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Scaling TikTok Shop Affiliates

Role: Senior Product Designer leading Creator–Seller Affiliate collaboration across

Year: 2024–2026

Team: Global cross-functional team

Platform: Web and mobile

I design scalable tools that simplify seller to creator partnerships, from discovery and outreach, commissions and sample management. My work spans product strategy and complex workflows.

  • Shipped multiple 0-to-1 initiatives for seller- and creator-facing marketplaces.
  • Optimize seller–creator collaboration workflows across traditional features and AI Agent flows.
  • Aligned multiple teams around shared patterns and priorities to raise design quality.
  • Used AI-assisted tools to accelerate design and engineering workflows and ship features. see the keynote
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Seller–Creator Collaboration tooling

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Collaborations

Work with select creators

Open collaboration with all

Platform collaborationsTarget collaborations
Outreach usage800Invite to collaborate

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Outreach optimized

Defined your goals, and let us find the creators to achieve your goal. Commission only.

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Creator preferred

Flat fee

Flat fee increase invite acceptance best for hero products, ads, and final cut control.

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Commission only

Only pay when a sale is made. Best for scaling creator content across multiple products.

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Summer Glow Skincare Launch

Last modified on 12/18/20265 products

Commission only

Platform outreach

Ongoing39%40View

Labor Day Gift Guide 2026

Last modified on 06/12/202626 products

Commission only

Manual outreach

Completed76%80View

Active Wear Spring Refresh

Last modified on 04/03/202613 products

Flat fee based

Manual outreach

Ongoing54%40View

Protein Snack Bar Sampling

Last modified on 02/29/20263 products

Commission only

Platform outreach

Ongoing10%40View

Home Fragrance Collection Drop

Last modified on 12/18/20265 products

Flat fee based

Manual outreach

Ongoing40%40View
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1General info
2Products
3Preferences
4Review

General info

Notes

  • Name this invitation something you'll recognize later (e.g., purpose, event). Creators won't see this name.
  • Your invitation goal determines how TikTok Shop matches creators for you.
  • Once this invitation expires, creators can no longer accept it or earn the offered commission.

* Invitation name

Invitation name

* Invitation goal

Boost sales

Increase views and engagement

Get high quality content

* Recruiting end date

Recruitment end date

At least 7 days from today

* Collaboration valid until

Collaboration end date

At least 30 days after the recruiting period ends

Contact info

Share your contact info so invited creators can reach out with questions.

* Email address

testaccount@xy.com

* Phone

US +1348 348 3423

Invitation text

Introduce yourself and share a bit about why you're excited to collaborate.
Insert creator username

You may want to include:

Your shop or brand introduction

Purpose of this invitation

Why do you want to collaborate with creators

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Content type

Smart match currently only supports shoppable video.

Content type

Shoppable video
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Scale Creator Outreach with AI

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Find Creators

Search by username, products, hashtags or keywords in content
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Product category ⓘFollower sizeAvg. commission rate ⓘContent type ⓘCreator agencyFast growing ⓘ
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CreatorTop videoRevenueUnits soldAvg. viewsEngagement
glowwithmia

Mia Chen

Categories: Beauty, Skincare

Followers: 842.7K, Female 78%, 18–24

$18.4K1.2K286K8.70%
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jaytrainsdaily

Jay Carter

Categories: Fitness, Wellness

Followers: 392.1K, Male 64%, 25–34

$9.7K824154K6.20%
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stylebysolFast growing

Sofia Reyes

Categories: Fashion, Accessories

Followers: 1.3M, Female 71%, 18–34

$32.8K2.9K611K11.40%
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snacklabnoah

Noah Patel

Categories: Food, Fitness

Followers: 218.6K, Male 58%, 18–34

$6.2K49792K5.80%
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amaraathomeFast growing

Amara Brooks

Categories: Home, Lifestyle

Followers: 674.9K, Female 69%, 25–44

$21.1K1.7K348K9.30%
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