Complete Beginner’s Guide to Affiliate Marketing on TikTok Shop (Full Course)

In this TikTok Shop Affiliate Guide for Beginners, you’ll discover a detailed, step-by-step method to earn money online through …

• 0:00 | hey everyone John Mack here and in this
• 0:02 | video I’m going to be walking you
• 0:03 | through absolutely everything you need
• 0:05 | to know to crush it with Tik Tock shop
• 0:07 | affiliate even if you have zero
• 0:09 | followers right now by the end of this
• 0:11 | you’re going to know exactly what to do
• 0:13 | step by step to start making money as a
• 0:15 | Tik Tok shop affiliate now before we
• 0:17 | jump in let me ask you a question have
• 0:19 | you ever scrolled through Tik Tok and
• 0:21 | seen those videos with the little shop
• 0:23 | now button at the bottom you know the
• 0:25 | ones where someone is raving about a
• 0:26 | product and telling you to click the
• 0:28 | link to get it yourself well well those
• 0:30 | creators are likely part of the Tik Tok
• 0:32 | shop affiliate program and they’re
• 0:34 | getting paid a commission every time
• 0:36 | someone buys through their link now I
• 0:38 | know you might be thinking but John I
• 0:40 | barely have any followers on Tik Tok can
• 0:42 | this really work for me the answer is a
• 0:44 | resounding yes in fact I firmly believe
• 0:47 | that Tik Tok shop affiliate is one of
• 0:49 | the best ways for beginner creators to
• 0:51 | start monetizing their accounts and
• 0:53 | building a real online business and in
• 0:55 | this video today I’m going to be showing
• 0:57 | you exactly how to do it even if you’re
• 0:59 | starting from scratch but first let me
• 1:01 | put this opportunity in perspective for
• 1:03 | you Tik Tok has over a billion monthly
• 1:05 | active users worldwide and the Tik Talk
• 1:08 | Shop feature is rapidly gaining
• 1:10 | popularity more and more people are
• 1:11 | getting comfortable with the idea of
• 1:13 | purchasing products directly through the
• 1:15 | app and some are calling it the new
• 1:17 | Amazon and Tik Tok is investing heavily
• 1:20 | into making the shopping experience as
• 1:22 | seamless as possible for you this is a
• 1:24 | wave you definitely want to be riding
• 1:26 | now I know there’s a ton of ways to make
• 1:28 | money on Tik Tok and it can be
• 1:30 | overwhelming trying to decide which path
• 1:31 | to take so let me break this down quick
• 1:34 | you know the main options so you can see
• 1:36 | if Tik Tok shop affiliate is such a
• 1:38 | standout option one is the Tik Tok
• 1:40 | Creator fund where you get paid based on
• 1:43 | views but there’s some high requirements
• 1:45 | to qualify you need at least 10,000
• 1:47 | followers and 100,000 video views in the
• 1:50 | past 30 days alone plus the payouts are
• 1:53 | honestly pretty low compared to other
• 1:55 | monetization methods you might make a
• 1:57 | few bucks here and there but it’s not
• 1:58 | going to be life-changing M right option
• 2:01 | number two is selling your own products
• 2:03 | through Tik Tok shop but this comes with
• 2:05 | a whole set of challenges you’re
• 2:06 | responsible for product development
• 2:08 | Inventory management order fulfillment
• 2:10 | customer service and all the headaches
• 2:12 | that come with running an e-commerce
• 2:13 | business it’s doable but there’s a
• 2:16 | significant upfront investment and a lot
• 2:18 | of moving parts to manage and that
• 2:20 | brings us to option number three which
• 2:22 | is becoming a Tik Tock shop affiliate
• 2:24 | with this model you simply promote other
• 2:26 | people’s products in your videos and
• 2:28 | earn a commission on every sale you
• 2:30 | generate you don’t have to worry about
• 2:32 | shipping products dealing with returns
• 2:34 | or any of the backend Logistics your
• 2:36 | only job is to make entertaining videos
• 2:38 | that get people interested in the
