{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-10-05",
 "page": "tiktok-affiliate-requirements",
 "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": "Identity check and accounts per ID",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same (page dated 30 June 2026); age confirmation allows up to 15 attempts depending on method",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=7608640301074219&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "1 ID can be used to verify up to 5 TikTok Shop creator accounts"
  },
  {
   "fact": "UK affiliate follower minimum",
   "status": "changed",
   "current": "500 followers (and 18+); permissions lost only if followers fall more than 100 below the threshold",
   "url": "https://seller-uk.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=8093609689663234",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy UK (Creator E-commerce Permissions Eligibility Policy)",
   "quote": "Maintain 500 followers",
   "note": "Verified in raw page HTML on 5 Oct 2026; page date shown as 03/09/2026. Later (20 July 2026) still says 5,000 for UK/SEA. Page sentence 'TikTok's UK eligibility policy also sets 1,000 followers' and FAQ 'TikTok's UK policy page says 1,000' need updating.",
   "previouslyOnPage": "TikTok's UK policy page says 1,000 followers (Later says 5,000; AutoDS 1,000)"
  },
  {
   "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": "Affiliate Marketing Policy plan types and date",
   "status": "changed",
   "current": "Same three types (Open, Target, Shop Collaboration); page now dated 30 September 2026. Policy also requires shop SPS of 3.5+",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=2244964886103809&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "Your Shop Performance Score (SPS) must be 3.5 or above.",
   "note": "Date only. The policy itself does not say a targeted rate must beat the open rate; that rule is on the target/open collaboration help pages.",
   "previouslyOnPage": "Three plan types (open, targeted, shop); policy effective 2 September 2026"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Commission formula and payout timing",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=6077860360177451&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "Commission = (Revenue - Refunds) x Commission rate"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Withdrawal rules",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; bank 3-5 business days, PayPal 1 business day",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=6837838528251649",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "0.9% of transaction amount"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Free sample eligibility and posting rules",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same; guide dated 24 September 2026",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=5764641632306946&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "Free Samples are available to creators who have generated sales on TikTok Shop within the last 120 days.",
   "note": "tiktok-affiliate-requirements cites the guide as 'updated 1 September 2026'; current date is 24 September 2026."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Free sample active-request caps",
   "status": "changed",
   "current": "No fixed tiers on the page now: the free sample limit is set by creator level (updated monthly) and the share you can use by sample score (updated daily); shown in Creator Center > Manage Samples",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=5764641632306946&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "Your creator level sets your limit . Your sample score determines how much of that limit you can use",
   "note": "No '$5,000' or '$150,000' appears in the 24 Sep 2026 guide text. Affects the FAQ answer and the free samples section.",
   "previouslyOnPage": "5 active requests under $5,000 monthly sales, 20 up to $150,000, 50 above"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Creator Enforcement Policy",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Same thresholds; page now dated 25 September 2026",
   "url": "https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=6837869503317761&lang=en",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Shop Academy US",
   "quote": "Only 1 appeal may be submitted per violation",
   "note": "Date label is now 25 September 2026."
  },
  {
   "fact": "Creators stripped of e-commerce features, H1 2025",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "E-commerce features blocked for over 2 million users in H1 2025",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/transparency/en/shop-safety-2025-1",
   "sourceType": "TikTok Transparency Center (fetcher was served a regional notice); confirmed via news coverage (Inquirer, Malaya, Sep 2025)"
  },
  {
   "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": "Later figures",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "current": "Later (updated 20 July 2026) still says 13.07% and 5,000 for UK/SEA",
   "url": "https://later.com/blog/how-to-do-affiliate-marketing-tiktok/",
   "sourceType": "Third-party guide",
   "quote": "average rate is 13.07%",
   "note": "Later's UK 5,000 now conflicts with TikTok's UK page (500)."
  },
  {
   "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"
  }
 ]
}