Show night is not the moment to fight with software, so the Whatnot Live Show Dispute & Run-of-Show Log runs on free or already-owned tools. The kit ships as five files: flat printable PDFs in US Letter and A4, an ink-friendly black-and-white US Letter PDF, a fillable phone-friendly PDF, and the Live-Show-Run-Log.xlsx spreadsheet. This article covers what opens and edits each part, which devices suit each step of a show, what the log pairs with, and how it honestly compares with running a show from memory and a chat window.
The spreadsheet holds the season-level view. It opens in Microsoft Excel with all formulas live, and it works the same in Google Sheets, which is free with a Google account: upload the .xlsx to Google Drive, open it in Sheets, and the sale log, dispute log, and show log all stay in one place. The demo rows are there on purpose — 3 sales logged, 2 marked Shipped, and 21 demo items across 2 shows — so you can see how a show reads at a glance before replacing the demo rows with your own. Apple Numbers and LibreOffice Calc open it as well. No macros and no paid add-ons are involved.
The PDF log opens with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on iPhone, Android, Windows, and Mac. The fillable version works on your phone on show night: open it in Acrobat Reader, tap the fields, and log each sale as it happens. Apple Files and Preview handle the flat PDFs for reading and printing, and a desktop browser such as Chrome or Edge opens them too. Many live sellers print the sale log and pulls log on paper instead — a clipboard beside the packing table needs no battery and no login, and the black-and-white version keeps show-night printing cheap; the filled pages can be photographed into the show folder afterwards. Paid PDF editors are unnecessary either way.
Devices follow the show. A phone or tablet beside the host is the live-logging seat: sales and pulls go in as they happen, while the phone running the show stays untouched. The show recording itself is the backup record — the dispute pages point your reply at its timestamp, so keep recordings saved per show, named to match the show log. A desktop or laptop is the best seat after the show: the packing match-up worked parcel by parcel, labels printed against checked lines, and the show review written while the night is fresh. Any home or office printer handles the US Letter pages, and A4 covers printers outside the US.
What pairs with it: the eBay INAD / Return Abuse Defense Kit covers the returns side of marketplace disputes with the same evidence-first discipline, the Shipping Carrier Damage Claim Kit takes over when a checked parcel is damaged in transit, and the Marketplace Account Suspension Appeal products in the DealShore reseller lane cover the bigger account-level fight. Inside your own setup, the log pairs naturally with a fixed packing-table routine — log line first, parcel second, label last — so the match-up becomes habit, not homework. [Affiliate slot: phone tripod and ring light for live selling shows] [Affiliate slot: label printer and scale for live-show packing tables]
The honest comparison: running a show manually usually means the chat scroll as the only record, parcels packed from memory, and a dispute answered by rewatching hours of video — free, and exactly how short bundles and wrong items slip through. A blank notebook or spreadsheet can hold the same records with real discipline, but it will not separate sales from pulls and giveaways, force a parcel check before labels print, or copy a dispute claim in exact words before you reply. A co-host or moderator helps, and many sellers use one — the log is what the co-host writes in. Its stated limits matter: this is a general record-keeping tool, it is not legal advice — consult an attorney about your situation — and it states no platform policy or dispute deadline and guarantees no outcome. What it does is make sure every show leaves a record behind it.
Run the show, keep the record:
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