• 2:39 | product and clicking your link to
• 2:41 | purchase and in my opinion it’s one of
• 2:43 | the easiest and most beginner friendly
• 2:44 | ways to start making real money on Tik
• 2:47 | Tok so how do you actually get started
• 2:49 | as a Tik Tok shop affiliate well the
• 2:51 | process is slightly different depending
• 2:52 | on whether you already have over a th000
• 2:54 | followers on Tik Tok or not don’t worry
• 2:57 | I’m going to cover both scenarios here
• 2:59 | so if you already have a Tik Tok account
• 3:00 | with over a th000 followers first of all
• 3:02 | congrats you’ve clearly been putting in
• 3:04 | the work and creating content that
• 3:05 | resonates with people so to sign up for
• 3:07 | the Tik Tok shop affiliate program
• 3:09 | simply go into your Tik Tok settings
• 3:11 | click on Creator tools and then navigate
• 3:13 | to Tik Tok shop affiliate program and
• 3:15 | hit the apply button from there you’ll
• 3:17 | fill out some basic information about
• 3:18 | yourself and your account Tik Tok will
• 3:21 | review your application and you should
• 3:22 | be improved within a matter of minutes
• 3:25 | as long as you meet their eligibility
• 3:27 | criteria and once you’re in you’ll have
• 3:29 | access to the Tik Tok shop affiliate
• 3:31 | dashboard where you can start exploring
• 3:32 | products and generating your affiliate
• 3:34 | links easy peasy right but what if
• 3:37 | you’re part of the 99% of people who
• 3:39 | don’t have a th000 followers yet no
• 3:41 | stress I got you covered you can still
• 3:43 | sign up for the Tik Tok shop affiliate
• 3:45 | program it just takes a couple extra
• 3:46 | steps here’s the foolproof process step
• 3:49 | number one open up your web browser and
• 3:51 | do Google search for sign up for Tik Tok
• 3:54 | shop affiliate the first result should
• 3:55 | be a link to the official Tik Tok Shop
• 3:57 | website give that a click step two on
• 4:00 | the Tik Tok shop affiliate page enter
• 4:02 | your email address in the provided field
• 4:04 | and click the continue button Tik Tok
• 4:06 | will send you a six-digit verification
• 4:08 | code to that email so keep an eye out
• 4:10 | for it step three enter the six-digit
• 4:12 | code in the space provided and click
• 4:14 | verify this is just a security measure
• 4:16 | to confirm you own the email address you
• 4:18 | entered and step number four on the next
• 4:21 | page you’ll set your account password
• 4:23 | make sure to choose something strong and
• 4:24 | secure that you’re going to remember
• 4:26 | once you’ve entered and confirmed your
• 4:28 | password click continue to proceed step
• 4:31 | number five now you’ll be asked about
• 4:33 | your business type for most people
• 4:34 | watching this video the answer is going
• 4:36 | to be individual unless you’re signing
• 4:38 | up on behalf of an LLC Corporation or
• 4:40 | some other legal entity business in that
• 4:42 | case select the appropriate option from
• 4:44 | the drop- down menu step number six next
• 4:47 | you need to provide a valid form of
• 4:49 | identification to prove you are who you
• 4:50 | say you are this is a one-time
• 4:52 | verification process that Tik Tok
• 4:54 | requires for all new shop affiliate
• 4:56 | signups you can either upload a photo of
• 4:58 | your driver’s license or your passport
• 5:00 | make sure the image is clear and the
• 5:02 | text is easily readable step seven after
• 5:04 | uploading your ID double check that all
• 5:06 | the information on the next page matches
• 5:08 | what’s shown on your identification
• 5:10 | document this includes your legal name
• 5:12 | date of birth ID number your expiration
• 5:14 | date your residential address if
• 5:17 | anything needs updating click the edit
• 5:19 | button and make the necessary changes
• 5:21 | all right step eight scroll down and
• 5:23 | enter the last four digits of your
