TikTokers quit TikTok shop over no payment & \u201clow quality\u201d products Unsplash: Solen FeyissaSome influencers are reporting that they\u2019re leaving TikTok\u2019s UK shopping program \u2018TikTok shop,\u2019 claiming they are receiving no or low pay, and that the products being sold are \u201clow quality.\u201d TikTok is one of the biggest social media platforms out there right now, and there are several different ways that creators are able to make money from the platform. For influencers in the UK, one of these methods is the TikTok shop. According to the platform: \u201cTikTok Shop is an innovative new shopping feature which enables merchants, brands and creators to showcase and sell products directly on TikTok through in-feed videos, LIVEs, and product showcase tab.\u201d However, according to the Financial Times, influencers are now speaking out about the program, citing low or no payment, and low-quality products. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load Content creator Dr. Carolina Are, who used TikTok to promote the pole-dancing classes she teaches, and is an academic in the online moderation field, left TikTok shop after reportedly not receiving payment for her content. \u201cI started using TikTok because it helped me grow massively,\u201d she said. \u201cI was curious to see if the Shop platform would be more lucrative for creators showing nudity, so I tried it to see if I could advertise things that were relevant to my viewers.\u201d She described the products she was asked to sell as: \u201cCheap or low-quality stuff, or things that I would have struggled to sell while not looking like someone who would flog anything.\u201d \u201cI do not think TikTok treats its creators well, particularly those who they see as on the \u201cborderline\u201d of their community guidelines, like me,\u201d she went on to say. \u201cOur views have massively fallen as a result of their TikTok moderation, so we don\u2019t make money from the creator fund.\u201d TikTok tightened up its community guidelines earlier this year, particularly targeting things like dangerous acts and challenges, eating disorders, and hateful ideologies. Many TikTokers use terms like \u2018fake body\u2019 as a way of avoiding getting automatically flagged for violating the app\u2019s policy on nudity. A spokesperson for TikTok said: \u201cThe TikTok community is redefining shopping culture, and we\u2019ve seen the positive impact on small businesses which have grown revenues, larger brands which have reached new audiences, and individuals who have launched careers. \u201cWe are committed to learning, growing and improving as we build commerce solutions that bring value to merchants, creators, and our community across the UK.\u201d There are more videos promoting TikTok shop products being added to the app each day, but it appears as though more creators could be set to leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTokers quit TikTok shop over no payment & \u201clow quality\u201d products Unsplash: Solen FeyissaSome influencers are reporting that they\u2019re leaving TikTok\u2019s UK shopping program \u2018TikTok shop,\u2019 claiming they are receiving no or low pay, and that the products being sold are \u201clow quality.\u201d TikTok is one of the biggest social media platforms out there right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}