Common Questions
Quick answers before you submit.
What is Seller Verified, and who is it for?
Seller Verified ($697) is our first-time setup and verification-readiness engagement for a new seller who has not launched a TikTok Shop US account yet. We confirm your entity and documents, align your W-9 lane, onboard your U.S. Business Representative, and sequence your submission so you submit once and submit right.
What company does Seller Verified require?
Seller Verified is for sellers who
already have a U.S. company that can certify as a U.S. person on a W-9. TikTok Shop only accepts a W-9, so that certification is the gate every verification runs through. If your company can clear it and you have a U.S. Business Representative candidate, you are a fit.
If you do not have a U.S. company yet, setup comes first, and that is part of our
TikTok Shop verified path.
Are you guaranteeing TikTok approval?
No. TikTok makes final decisions. Our value is preventing avoidable rejection by catching mismatches before you submit. If you follow our sequence and something we should have caught causes a rejection, we rework the submission at no additional cost.
Exactly what is included for $697?
Three things. The core engagement: entity and document confirmation, W-9 lane alignment, U.S. Business Representative onboarding, one team call, and 30 Active Days of email support. The full bonus library: the Representative readiness set, the four Representative agreements (Letter of Authorization, Independent Contractor, Voluntary Representative, Hold Harmless and Indemnification), and the setup library. The Clean Submission Promise: if something we should have caught causes a rejection, we rework the submission at no additional cost.
Can’t I just do this myself with a YouTube tutorial?
You can try. Most first-time sellers who do are the ones who burn a resubmission, then a second, before they realize the problem was structural and not a document upload. The expensive failures are the ones you cannot see coming: a W-9 lane that does not match your company, a Representative-versus-UBO role split that reads as suspicious activity. You get one clean first submission. Seller Verified is about not spending it on a guess.
How long does Seller Verified take?
That depends on you and your Representative, not us. Once your call is booked and your documents are in, the readiness work moves quickly. The variables are external: how fast your Representative completes onboarding, EIN or banking timing, and your own availability. If a third-party delay hits, your Active Days pause so none of your support window is wasted waiting.
What do you need from me?
A U.S. company that can certify as a U.S. person on a W-9, your EIN letter (CP-575 or 147C), and a U.S. Business Representative candidate ready to onboard. From there you follow the sequence, complete the agreements, and submit. We guide, you act. We never log into your account.
Is $697 the full price, or does it turn into an upsell?
$697 is the full price for Seller Verified. Everything described on this page is included at that price. If your situation turns out to need something outside this scope, for example you do not yet have a qualifying company, we tell you plainly and point you to the right path. No surprise charges inside the engagement.
What is not included?
We do not file your application for you, prepare tax returns, give legal opinions, log into your account, or provide or rent a Representative, ID, or SSN. We do not guarantee approval, and we do not handle live-shop policy violations on an account that has already gone live. Seller Verified is first-time setup and verification readiness. What we control is the submission file being clean before it reaches TikTok.
Why can a foreign-owned SMLLC not always use a W-9?
Because the W-9 requires certifying as a U.S. person, and not every single-member structure can do that cleanly. The requirement is simple: your U.S. company has to be able to certify as a U.S. person on the W-9. Whether yours qualifies depends on your ownership and how the entity is set up.
If it does not yet, that is a setup question handled in
The Verified Path, not here.
What is the Account Health Rating?
A 0 to 1,000 compliance score. Launched March 2026. Start at 200. Below 150 equals enforcement. Zero equals permanent deactivation. Recalculated daily. Rolling 180-day window. The single most important number after approval.
How long does TikTok hold my money before the first payout?
31 days. Mandatory. No exceptions. After that, payout speed depends on your Shop Performance Score. Standard equals 8 days. Score 3.5+ equals 5 days. Score 4.0+ equals 1 day.
What is the INFORM Consumers Act?
A federal law requiring TikTok to verify seller information. High-volume sellers (broadly, 200+ transactions and $20,000+ in revenue in a 12-month period) re-verify annually, and re-verification can also be triggered by risk flags, ownership changes, or bank changes at any time. Failure equals payment delays, listing restrictions, or suspension. This is why your Representative onboarding has to hold for the life of the shop, not just day one.
Do you log into my TikTok Shop account?
No. You and your U.S. Business Representative keep control at all times. You forward screenshots, we guide, you act. We provide guidance and sequencing through the paid engagement.
Do you provide or rent U.S. Business Representatives, IDs, or SSNs?
No. We provide the Conversation Scripts, the Onboarding Packet, the four Representative agreements, the role map, and the governance framework so you can recruit and protect your own Representative. You provide your own U.S. candidate. We do not rent, lease, or provide identity documents.
I have a U.S. company but I am not sure it qualifies. What now?
What if I already submitted and got rejected?
Then Seller Verified is not the right starting point. A rejection means there is a root cause to diagnose before any new attempt, and that has its own path.
Learn more here.