{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-10-05",
 "page": "how-to-sell-on-tiktok-shop",
 "note": "Outside facts on this page rechecked against the vendor or TikTok page named in each record on 5 October 2026. \"changed\" records were corrected on the page. Short phrases are quoted from the page named.",
 "facts": [
  {
   "fact": "US affiliate creator eligibility",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "18+, based in US, Affiliate Creators need at least 1,000 followers; GPPPA accounts excluded",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=6939143037667118&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US (Creator Eligibility Policy)",
   "quote": "Be at least 18 years old",
   "note": "Fetched 5 Oct 2026. Requirements unchanged."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Creator Eligibility Policy date",
   "status": "changed",
   "current": "Page now dated 25 September 2026 (content on followers/age/pilot unchanged)",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=6939143037667118&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "note": "Only the date label needs updating; is-tiktok-shop-worth-it already cites 25 September 2026.",
   "previouslyOnPage": "updated/effective 31 July 2026"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Affiliate Creator Pilot Program limits and graduation",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; pilot page dated 13 May 2026. Eligibility policy phrases the 95% rule as products with 95%+ Shop Performance Score",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=5526872163927850&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "3 shoppable videos per day",
   "note": "Extended Pilot (violations): 1 shoppable LIVE/week, 3 shoppable videos/week."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Affiliate commission range and target vs open",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "1% to 80% of GMV per order (or auto-optimised rate); target collaboration rate always supersedes open rate",
   "url": "https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/about-open-collaborations-in-seller-center",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Business Help Center (read via search index; page 403s to fetchers and renders blank in browser)",
   "quote": "the target collaboration commission rate will always supersede the open collaboration commission rate"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Average US affiliate commission and typical rates (Hamster Garage)",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; created 2 June 2026, updated 17 July 2026",
   "url": "https://www.hamstergarage.com/article/tiktok-shop-affiliate-program-guide-rates-fees",
   "sourceType": "Third-party guide (affiliate agency)",
   "quote": "has increased to 13.02%"
  },
  {
   "fact": "TikTok Shop markets",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "24 (3 Americas, 7 Asia, 14 Europe); DPL page last verified 13 August 2026",
   "url": "https://dpl.company/countries-with-access-to-tiktok-shop-seller-center/",
   "sourceType": "Third-party (DPL)",
   "quote": "Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Poland would join ... from June 15, 2026"
  },
  {
   "fact": "US referral fee (TikTok fee page)",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Still 6%; page still dated 05/14/2026; no 8% rate on the page",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=5988482086864682",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US (Referral Fees by Category)",
   "quote": "the referral fee drops from 6% to 5% for five jewelry sub-categories",
   "note": "Fetched 5 Oct 2026."
  },
  {
   "fact": "US new seller rate",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same per OneCart (17 April 2026) and other 2026 guides; not on TikTok's public fee page",
   "url": "https://www.getonecart.com/tiktok-shop-seller-fees/",
   "sourceType": "Third-party guide"
  },
  {
   "fact": "UK referral fee",
   "status": "changed",
   "current": "9% incl. VAT standard, but TikTok's own UK page shows category variation (e.g. computers 5%). 'Flat on all categories' is contradicted by TikTok's page",
   "url": "https://seller-uk.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=7753824408913665&default_language=en-GB",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy UK (Platform commission fee, updated 15 Sep 2025)",
   "quote": "computers are subject to 5%",
   "note": "Correction rather than a time change: is-tiktok-shop-worth-it cost table should drop 'flat on all categories'; how-to-sell can cite TikTok's page for the 5% computers example. Z Media still says flat 9%.",
   "previouslyOnPage": "9% (how-to-sell: one guide says 5% on selected electronics/beauty, another no exceptions; is-tiktok-shop-worth-it: '9% flat on all categories' citing Z Media)"
  },
  {
   "fact": "UK new seller rate and SEA referral fees (OneCart)",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "OneCart (17 April 2026) still gives these figures",
   "url": "https://www.getonecart.com/tiktok-shop-seller-fees/",
   "sourceType": "Third-party guide",
   "note": "Webgility (Mar 2026) gives UK new-seller 3% for 60 days; TikTok's UK fee page lists no new-seller rate."
  },
  {
   "fact": "US refund administration fee",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "20% of the original referral fee, capped at $5 per SKU",
   "url": "https://www.fastmoss.com/blog/tiktok-shop-seller-costs-in-the-us-2026-fees-creator-commissions-fulfillment-returns-real-profit/",
   "sourceType": "Third-party (FastMoss blog, June 2026)",
   "quote": "20% of the original referral fee, capped at $5 per SKU",
   "note": "No TikTok primary page reached."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Processing fee included in referral fee (M2E)",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "M2E (updated 21 April 2026): unified referral fee combining commission and processing",
   "url": "https://docs.m2ecloud.com/docs/tiktok-shop-seller-fees-us/",
   "sourceType": "Third-party docs",
   "quote": "unified referral fee model that combines both the marketplace commission and transaction processing"
  },
  {
   "fact": "US individual seller registration",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; page last updated 13 May 2026",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=6837894379964161&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "not already used to open another shop"
  },
  {
   "fact": "US business seller registration",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same (IRS 147C, 252C, CP 575A/B/E/G; UBO with 25%+ equity; under 10MB)",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=258395901675310&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "valid and not expired",
   "note": "Seller registration requirements help page (ads.tiktok.com) returns 403 to fetchers; politician exclusion not re-read."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Two-business-day dispatch rule",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; policy now dated 28 September 2026 and still describes Seller Shipping",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=3995852763301633",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "within 2 business days of Awaiting Shipment",
   "note": "Date label only."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Late Dispatch Rate enforcement",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Over 10% triggers AHR deductions and order volume limits; SLA effective 26 Jan 2026; FBT excluded; TikTok Shipping counted; two appeals (30 days, then 15 days)",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=3668989549299511&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "note": "'Up to half usual volume' and 'longer payouts' not confirmed in the fetched summary; keep as is."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Seller Shipping phase-out",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; phased enforcement from 25 Feb; some accounts saw reversals",
   "url": "https://www.stacksync.com/blog/what-changed-tiktok-shop-ends-seller-shipping",
   "sourceType": "Third-party (Stacksync)",
   "quote": "Seller Shipping fully discontinued across all US accounts"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Listing rules",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; page dated 10 August 2026 (max 9 images)",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=7073362639816491",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Digital products ban",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same rule; Prohibited Products Policy now dated 29 September 2026",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=1399532709988097&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "Virtual or digital products are prohibited unless approved for sale under the Virtual Goods category.",
   "note": "Date label only."
  },
  {
   "fact": "GMV Max is the only TikTok Shop ad type since July 2025",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same",
   "url": "https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/gmv-max-migration-tiktok-shop-ads",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Business Help Center (via search index)"
  }
 ]
}