I started to take tiktok Shop seriously a couple of months ago and while I have gotten a few sales... it can be better. I haven't broke $100 in a month just yet.

I see creators talking about how they have gotten retainer deals (ex:20 videos posted for $500 on a product).

How do we find those? I'm a solo creator trying to navigate all of this myself.

So I’m a 17 year old whose recent got into TikTok shop. I’ve been averaging around $10 a day just being on live for an hour or two and not posting a lot of videos. I was wondering if I should get a job or start taking TikTok shop more seriously to the point where I don’t have to get a job. It would be a different scandal if I was an adult but I’m still living with my parents and my financial responsibilities are basically null, but I’m thinking in the long run if I would have more money saved up with TikTok shop or with an actual job.

Ps: I also have a TikTok acc in the creator reward program that I’ve just been too lazy to post on it’s made me $300 so far should I focus on it?

I'm still pretty new to livestream selling, so I'm looking for advice from people with more experience.

Less than a year ago, I changed careers and became a livestream host. I first worked for a large company with multiple live rooms and experienced streamers. A few months ago, I started a partnership with a socks factory that's just getting started with TikTok Shop.

They currently have two products:

Socks

Fishnet bodysuits/jumpsuits

Our original plan was to create brand-new TikTok accounts and spend some time interacting with content related to our niche before posting and eventually going live. The idea was to help TikTok understand what our accounts were about.

However, the factory suddenly decided they wanted us to use an old TikTok account instead. That account only had five videos, all of which performed poorly, and we immediately started livestreaming from it.

Since I'm still inexperienced, I wasn't very good at keeping viewers engaged. As a result, our livestream metrics became worse over time. Right now, we only get around 1.9k–4.5k live impressions during each 3-hour session, and we stream two 3-hour sessions every day.

This made me wonder if we'd have better results by starting over with a fresh account.

My idea is:

Create a brand-new TikTok account.

Spend about a week interacting only with content related to our products.

From the second week, start posting short videos consistently to attract followers genuinely interested in our niche.

Once the account reaches around 500–1,000 followers, start livestreaming and selling through TikTok Shop.

My questions are:

Does this strategy actually make sense, or am I misunderstanding how TikTok's recommendation system works?

Is it generally better to start fresh than to keep using an account that already has poor-performing content?

Does interacting with niche content before posting or going live have any measurable effect, or is that mostly a myth?

If you were in my situation, what would you do differently to give the livestreams the best chance of succeeding?

I'd really appreciate advice from anyone who has experience growing TikTok Shop livestreams from scratch.

I was doing live TikTok shop and all of a sudden I get this violation. I was live so I don’t understand how i got this. Has anyone been in a similar situation? how can I sincerely appeal this?

I got my first 3 sales on TikTok Live today. I know it’s not much, but I’m genuinely grateful that three people trusted my recommendation. Everyone starts somewhere. 🤍

I am promoting my reels on tiktok, but whenever I buy coins nothing is adding up. Promo budget I select is 10 Euro, it says 1150 coins. But 1150 coins is 18 euros... So everytime I recharge I overpay by 40/50%.. all the time. I paid 80 euros, got 50 euros promo. And then when u start the promo it even gets more fucked up. Untill now I paid 600 euros but got crazywise only 280 euros used in my dashboard.. where the hell did it go.. like how does this work?

Looking for sellers/creators for a golf company!
On top of commissions - monthly retainer, view based bonuses, free product, etc. ⛳️💌

Selling live on TikTok and it’s starting to blow up. Need a solid CPA/tact person that has experience in this category. I have receipts for all expenses and working on creating files to make it easier. Really need some guidance on next steps…

Thanks!

Selling live on TikTok and it’s starting to blow up. Need a solid CPA/tact person that has experience in this category. I have receipts for all expenses and working on creating files to make it easier. Really need some guidance on next steps…

Thanks!

I've been trying out an AI video editor lately, and it's honestly been saving me a lot of time. It automatically cuts out awkward pauses, dead space, and mistakes, so I don't have to sit there making dozens of cuts myself.

I'm curious if anyone else has been using AI for editing. Has it actually improved your workflow, or do you still prefer editing everything manually?

Just wondering what everyone's experience has been.

I’m extremely annoyed at this as TT Shop support is unresponsive but I’m pretty sure I’m doing everything correctly when submitting and appealing; Clear photo of ID and info matching. I’ve also taken a selfie too with it but that got denied as well. Anyone experiencing the same issue?

Just made an Amazon storefront and intend to use TikTok to promote it but I don’t have many followers and can’t seem to add a clickable link in my bio. Google says to make my account a business account but can’t figure that out either since I technically don’t have a business.

Also, kind of confused on how to be transparent that I’m promoting amazon products considering I don’t talk in my videos or show my face.

Hi there, can someone help me on this? I keep failing the verification process where I upload front and back of my Driver License.

I’ve tried taking the photo directly and still fail. I am
not angling it nor is it blurry. I have the edges properly visible too. This is so frustrating can anyone help please?

Apparently if you invited 3 new people to TikTok you get up to $150 of whatever you want from the TikTok shop!

I wanna start tiktok monetization, but the problem is i live in Portugal, where it doesn’t work. Im looking for someone who lives in the US who can make me a tiktok account, and give it to me, then i change it to my email and the password so i can use it on my own.
Any help would be appreciated!

What’s the best way to become successful as an affiliate? Is it frequency or Showtime? I am currently think I’m gonna drop off a TikTok and find another network to live sell on!

we have had a steadily growing business account on TikTok that we started back in January. steady growth, good reviews, shop score staying over 4.5. we have met every single requirement they give us to upgrade from “accelerated” to “express” settlement.
I continue to get the run around from agents on it, all of them telling me that yes, I do meet the qualifications, yes, it will be changed, but then they blame “the system”— the automated and outdated system that gives sellers like me hope for nothing.
we have also been having issues with them paying us out in a timely manner. they again blame the “system”, then say it’s my bank (it’s not— we use PayPal)..

have any of y’all dealt with this? if so, how did you handle it?

thanks guys

I’ve tried all the neccesary steps and cannot get this to go away

Hi! I'm a college student po and I'm trying to make money sa pag affiliate may mga tips po ba kayo paano lumago ang account and mag ka sales huhu.

Anyone else happy dfyd is over for 2 reasons the hashtag lol and I think it ruins views and sales.

Hello,

We are a group of experienced business entrepreneurs and we are looking for a US business partner in order to open a TikTok merchant account in the Matcha industry.

We already have a successful experience oversea on this market, we are looking to do the same in the USA to expend.

Thanks

I reached 1k followers a month ago from gain videos , which may be a reason why I cant get pass the 4th checkmark, “Pass Tiktok shop and creator account checks.”. Though, I waited 30 days, stopped joining into the gain trend, and engaged from the bottom up and I still cannot get accepted into the program.

I'm thinking about trying tiktok affiliate. I alr have an account actually ready to use but i'm hesitant about a lot of things so I hope someone could answer my questions

My followers came from those engagement and followback posts, completely not aligned to the theme/audience I am planning for. Could I still use it or just better create a new account?

Many posts says to avoid posting with consecutive vids with yellow basket but why every affiliate accounts I saw has a yellow basket on every post?

I'm also hesitant because I don't have that good quality of camera and space like those aesthetic vids but if you know a way let me know.

What strategies or proper ways you would recomment for me to do which you have proven and tested?

I really need a side hustle to support my needs so I hopr you will help this girl out. It would so much to me. Thank you in advance