TikTok

I was invited to create a shop through Shopify. I was so excited to open this new sales channel, but I soon became so disappointed. I connected everything through my Shopify account but didn't realize that TikTok required additional information, even though Shopify already had ALL that information. They permanently closed my account. After trying to chat for help to see if anything could change this, I was told there wasn't a solution. Not something any business owner likes to hear. Now, the only way I can activate a new one is to create a new email and phone number. This makes it easier to create fraudulent accounts. No wonder so many consumers say they buy things and end up getting knockoffs on TikTok. I would never buy anything. I will not set up an account until they let sellers reopen accounts.

Don't sell here. If you resell any authorized products, they will disable your store, allow no appeals, and keep your money for 90 days.

Products not syncing to Tiktok seller, we reinstalls their app 3 times.
Endless talks to their TikTok support didn't help, I'm starting to think that TikTok are using bots for support

Given how anyone I talk to about this app agrees that its an absolute nightmare, Im *shocked* that this app somehow has one of the highest ratings (4.8) on the shopify app platform. Just. HOW. We've had *SOOOOOO* many problems. I do not understand.

UPDATE: Finally, somehow, got it stop rejecting our documents. Running a shop has been a nightmare as well, with random AI false flagging out items as prohibited (they definitely are not) and then tickets/a support system that ranges from computer-generated worthless and agents that lack the english/cultural understanding to understand how they have errored. Maybe 1 in 10 agents understands and attempts to fix things, but that fix is usually to escalate to a different team which will also error and then put us back to step 1. I might give it 2 star because at least we're making sales, but honestly, this app has wasted so much of my time and patience that i question whether the money we've made is even worth the hassle.

Well, its been rejecting my ID verification saying my unaltered CC statements and bank statements are "Altered" again and again. They are downloaded straight from my bank (a major US bank)... So... Not sure whats up. Ive looked them over, they look fine. Ive tried 10+ times with different unaltered documents, doesnt matter. Sometimes it just rejects it saying they cant verify with no mention of altering.

We've never had this issue with any other shops/platform.

Not sure if this is some system/ai/computer error or some kind of incompetence on the human side because no one responds to tickets/emails over there. Might update if TT ever figures this out and fixes it. This is some pure dystopian nonsense.

Be very careful of violating any Tiktok policies. They will shut your shop and withhold all the funds that they owe you regardless of whether you are in the right. Their Appeals process is unfair.

This has been one of the most exhausting experiences in my life. Opening or trying to open a Tiktok shop was pure hell.
no one at TikTok will help you, try to open a ticket and the system, asks you over and over to verify yourself even though you already have.

Finally get to email with someone from support and they can't or won't answer a question.

Products, all of my products are both active and under review at the same time. Some get declined but no clear answer as to why. If that isn't bad enough click the marketing tab and all those products are approved.
you can do better tiktok

We've been in business for over 22 years and probably have about 20 apps in our Shopify store. We advertise on every medium possible. We've never experienced so much difficulty or lack of support as we have with this application and regardless of what information we supply to their "support" team, we get no resolve. They want social security numbers, Tax IDs, all locations, all application information, etc. I just counted over 200 emails to support requesting assistance and support continues to provide circular and repetitive unhelpful responses.

Integration was a constant pain. When we imported our products 80% failed verification with no explanation and would not verify after multiple amendments. Raised a support ticket for help, got nowhere and they market the ticket as resolved despite not addressing the issue.

The core issue appears to be over the name of our products, which are factually accurate and design-inspired names, yet they appear to breach some standards. There appears to be no way to have a human review the products to see that they meet the guidelines and I don't expect they will amend the algorithm any time soon.

Awful experience thus far.

Ads were not approved and they continue to take money out of my bank account so whenever you try contacting them there is no response but rather blatant disregard for someone's hard earned money.

Really really bad, took too long, no help, repeat typing over and over again and doing again here. No help, bad for a small business....too much work and waste of tie for what it is worth sadly