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Re: Anyone selling on TikTok shop?
 

well the platform is still so new I don't think there's a lot of sellers yet.
so the earlier we start the better

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I've been thinking about starting my own Tik Tok shop, and the insights here are super helpful. It's amazing to see so many people sharing their experiences.

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I just hope Solefood keeps selling there

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Well I just made another account. I had to redo my ID verification at least 15+ times. After contacting support via chat they created a ticket and I think that agent did something because before I would just enter my details, and upload ID. After contacting them via the ticket, I had to add myself as 100% beneficial owner, which was not an option before.

I will now be using TikTok labels, and they're offering free shipping to customers as well so why not. Hopefully things go better this time around. I expect sales to increase a lot after October.

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Yep and they STOLE EVERYTHING.

Pretty sad but whatever. I had Mercari steal $2,500 from me last year. That is such an unethical policy, because these marketplaces nowadays literally run off algorithms. Therefore we base decisions that impact livelihoods of based off a bot that has no emotion, nor understand of context to events or situations.

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YOu gonna make your own videos too?

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I had a customer leave a bad review without contacting me first. Where I haven't had many sales it absolutely killed my metrics and I'm unable to list new products for 30 days.

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Just for one bad review? That's terrible to hear of

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Just like with any platform I think to be successful you need those items that you can flip for no profit just to dilute sales and increase feedback. TikTok customer service has no thought outside of their policy. Their customer service is the worst out of any marketplace I am aware of.

With that said, it is good money but I just cannot ever imagine operating my entire business around only TikTok. That would be insane.

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Just one bad review dude.

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can't operate these days based only on one platform sadly - very risky regardless of whether tiktok, eb, or az, etc

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Is there a way to get it removed?

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You can get it removed by asking the customer to remove, or prove to TikTok it violates the policy. Good luck with the later. Some of their reps are easy to manipulate, but at the same time majority of the responses are copy & paste prewritten generic replies.

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OK at least the option is there.

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I contacted the customer and the didn't reply.

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Are there affiliate program incentives in existence?

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Figure that'd happen.

Is it worth getting that review removed though?

I find it ridiculous that with just 1 bad review they'll completely kill the algo

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There's nothing I can really do. Had the customer contacted me I would of refunded or sent another item. Never understand why a customer leaves a neg without contacting a seller. If I'm not happy with a purchase I want it rectified.

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Sometimes people just wanna buy and be done with it.
And to them it's a waste of time to "deal" with sellers.

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Sometimes you don't get the brightest of buyers too...lack of patience and reason...

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The best way to get them to want additional communication if they're ignoring you is to offer a partial refund. If they continue to ignore close to the deadline, ask for a full refund. If your profit margins are enough to compensate for the loss it's worth doing so. In other words, if the cost of refunding them does not outweigh the loss you get from sales getting hurt by their feedback it's somewhat an obvious decision.

I hate refunding customers for this but when I do I just remind myself its my business not me personally who is handling this. Hard to do, and I don't do it always but if I think the feedback will really damage my account and the marketplace doesn't have an easy policy for removal of feedback I will defiantly do it.

Me knowing TikTok is hard to get reviews removed, if I get a negative feedback in the future I will for sure being offering partial refunds or full refunds to get it removed. But thats just me.

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I offered a full refund or replacement item and received no reply.

A month on and I still can't add any new products.

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Oh, ouch. I am starting to build my new account now. They must have some sort of dedicated support for larger accounts because I know popular people on X that talk about moving from Amazon to TikTok with massive success.

Re: Anyone selling on TikTok shop?
 

Yes, many people are successfully selling on TikTok Shop, leveraging the platform's vast audience to reach potential customers. Creators and businesses utilize engaging videos to showcase products, making shopping interactive and fun. It's a great opportunity to tap into a new market and boost sales.

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You 100% sound like a bot

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what the hell.... 1 negative feedback and TikTok basically won't let you sell anymore??

That's insane

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And you're correct.

Next time you can just click on the report button so I get to this quicker.

I nuked him.

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It won't let me list any new items. The current ones are still buyable.

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Hi everyone. I'm not a regular here, but I'm hoping someone can help. I tried to open a tiktok shop account as a Canadian - but it's not offered here. I explored opening a seller account in USA using an LLC based in USA, but it still wants a person's name, address, ID etc that has to be inside USA. Is it not possible to operate as a foreigner with an American LLC? Did the requirements change, or am I missing something?

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I can now list up to 3000 items a day

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Foreigner operating in the USA needs a TIN from my understanding

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I think you can hire someone in US as your agent for a fee

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Yes, I can get the TIN and an agent fairly easily through a service like legal zoom, but it still wants the personal information of "primary business person" including name, DOB, address (in USA), SIN or ITIN, and it makes it clear that this person is the one who is operating the business and asks for their % ownership of the company also. Maybe it will even ask for ID on the next step. Doesn't seem like I could use an agent's info there.

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Ron, welcome aboard.

DO yourself a favor, open your own thread that dedicated to you. It'll get more views and response

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i create a few TIKTOK accounts per day.

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And how long do they last? Or do you flip them?

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I was selling for exactly a year, doing 2-5k sales a month, but they just banned me last week and are keeping my funds. All because I sent the wrong item to a few different buyers. Appeals failed. I mean my account was long standing but I had a lot of violations and a handful of negative feedback, so i guess I kind of saw this coming. But for that to be the reason I get the boot is kinda crazy, was an honest mistake.

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The problem with TikTok is, at least for me, I had numerous customers purchase $1,000+ orders then do this. And I know because of the large amount these people knew what they were doing. Their TikTok accounts weren't active, recently created.

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$1000 may not sound much to you but it can feed a whole family for a month in some parts of the world .
There are sites where they talk about where and how to scam and brag about it,there were USPS postal thefts ,they not only steal mail but also keys,those keys to the roadside mail boxes and sell them on the site.
They also look for envelopes which may have checks and wash them,it is not that difficult to do.

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Got my first sale finally, $400+. Now I am using ONLY TikTok labels, and I'm paying insurance for any package exceeding $200.

Something I noticed that is vastly different from my old account is I don't have any "cancelled sales". By the time I got suspended I had 500+ sales that were abandoned at checkout but it showed as a "cancelled sale" in my account. I still do not have any of these type of cancelled sales on my account yet. It's been over 3 weeks now. I don't know if TikTok changed policy or if it has to do with using TikTok labels but I think there has to be some sort of correlation.

Long story short, 100% recommend EVERYONE to use TikTok Labels. Do not use your own, unless you are gambling.

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Who is the insurance company?