Step by step
- Check you qualify
Followers, age and country in one minute with the affiliate eligibility checker.
- Tap Join now in TikTok Studio
Profile, TikTok Studio, Monetization, TikTok Shop for Creator. No button means one rule isn't met yet.
- Verify and add a payout method
Confirm your age within 2 months of joining and pass identity verification; withdrawals wait until you do.
- Add products you own to your showcase
Pick two or three from Product Marketplace that you can film today.
- Post your first shoppable video
Show the product working and tag it in the video. You can post up to 3 a day at first.
- Make a sale, then request samples
A sale in the last 120 days opens free samples, so the first one comes from your own products.
- Withdraw your commission
It settles about 15 days after the order is delivered; withdraw from $2 to your bank or PayPal.
How to start TikTok affiliate: joining TikTok Shop as a creator
The three taps to the Join button
- Monetization
In TikTok Studio, from your profile's menu.
- TikTok Shop for Creator
Not the Creator Rewards Program, which pays for views of 1-minute videos (what each pays).
- Join now
Missing? One of the three rules isn't met (the full checklist).
- Verify after you join
Identity verification can come after your first commission, but withdrawals wait for it.
Under 1,000 followers there's no Join button yet; the routes that work before then are in what to do without 1,000 followers. Commission rules, rates and other countries' thresholds are in the TikTok Shop affiliate program.
Which products should a new TikTok Shop affiliate pick?
Start with products already in your home. Free samples only open after a sale, and a product you've used for weeks gives you a real before and after on day one.
Good first products
- Yes: You own it and can show it working in the first seconds
- Yes: Its shop is rated 95% or more, the floor while you're under 5,000 followers
- Yes: It's in Product Marketplace with an open commission rate
Leave for later
- No: Weight-loss products and anything sold on a health promise (what gets flagged)
- No: A product you'd have to buy and wait for, while a trend runs out
TikTok Shop's US creator eligibility policy (September 25, 2026) and sample guide (September 24, 2026), read November 11, 2026.
To see what already sells, by category, look at TikTok Shop's best sellers; to check one product's pay per sale, the product research tool.
What should your first TikTok Shop video look like?
A first shoppable video, piece by piece
Honest review after 3 weeks
PinnedInsulated bottleBuy@@you Still cold at 5pm #tiktokshop- Why to keep watching
One line on screen in the first second (hooks for a product).
- The product, working
Your own words and your own use: TikTok's content policy wants the real product, not stock footage.
- The tagged product
Added on the Post screen before you publish (both ways to tag it).
- A caption that says what it is
What buyers would search, in plain words.
Post more than one version: a demo, an honest review, a before and after. Our AI makes a batch from the product link, each a different format and hook, if you'd rather not film them all.
What mistakes do new TikTok Shop affiliates make?
The first-week plan people make, and the one that works
How to tell a fake brand deal from a real invite: our TikTok Shop scam checklist.
When do you get paid, and when can you get free samples?
Counted from your first sale's delivery
Counted from: First sale delivered
A bank transfer costs $0.05 and PayPal 0.9% of the amount. Day by day, with weekends: when TikTok commission can be withdrawn. What a sale pays at different prices and rates: the commission calculator.
