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QVC Group brought 40 years of live-selling experience to TikTok Shop and quickly proved its model could translate to a new generation of social commerce. After launching in August 2024, the retailer had its first viral product within weeks, went on to become the number one shop during Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025, and was named Seller of the Year for 2025. Abigail Bizzarro, Director of TikTok at QVC Group, breaks down how the company is building on that momentum across more than 90,000 SKUs.

Abigail shares how QVC Group combines its LIVE selling expertise with a creator-first affiliate strategy to reach new customers on TikTok Shop. From streaming more than 250 hours per week to sampling top creators at scale, QVC is using exclusive drops, proprietary brands, creator incentives, and early holiday planning to keep its massive assortment moving while giving affiliates a reason to continually come back to the brand.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why QVC Group invests heavily in creators and affiliates, including a tiered loyalty program that rewards top performers

• How QVC evaluates creators based on sales performance, post rate, storytelling ability, and loyalty rather than follower count

• How QVC approaches sampling with a constantly changing assortment, including sending its top 150 creators an average of five to 10 products per month

• Why QVC starts Black Friday and Cyber Monday planning during the summer

• How QVC is creating urgency through LIVE-exclusive product drops, pre-heat content, exclusive colors, value bundles, and early creator access

RidgeCoin Jewelry Co. generated $1.4 million in sales during a single TikTok LIVE. Owner Tasos Kolokouris shares how the family-owned jewelry, coin, and collectibles business turned LIVE selling into a major growth channel while growing its TikTok following from roughly 170 to more than 17,000 in four months.

Tasos explains how RidgeCoin uses daily LIVE streams, consistent content, $1 auctions, and a broad product mix to keep viewers engaged and reach different customer segments. By moving between gold coins, currency, jewelry, and watches during major streams, the team can refresh its audience throughout a show while building a community that returns for both the products and the personalities behind the brand.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How RidgeCoin Jewelry Co. grew from roughly 170 to more than 17,000 TikTok followers in four months through consistent streaming, videos, shares, and engagement

• Why RidgeCoin starts products at $1 during LIVE auctions and how temporary auctions help the team sell a large volume of inventory quickly

• How RidgeCoin's $1.4 million LIVE used different product categories to reach new customer segments

• Why LIVE sellers should watch metrics like GMV per hour, clicks, hearts, pass-through rate, and chat activity to understand when a stream needs more energy

• How RidgeCoin uses TikTok Shop's Shop Tab for high-volume products customers want to purchase 24 hours a day

Laura Geller Beauty has built one of the most recognizable presences on TikTok Shop, reaching the number two makeup brand ranking in both Q4 and Q1 through a strategy that blends creator community, live selling, and a tiered ambassador program. Jamila Hadid, Director of Social Commerce at Laura Geller, shares how the brand has turned TikTok Shop into a full-funnel growth engine without relying on an agency.

Jamila breaks down how Laura Geller's in-house team approaches everything from creator sampling and live programming to limited drops and product virality. She explains how the brand identifies and grows creators from scratch, why the 40+ customer has become their most powerful audience on a Gen Z platform, and how they are now working to bring founder Laura Geller herself more prominently into the TikTok ecosystem to deepen community connection.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Laura Geller built a tiered creator ambassador program that grew regular people into top-earning affiliates

• Why limited edition drops and brand collaborations consistently outperform standard product launches on TikTok Shop

• How countdown bidding, hourly giveaways, and lowest-price-of-the-season moments are structured into Laura Geller lives to drive conversion and extend viewer watch time

• How the brand is building systems to respond to unexpected virality

• How Laura Geller uses consideration ads alongside GMV Max to build mid-funnel momentum

TraxNYC has built one of TikTok Shop's most consistent live auction operations, scaling from $30K GMV in their first streams to regularly hitting over $100K per live, all by mastering countdown bidding and $1 auction starts in the fine jewelry and watch category. In this episode, Mickey Julian Bell, COO at TraxNYC, breaks down how his team turned high-value live selling into a repeatable system, and why the live format is uniquely suited for luxury goods that demand trust, visibility, and a personal buying experience.

Mickey explains how TraxNYC's approach goes well beyond simply going live. From leveraging TikTok analytics to refine product selection, to building rapport with returning customers who drive 34% of orders at an average order value of $3,500, the team has developed a methodology that treats live selling as both a revenue engine and a relationship-building tool. With plans for exclusive live-only pieces and founder-led product reveals on the horizon, TraxNYC is betting that what worked in the early days of e-commerce will play out again with TikTok LIVE.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why $1 auction starts consistently outperform higher opening bids for luxury items

• How TikTok analytics on returning customers and per-product bid data help TraxNYC decide exactly which watches and jewelry to feature each live

• Why fine jewelry and watches require a live-only selling strategy

• How building genuine relationships with repeat viewers has turned watchers into word-of-mouth advocates

• The "halo effect" TraxNYC is seeing off-platform

Bask and Lather has achieved 100% year-over-year growth on TikTok Shop by building one of the most engaged haircare communities on the platform, with over half a million active creators promoting their products daily. In this episode, Shaina Rainford, Founder and CEO of Bask and Lather, shares how she built the brand from the ground up on TikTok Shop, turning organic content into a full ecosystem of creators, LIVE selling, and campaign strategy.