• 5:24 | Social Security number or your taxpayer
• 5:27 | identification number I know this might
• 5:28 | sound a bit intrusive but it’s a legal
• 5:30 | requirement since Tik Tok will be
• 5:32 | issuing you a $199 form for your tax
• 5:34 | purposes on your affiliate earnings your
• 5:37 | information is kept secure and
• 5:38 | confidential so don’t worry about that
• 5:41 | step nine next you’ll select your
• 5:42 | primary product category this is
• 5:44 | basically just telling Tik Tok What
• 5:45 | general types of products you plan to
• 5:47 | promote as an affiliate don’t get too
• 5:49 | hung up on this as you’ll be able to
• 5:51 | generate links for any eligible product
• 5:53 | regardless of the category I usually
• 5:55 | recommend choosing either home supplies
• 5:57 | or kitchen wear if you’re unsure as
• 6:00 | those are two of the most popular and
• 6:01 | Broad categories step number 10 lastly
• 6:04 | enter your phone number in the space
• 6:06 | provided Tik Tok will send you a quick
• 6:08 | text message with another verification
• 6:10 | code similar to the email verification
• 6:12 | from earlier enter that code on the next
• 6:14 | page to confirm your number and that’s
• 6:16 | it go ahead and submit your application
• 6:19 | Tik Tok will review your info and you
• 6:21 | should get an approval email within
• 6:22 | minutes congrats you’re in the email
• 6:25 | will give you next steps to add your tax
• 6:27 | info and link to your Tik to shop
• 6:30 | account to your main Tik Tok profile
• 6:32 | just follow the instructions and you’ll
• 6:34 | be ready to roll now that your account
• 6:36 | is set up let’s talk about how to find
• 6:38 | winning products to promote this is key
• 6:41 | right you want items that have viral
• 6:43 | potential and strong buyer demand one of
• 6:45 | the best ways to find Winners is by
• 6:47 | looking at your own for you page scroll
• 6:49 | through to see what other Affiliates are
• 6:51 | successfully promoting and pay attention
• 6:53 | to view counts likes comments and
• 6:55 | clickthrough rates the items getting
• 6:57 | tons of Engagement are the ones to add
• 6:59 | to your list of prospects another method
• 7:01 | is using the official Tik Tok Shop
• 7:02 | product research tool with this you can
• 7:05 | search for products by category see live
• 7:07 | sales dat and identify the top sellers
• 7:09 | and trending shops in each Niche it
• 7:12 | makes it super easy to zero in on the
• 7:14 | hottest opportunities just look for
• 7:15 | products with high sales volume and an
• 7:17 | above average commission rate and lots
• 7:20 | of room for Creative video angles but my
• 7:23 | absolute favorite product research
• 7:24 | method is a tool called cow data this is
• 7:27 | the secret weap in the top Tik shock
• 7:29 | shop affiliate is used to stay ahead of
• 7:30 | the game cow data is an analytics
• 7:33 | platform built specifically for Tik Tok
• 7:35 | e-commerce it shows you real-time data
• 7:37 | on trending products creators videos and
• 7:40 | shops you can see exactly which items
• 7:42 | are driving the most revenue and dissect
• 7:44 | the top performing videos to gather
• 7:46 | video ideas let me show you an example
• 7:49 | I’m in the C data dashboard looking at
• 7:50 | teeth whitting kit that’s making a
• 7:52 | killing right now and over the past week
• 7:54 | it’s done over $200,000 in sales I can
• 7:57 | see all the key metrics at a glance you
• 7:59 | sold estimated commissions related
• 8:01 | keywords and more but here’s where it
• 8:03 | gets really powerful when I scroll down
• 8:05 | I see the specific videos that are
• 8:07 | moving the most product like this one
• 8:09 | here that’s done 11 million views and
• 8:11 | 238,000 in attributed sales in a week
• 8:14 | it’s insane right I can click the video
• 8:16 | to watch the full thing right there
