Whatnot pull cards on stream
The seconds after a Whatnot hit: keep the card readable, name the spot, and hold a still. Do not cover the pull with a celebration.
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Whatnot pull cards on stream are the seconds after a hit, not the whole show kit. Buyers need three facts before you celebrate: what the card is, whose spot it is, and a still they can screenshot. A full-screen sting that hides the slab fails the only job this graphic has.
This is not the break-board guide and not the sold-state guide. Spots live on Whatnot card break boards. How sold, giveaway, and pull differ: those three overlays.
| Second | On screen | You say | Do not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flip | Card fills the hole. No new graphic yet. | The card name, slowly enough to hear | Cover it with a hit animation |
| Hold | Still card, spot or buyer name readable | Whose spot, once | Move on while the camera is still hunting focus |
| Mark | Hit hold, then back to the board | Nothing extra if the type already says it | Use the giveaway plate by mistake |
| Next | Board visible again | The next spot | Leave the hit plate up for the rest of the box |
The card is the graphic
For the flip itself, get out of the way. Light the slab. Hold it flat. Wait until the name is legible. If your overlay has a bar through the middle of the card hole, move the bar. Do not ask the camera to dodge your design.
Skip a custom pull graphic entirely on a small singles show where you hold the card up to a clean cam and say the name. A hit plate is for breaks, where the spot has to stay attached to the card or the wrong buyer thinks it is theirs.
Attach the spot, then celebrate
The hold frame needs the identifier the room uses: team, spot number, or buyer. Pick one system and keep it all night. Switching from team names to first names halfway is how disputes start.
A still hold beats a loop. Motion can introduce the state, then stop. If the words bounce, nobody can screenshot the hit for the buyer who stepped away. Motion rules: animated vs static Whatnot overlays.
Do not invent a grade, a comp, or a price on the pull graphic unless you are reading it off the card or a source you trust. A wrong number on screen is a promise. Leave comps in your voice if you are unsure.
Failures that start arguments
- Hit graphic with no spot name, in a break where spots matter.
- Giveaway animation on a paid hit. Or the reverse.
- Camera crop that cuts the player name while the logo stays perfectly framed.
- Leaving the last hit up so the next base card looks like another hit.
- A second camera angle you never rehearsed, so the good card happens off-frame.
Rehearse one pull before the show
- Tape a common card. Not only the chase. The graphic has to work on ordinary pulls too.
- Flip, wait, read the name, bring up the hold, read the spot, drop back to the board.
- Time it. If the hold is so long that chat starts asking you to rip, shorten the plate, not the moment the card is visible.
- Check the phone. If the player name is smaller than your logo, the layout is backwards.
- Assign one person to fire the scene. Two people hitting the hotkey will flash it twice.
Who should not order pull cards yet: sellers without a stable card cam. Fix the hole and the light first. Who should: breakers whose chat regularly asks 'whose hit?' after the loud part. Service home: Whatnot boards.
Light and focus before any plate
If the player name is soft, no overlay will save the pull. Stop the graphic work and fix the lamp and the distance from card to lens. A sharp card with ugly type beats a beautiful plate on a blur.
Glare on a slab is a light problem. Do not 'solve' it by covering the glare with a translucent bar. Move the light. Then put the spot name in the margin that stays clear of Whatnot chat.
Ten seconds of a hit, in order
The card is the graphic. Second one: the slab is in the hole, name readable, glare off the surface. Second two: you say the card. Second three: the spot name is on screen, in the margin chat does not cover. Second four through seven: anyone who stepped away can screenshot the card and the spot together. Then the plate leaves. The board still shows that spot. You go back to the next card.
Not every card gets a hit graphic. A base card gets the card and, if it matters, the spot. A celebration on every flip trains the room to ignore the celebration. Save the plate for the moment you need buyers to know which spot the hit belongs to. The spot name matters more than the sparkle. If you fire the plate before the name is sharp, you celebrated a blur.
Rehearse one pull before the show, into a recording, with the board visible. If the plate covers the name, move the type. If the light flares, move the light. Do not cover glare with a translucent bar. A still hold beats a loop. Motion can introduce the state, then stop. Words that bounce cannot be screenshotted by the buyer who stepped away.
| Second | On screen | Failure |
|---|---|---|
| The flip | The card, uncovered | A full-screen burst before the name is readable |
| The call | Card name, then the spot | You talk the hit and never put the spot on the board |
| The hold | Both stay sharp long enough to screenshot | The loop starts again and covers the slab |
| The return | Back to the grid, that spot already marked | The plate stays up into the next card |
A pull is not a sold overlay. Sold is a receipt for a spot. The pull is the card that spot received. If one graphic does both, chat will clap for a sale and miss a hit. You need OBS if you want a plate you can fire and remove. The phone app will not do that cycle. Light and focus come before any plate. A sharp card with no graphic beats a beautiful file over a glare.
FAQ
What should a Whatnot pull card show?
The physical card, readable, plus the spot or buyer it belongs to. Your logo can stay in a corner. It does not get the center.
Should every card get a hit graphic?
No. Use it when the room needs the card tied to a spot, or when the pull is the moment you promised. Firing it on every base card trains people to ignore it.
Can the pull graphic cover the card for effect?
No. Cover the card and you hid the product. Hold the card clean, then add type beside it or after a still has already landed.
Is a pull card the same as a sold overlay?
No. Sold means a spot or item just sold. A pull is a card revealed. Mixing the plates makes chat congratulate the wrong event.
Do I need OBS for this?
For a hotkeyed hold, yes. On the phone, your discipline is the graphic: hold the card still, say the name, say the spot. Do not expect a custom plate to appear inside the app.
Send a clip of a messy hit through Free Audit, or post it in Discord and say whether the miss was the card, the spot name, or the timing.
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