Individual Applicants
For individual applicants, the applicant must provide the following information and documents for verification purposes:

• Legal Name (including your first name and last name, with middle name optional)

• Date of birth

• Residential Address

• A photocopy of a valid U.S. government-issued ID from the following list:

  • U.S. Passport

  • U.S. Driver's License

• ID Expiration Date

• The last 4 Digits of your Social Security number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

Business Applicants
For business applicants, the applicant must provide company registration information, including but not limited to:

• Business Type

• Company Name

• Employer Identification Number (EIN)

• Registered business address

• Business address (if different from registered business address)

Beneficial owners of the company being registered may need to provide:

• Legal Name

• Date of birth

• Residential address

• Percentage of ownership (only if "beneficial owner" is chosen)

• The Last 4 digits of SSN or ITIN (except for public companies)

Referral fee is a specific percentage of the total order amount. TikTok Shop is currently in the early testing stage in the US and the commission rate will be further updated in due course.

No, you can join TikTok Shop and start selling via shoppable videos or livestreams, even if you register a new TikTok account and do not have any followers.

Approval is required for sellers to sell any products listed in TikTok Shop Restricted Products Guidelines. Sellers are not allowed to sell any product listed in TikTok Shop Prohibited Products Guidelines.

Yes, you can use apps and services to connect your e-commerce store and sync your inventory, order and sales data. This includes platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe / Magento, Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Amazon. Explore more here.