• 8:18 | inside of C data to analyze the hook
• 8:21 | storyline editing style caption hashtags
• 8:24 | everything I can even autogenerate a
• 8:26 | script variation with AI if I wanted to
• 8:29 | and if I click the Creator’s name I get
• 8:31 | a detailed breakdown of their past
• 8:32 | week’s performance most viral videos and
• 8:35 | average engagement this Intel is how you
• 8:38 | spot white hot opportunities before they
• 8:40 | take off and reverse engineer the
• 8:42 | perfect promotional videos it’s a total
• 8:44 | GameChanger of course Hall data isn’t
• 8:47 | the only way to find Winners tried
• 8:49 | andrue methods like checking the
• 8:50 | bestsellers lists and category pages in
• 8:52 | Tik Tok shop or super valuable too the
• 8:54 | key is to cast a wide net using multiple
• 8:57 | research angles then look for common
• 8:59 | themes and characteristics of top
• 9:00 | sellers which brings me to my winning
• 9:02 | product checklist after analyzing
• 9:04 | hundreds of top performing Tik Tok shop
• 9:06 | listings I’ve then ified five common
• 9:08 | traits that most of them share number
• 9:10 | one it solves a clear problem or makes
• 9:13 | life easier in some way it is an
• 9:15 | attention grabbing hook or unique
• 9:17 | mechanism three it’s easy to demonstrate
• 9:19 | in a short video four it has mass Market
• 9:22 | appeal but still feels unique and five
• 9:24 | the ad videos have at least 100,000
• 9:26 | views and strong
• 9:28 | engagement when you find a product that
• 9:30 | takes all these boxes you know you’re on
• 9:32 | to something special so add that to your
• 9:34 | short list another thing here I
• 9:36 | recommend is reaching out to suppliers
• 9:38 | and asking for a free sample in exchange
• 9:39 | for a review video this allows you to
• 9:41 | test the product hands on and create
• 9:43 | more authentic feeling content just find
• 9:46 | their contact info in Tik Tok shop and
• 9:48 | send them a friendly message explaining
• 9:50 | what you want most of them will gladly
• 9:52 | send a sample because they know the
• 9:54 | power of Tik Tok for driving sales one
• 9:57 | quick tip if you need the sample fast
• 9:59 | for timely video search for the product
• 10:01 | on Amazon and see if the same seller
• 10:03 | offers it there too for quicker shipping
• 10:05 | you’d be surprised how often this works
• 10:07 | all right now that you found an awesome
• 10:09 | product to promote and have it on hand
• 10:11 | it’s time for the fun part creating
• 10:13 | scroll stopping videos that sell this is
• 10:16 | where Tik Tok shop really shines
• 10:17 | compared to other platforms out there
• 10:19 | the key is making it entertaining
• 10:21 | story-driven content that sneaks the
• 10:23 | recommendation in without feeling too
• 10:25 | much of like an ad now there’s a proven
• 10:27 | three-part framework to use for this
• 10:29 | this number one the hook and attention
• 10:31 | grabbing first 1 to 3 seconds to suck
• 10:34 | people in two the body explaining the
• 10:36 | product’s benefits and what they’ll
• 10:38 | experience with it and number three the
• 10:40 | call to action telling viewers to click
• 10:42 | the link and grab it now you want to
• 10:45 | frontload the video with your strongest
• 10:47 | hook think along the lines of this weird
• 10:49 | Gadget Sav me $321 on power bills or you
• 10:52 | won’t believe what this anti-aging cream
• 10:54 | did for my wrinkles the hook makes a
• 10:56 | bold claim and leads into your
• 10:58 | explanation of what the product is and
• 11:00 | why it’s a must buy for the body of the
• 11:03 | video focus on demonstrating the product
• 11:04 | and laying out the key benefits how is
• 11:07 | it making your life better and what
• 11:08 | results have you gotten what makes it
• 11:10 | different and better than other
• 11:12 | Solutions out there keep it concise but
