Abstract: As the emerging Internet economy, live broadcast e-commerce has received widespread attention. This paper studies the channel selection problem of manufacturers after adding live sales channels to the traditional sales model. Taking into account the influence of live broadcast e-commerce anchors, the profit of supply chain members under different channels is compared. Research shows that in the traditional sales model, manufacturers have the highest profit under the direct sales strategy. After the manufacturer adds live sales, the profit is always higher than that under the traditional sales model. In the new sales model, under the direct sales strategy and retail strategy, the higher the influence of live broadcast e-commerce anchors, the more favorable it is for manufacturers to expand the market demand for products. Under the agency strategy, loss of consumers' willingness to pay for live broadcast channels determines the market expansion utility of live broadcast channels.
Keywords: live broadcast e-commerce; anchor influence degree; Stackelberg game; sales channel; online dual channel