a discount badge and urgency cues on the stream. The Live Manager shows time left, units left and units sold in real time. Perfect for surprise drops, mystery deals and conversion spikes.

Please note that Flash Sales displayed on Shopify are not currently visible during Facebook livestreams.

Step 1 — Open the flash sale settings

Flash sales are enabled on the go from the Live Manager.

Step 2 — Set the discount, duration and units

Select the discount, the duration and the maximum number of units available.

Step 3 — Validate

Step 4 — Display the product

Click Display product. The Start Flash Sale button appears.

Step 5 — Start the flash sale

Click Start Flash Sale. The timer starts and the countdown is visible in the player.

What viewers see

Viewers add to cart and check out to get the flash sale price.

Flash sales can also be scheduled in advance from the Live Events → Products tab.

Good to know

Viewers must check out during the flash sale to get the discount. Once it ends, it's too late.
Only one flash sale can run at a time. Starting a new one closes the previous one.
You can extend the time of an ongoing flash sale from the Live Manager.
Displaying a new product doesn't interrupt a running flash sale.
Once a flash sale ends for a product, it can't be restarted for that product.
Flash sales per event: 1 on Grow, 4 on Scale, unlimited on Enterprise.

FAQ

Why doesn't the flash sale price show during my test?
The flash sale price only appears once your live is open to the public (Yes, open).

Can several products be on sale at the same time?
No, only one flash sale runs at a time. To discount several products at once, you can apply a Shopify discount. It works without the countdown.

Shoppers check out several times during one live. Can they pay shipping only once?
LiveMeUp doesn't merge orders. Some merchants use the Shopify app Mergify to combine several orders into one shipment.

Updated on: 10/11/2026

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