TikTok Shop in 10 slides
TikTok commerce arm - sellers and creator-affiliates earn from shoppable videos and live streams inside the app.
- Social commerce platform
- Live shopping platforms
- Based in Singapore
What you do on TikTok Shop
How the money is made: selling products
- List your items
- A buyer orders
- Ship it
- Payout after delivery
TikTok commerce arm - sellers and creator-affiliates earn from shoppable videos and live streams inside the app.
Founded 2021 · next to 5 other live shopping platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What TikTok Shop takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does TikTok Shop take?
US referral fee generally 6% per qualified order, category-specific rates apply
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up
- Quick profile or ID reviewIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearUS payouts initiated 1-31 days after delivery according to seller settlement tie…
- First payoutAfter delivery and settlement
$1 for US sellers
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes.
Your profile and ID are reviewed before you start. First payout: After delivery and settlement.
What you need
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- Quick profile or ID reviewHow sign-up works
What people actually earn
TikTok said in its October 2024 TikTok Shop safety report that it has grown a community of more than 15 million sellers around the world (company figure).
Source: newsroom.tiktok.com ↗TikTok said in June 2025 that 171,000 local and small businesses sell on TikTok Shop in the US and that sales to small US businesses grew 70% year over year (co…
Source: newsroom.tiktok.com ↗How it scores
Strong on fees.
- Fees4.5
- Getting paid3.0
- Access2.8
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings3.0
- Verified earnings
- Clear fees
- Low cut
- Low payout bar
- Top 10K website
- Fully documented
TikTok Shop against its peers
Guess: next to the 5 other live shopping platforms that charge a percentage, is TikTok Shop…
The cut of all 6 live shopping platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| TikTok Shop | 6% |
| Whatnot | 8.4% |
| Fanatics Live | 9% |
| Palmstreet | 9.8% |
| Amazon Live | 10.5% |
| eBay Live | 13.6% |
- At 6%, TikTok Shop takes a smaller cut than 5 of the 6 live shopping platforms we track that charge a percentage fee (median 9.4%).
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts