What are the ways to make money on TikTok Shop?
One order, two routes: the part that's yours
- You handle videos and LIVEs only
- No stock, shipping or returns
- To start (US): 18+, 1,000 followers, identity check
- You handle stock, shipping on time, returns and messages
- To start (US): 18+, US-based, ID and a tax number
- No follower bar for your shop's own account
Without a product of your own, the affiliate route is the one that needs only videos. Paid for views instead of sales: what TikTok pays; what the same views would cost a brand as ads: the CPM calculator.
Both can also sell in a LIVE. The seller route is in selling on TikTok Shop; the rest of this page is the affiliate route, and how UGC gets paid on TikTok Shop walks it from joining to withdrawing.
How does TikTok Shop pay affiliate commission?
From a tagged video to money you can withdraw (US)
- 1. A seller sets a rateOn the product, or a higher one in a targeted invitation.1% to 80%
- 2. You tag it in a videoAdd the product to your showcase, then link it when you post.
- 3. Someone orders from the videoThe order is tied to your post.
- 4. The order is delivered and settlesCommission is typically paid after delivery; an open return holds it.15 days
- 5. You withdrawTo a bank account or PayPal, from the minimum in TikTok's US rules.$2
(revenue − refunds) × commission rate. Revenue is the price before tax minus seller discounts, so a lower rate can still pay more per order. Three sales levels are worked out in what TikTok Shop pays per sale.
Enter a product's price, rate and return rate to see what one kept sale pays.
Open TikTok Shop calculatorHow does our AI make TikTok Shop videos without filming?
One product link in, finished videos out
Our AI writes the script from the listingAn AI creator presents it, product shots cut inCaptions and a hook for each formatYou watch, pick and post



A product can flop in one video and sell in the next, so post several. Plans from $20 a month; every format is on our TikTok Shop video maker page, ideas by product in TikTok Shop video ideas.
