TikTok Shop says fraudulent sellers are using AI to create fake brands and nonexistent products; TikTok rejected 70M products and banned 700K sellers in H1 2025
Dan Whateley / Business Insider :
Tokopedia sellers say Tokopedia's strengths have eroded since its TikTok Shop merger in Indonesia, driving thousands of sellers to join rivals, including Toco
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok- ... [image] @restofworld.org : As TikTok looks to change course to comply with U.S. laws, a similar experiment in its second-largest market is unraveling. — New: restof...
TikTok launches TikTok Shop in Japan, marking the e-commerce platform's 17th market, following launches in the US, the UK, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and more
Danielle Popov / South China Morning Post :
Indonesia plans to change its rules to require e-commerce platforms like TikTok Shop to withhold income tax from large sellers instead of paying the government
Grace Sihombing / Bloomberg :
TikTok plans to launch TikTok Shop in France, Germany, and Italy on March 31, expanding its reach in Europe as TikTok's future in the US remains uncertain
Helen Reid / Reuters :
TikTok launches TikTok Shop in Spain, letting creators sell products from beauty to home appliances, from €3 to €60, the first step of its European rollout
Bloomberg :
Sources: TikTok plans to launch TikTok Shop in Spain and Ireland as early as October; the rollout will be smaller than previously envisioned amid EU scrutiny
Bloomberg :
TikTok is testing a feature that could make all posts shoppable, by identifying objects in videos and prompting users to “find similar items on TikTok Shop”
who can only link to the product in the description) gets the referrer commission. — TikTok also gets to sell “preferred vendor” access and other nonsense to further predate on their users. — It f...
A look at TikTok Shop, as big companies shun the e-commerce app, which has a clunky interface and is full of dubious merchandise, like a $50 plastic fork
Bloomberg :
A look at TikTok Shop, as big companies shun the e-commerce app, which has a clunky interface and is full of dubious merchandise, like a $50 plastic fork
At best, the social platform's e-commerce arm is full of random impulse buys and silly trinkets. At worst, it's a breeding ground for bad actors and shady products.