Let me start by saying, most of the things you can buy on tiktok shop is on Amazon, Temu, Ali express, CJ Dropshipping and a few other places.
A lot of the products from TikTok are over charged and cost way more when you could of bought it some place else and got a refund.
Lets not forget the lithium battery products are blowing up left and right and causing damages on a lot of things. Things on there are cheaply made and then charged an outrageous price on some things. The shipping is also expensive on products.
Yes some of the things on there are alright and cheap but some are not.
Another thing is that those who buy or get a sample and are in the creator program or the affiliate program, they are forced to do a review even if they do not have the product, they still have to make a video. If they do not then their page will get a strike and they could loose it. This is not worth it to me and to be honest, tiktok is kind of acting funny on a lot of things since they came back up from the ban.
Lot of things are off on it and lots of people are getting in trouble for certain things that they say or do while others are not getting in trouble and they are plain out saying horrible things that they should be banned for.
So if you want to help a small creator that is not on tiktok, be sure to buy something from any of my links and that will help me a lot!