Guide
Set up every part of HeatCheck
Step-by-step walkthroughs for the dashboard, your stream overlays, sponsors, and everything your audience touches.
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What HeatCheck is
How the live room, 1–10 interest score, account types, and optional audience features work together.
4 min
Accounts and roles
Choose the right account type, understand which audience actions stay anonymous, and know which identity appears in public.
6 min
Your first show
Create a host page, start a draft, test the live room, and end your first show without setting up streaming software.
10 min
Getting started
Learn the live-room basics, choose an account, and run a test show.
What HeatCheck is
How the live room, 1–10 interest score, account types, and optional audience features work together.
4 min
Accounts and roles
Choose the right account type, understand which audience actions stay anonymous, and know which identity appears in public.
6 min
Your first show
Create a host page, start a draft, test the live room, and end your first show without setting up streaming software.
10 min
Running a show
Control segments, polls, suggestions, and roll call while live.
The live dashboard
Use the live monitor, segment queue, audience features, show notes, and show controls while you are on air.
9 min
Segments and scheduling
Plan and activate segments, control how long votes count, and schedule a show with an optional public countdown.
7 min
Live polls
Prepare a poll queue, run questions before or during a show, and keep every final result on the dashboard.
5 min
Listener suggestions
Open a live idea board, let signed-in listeners rank suggestions, and move useful ideas into the segment queue or on air.
5 min
Roll call
Run a listener check-in race, understand how points and badges settle, and moderate the live roster.
8 min
On your stream
Add overlays, live YouTube video, and chat to the broadcast flow.
Stream overlays
Build a reusable broadcast graphic, choose its live widgets and appearance, and connect it to OBS, Streamlabs, or Streamyard.
8 min
Add an overlay to OBS or Streamlabs
Add a saved HeatCheck URL as a browser source, use the preset’s exact canvas size, and verify it with a live test show.
8 min
Add an overlay to Streamyard
Open the Streamyard callout as a correctly proportioned browser window, share that window, and keep it visible while broadcasting.
6 min
Live video and chat on your page
Connect a YouTube channel, choose whether new shows show its live video and chat, and troubleshoot the embedded player.
4 min
Sponsors & growth
Run sponsors, apply your brand, and interpret analytics.
Sponsors and ads
Build sponsor creatives, choose which ones are eligible to run, configure each show’s placement and rotation, and report clicks.
9 min
Your brand
Upload a logo, choose interface and gauge colors, and control which listener, host, and overlay surfaces use them.
5 min
Reading your analytics
Scope the analytics suite, choose the right tab, and interpret weighted scores, audience estimates, comparisons, and sponsor clicks accurately.
9 min
For listeners
Use listener features and understand points, badges, and profiles.
Reference
Look up every setting and diagnose common setup problems.
Plans and billing
What Free, Pro and Studio include, how the 14-day trial works, and what happens to your settings if a plan lapses.
5 min
Settings reference
Find every account-level setting, what it changes, which role can see it, and whether it affects current or future shows.
8 min
When something looks wrong
Diagnose unexpected gauge behavior, go-live conflicts, blank or stale overlays, listener-account issues, and missing sponsors.
6 min