How to Add Auctions and Votes to Your YouTube Stream

Engaging with your audience is key to a successful stream, and Blerp's Auctions and Votes features bring an interactive edge to your YouTube stream. These features let your viewers bid on items during auctions or vote in polls that influence your stream. Losing bids in auctions are refunded as credits that can be used on your channel, guaranteeing a fun and fair experience for your audience.

Creative Ways to Use Auctions and Polls

Auctions:

• Exclusive Content Access: Auction off a chance for a viewer to pick the next game you play.
• Personalized Shoutouts: Let viewers bid on a custom shoutout or on-stream mention.

Polls:

• Pick the Next Topic: Let your audience decide what topic or game you stream next.
• Stream Decisions: Let viewers vote on choices like character builds, in-game paths, or content formats.
• Community-Driven Challenges: Allow your chat to vote on challenges like playing blindfolded or using specific loadouts.

How to Set Up Auctions and Polls

Step 1: Create a Blerp Account

Visit Blerp and sign up using your email or preferred method.

Step 2: Complete Onboarding

After signing up, go through the onboarding process to set up your account.

Step 3: Navigate to Blerp Experiences

From the side menu, click on “Blerp Experiences” to access the auctions and polls settings.

Setting Up Auctions

• Click “Create a New Auction” or choose from the available templates.

• Enter auction details:
• Item up for bidding (e.g., a custom shoutout, game request, or unique perk)
• Minimum starting bid (in beets)
• Auction duration

• Click “Start” to launch your auction.
• End the auction at any time by selecting “End This Auction”.

Setting Up Votes

• Navigate to the “Votes” section at the top of the same screen.
• Select “Create a New Vote” or use one of the premade examples.

• Fill in the vote details:
• Vote title (e.g., What game should I play next?)
• Vote options
• Duration of the vote
• Refund percentage for losing votes

• Click “Start” to launch the vote.
• End the vote at any time by selecting “End This Vote”.

Adding Auctions and Votes to Your Stream

To make sure your viewers can see and interact with your auctions and polls:

1. Add your Auctions and Polls Browser Source to your broadcasting software (OBS, Streamlabs, etc.).
2. Customize your alerts by selecting “Alert Settings” at the top of the page.

For detailed steps on adding Blerp to OBS, check out our guide here.