• 11:14 | persuasive when it comes to the call to
• 11:16 | action I like to play in scarcity and
• 11:18 | urgency something like selling fast grab
• 11:21 | yours at the link before they’re gone or
• 11:22 | 50% off but only for the next 24 hours
• 11:26 | this makes people feel like they need to
• 11:27 | act now and here’s a Pro tip include
• 11:30 | captions on your video to tease the main
• 11:32 | points and mirror your hook and CTA copy
• 11:35 | a lot of people watch Tik Tok without
• 11:36 | the sound so this gives you a second
• 11:38 | chance to grab their attention as they
• 11:41 | read through just make sure the captions
• 11:43 | don’t cover more than 20% of the screen
• 11:45 | to avoid issues with Tik tok’s ad policy
• 11:48 | of course I could go on for days about
• 11:49 | Tik Tok video best practices and
• 11:51 | scripting techniques but the key thing
• 11:53 | to remember are to keep it under 60
• 11:55 | seconds have a strong hook focus on the
• 11:57 | benefits over features and use use
• 11:59 | captions and always include a call to
• 12:01 | action I’ll drop a link to my free
• 12:04 | course Below in the description where
• 12:05 | you can go through in detail of how to
• 12:07 | do this the right way now when you’re
• 12:08 | ready to post you’ll upload your video
• 12:10 | in Tik Tok and then access the Tik Tok
• 12:12 | shop dashboard to generate a unique
• 12:14 | product link paste that link in your
• 12:16 | video caption and you’re good to go
• 12:19 | every click in sale is tracked and
• 12:21 | you’ll see your commissions add up in
• 12:22 | real time a couple of final tips for
• 12:25 | maximizing your affiliate profits number
• 12:27 | one post at least one video per day but
• 12:29 | preferably two to three when you’re
• 12:30 | starting out because consistency is huge
• 12:33 | for gaining traction number two do your
• 12:35 | keyword research and include relevant
• 12:37 | hashtags on every video this helps the
• 12:39 | Tik Tok algorithm put your videos in
• 12:41 | front of the Right audience number three
• 12:44 | engage with every comments you get reply
• 12:46 | back ask questions and build
• 12:48 | relationships with your viewers more
• 12:50 | engagement tells Tik Tok your videos is
• 12:52 | fire hop on Trends fast if you see a
• 12:55 | dance sound or hashtag taking off put
• 12:57 | your own spin on it while it’s still hot
• 12:59 | this can get you a tsunami of views
• 13:01 | number five run occasional giveaways or
• 13:03 | contests for people to follow your
• 13:05 | profile and like your videos this builds
• 13:07 | loyalty and gives your account a bump
• 13:10 | and last but not least make sure you
• 13:12 | disclose that your links are affiliate
• 13:14 | links in your bio to stay compliant with
• 13:16 | Tik tok’s terms of service you can just
• 13:18 | simply add a line that says some links
• 13:20 | may be affiliate and you’re covered so
• 13:22 | that’s it your complete road map to
• 13:24 | killing it with Tik Tok shop affiliate
• 13:26 | the opportunity is wide open and there’s
• 13:28 | no reason why can’t start getting daily
• 13:30 | sales and commissions right now it just
• 13:32 | takes finding the right products making
• 13:34 | entertaining videos and staying
• 13:36 | consistent listen if you got value from
• 13:38 | this guide make sure to smash the like
• 13:40 | button and drop a comment letting me
• 13:41 | know I reply to each and every one and
• 13:43 | if you want more inside or tips for
• 13:45 | scaling to the Moon with Tik Tok shop
• 13:46 | affiliate marketing click the Subscribe
• 13:48 | button and turn on all notifications so
• 13:50 | you don’t miss my next video I’m going
• 13:52 | to be back before you know it with more
• 13:54 | gems until then stay focused keep
• 13:56 | creating and I’ll see you in the next
• 13:58 | one bye-bye

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