In video games, NPCs’ limited actions can make them boring. But when a human like Crystal Alana Bennett plays that role on a livestream, people on TikTok are transfixed and quick to open their pocketbooks.
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(Bloomberg) A woman in an ash-blond wavy wig bounces robotically, smiling and slightly out of breath, in front of a green-screened image of a bedroom room lit by pink fluorescent lights. Thousands of people are watching her on their phones via TikTok live when a small cartoon hot dog flashes up on the side of the screen.Most Read from BloombergRussia Calls Emergency Key Rate Meeting as Ruble PlungesOutsider Milei Upends Argentina’s Election With Primary WinBig Tech Takes the Lead in Thin Trad
TikTok has emerged as a social commerce juggernaut, expecting to sell $20 billion in merchandise through its media platform this year — four times the amount in 2021.
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