Shaina walks through how Bask and Lather approaches every layer of TikTok Shop simultaneously, from organic content and affiliate creators to LIVE selling and GMV Max ads. She explains how the brand's solutions-based product philosophy has fueled trust and repeat purchase, how a viral edge control product led to an entirely new SKU, and why she believes any seller, regardless of resources, can break through on the platform by staying consistent and letting strong products speak for themselves.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Bask and Lather grew to over half a million active affiliate creators with an open sampling strategy

• Why packing orders on LIVE from a warehouse tripod was one of their earliest and most effective growth tactics, and how that scrappy approach can still work today

• How Bask and Lather uses GMV Max to balance efficiency and volume across campaign and non-campaign periods

• Why listening to how creators use your products can unlock entirely new SKUs

• How TikTok Shop created a halo effect for Bask and Lather beyond the platform, with in-person event attendees citing TikTok Shop as their primary point of discovery

Physician's Choice has built one of the most formidable presences on TikTok Shop, generating over $55 million in GMV, creating at least five creator millionaires, and currently holding the number one product ranking on TikTok Shop with their digestive enzymes. In this episode, Logan Chierotti, Founder and CEO of Physician's Choice, breaks down the full-funnel strategy behind their rise to the top of the health and wellness category.

Logan walks through how Physician's Choice restructured their entire business around TikTok-first innovation, from redesigning product pages to match trending keywords and seasonal moments, to running creator incentive campaigns that sent 100 creators to Aruba and directly drove their digestive enzyme to the number one spot on TikTok Shop. He also shares how their creator community, GMV investment, and operational infrastructure work together to create what he calls a "fireball of momentum" that spills over into retail and Amazon sales.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Physician's Choice shifted from Amazon-first to TikTok-first and what that change unlocked for product development and sales growth

• How Physician's Choice designs products specifically to go viral

• How running creator incentive campaigns directly propelled their digestive enzyme to the number one product on TikTok Shop

• Why inventory allocation is one of the most overlooked factors in capitalizing on high-traffic moments like Deals for You Days

• How Physician's Choice optimizes product pages to maximize discovery through TikTok Shop search

Cata-Kor launched on TikTok Shop nearly three years ago as one of the first brands in the health category, and what followed was staggering: 9,000% year-over-year growth in their first full year on the platform. The brand built that momentum by going all in on creator-led content, strategic affiliate management, and a bundling strategy that now drives 30% of their GMV during major campaigns. In this episode, Vlad Seuruk, Founder of Cata-Kor, unpacks the systems behind that growth.

Vlad breaks down how Cata-Kor approaches every stage of the product lifecycle, from pre-launch sampling and creator preheating to campaign activations and long-term affiliate relationships. He explains why follower count means nothing to his team, how they use creator feedback to shape product development, and why bundles have become one of the most powerful levers in their 2026 playbook.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why Cata-Kor ignores follower count entirely when vetting affiliates, and what metrics they actually look at to predict creator performance

• How running creator incentive campaigns in the two to three weeks before a platform campaign can dramatically improve content performance once the campaign goes live

• The bundling framework Cata-Kor uses to evaluate product pairings, and why their Glutathione launch bundles drove 30% of campaign GMV

• How Cata-Kor used a "Road to Rome" creator contest to generate massive affiliate buy-in around a new product launch

• Why moving to Fulfilled by TikTok unlocked not just faster delivery, but also virtual bundle creation and measurable conversion improvements

Rhino USA has built one of the most consistent growth stories on TikTok Shop, crossing $40 million in GMV with a creator-first strategy that drives roughly 75% of their total Shop revenue. In this episode, Thomas Nielsen, Senior Marketplace Manager at Rhino USA, breaks down how this family-owned brand has turned creator relationships, hero products, and platform campaigns into a repeatable engine for year-over-year growth.

Thomas digs into the full framework behind Rhino USA's TikTok Shop operation, from how they seed creators with samples and build exclusive bundles to how they use FBT to streamline fulfillment and boost conversions. He also shares how the brand unlocked an unexpected audience segment that significantly boosted holiday sales, and what they're doing ahead of Deals for You Days to keep the momentum going.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Rhino USA built a creator program where 75% of GMV comes from creator content

• Why creator bundles have become a key part of their product launch strategy and how they used them to deepen brand relationships in Q4

• How Rhino USA uses FBT to create a stronger conversion signal for customers

• The surprising audience segment they unlocked during Black Friday and Cyber Monday that drove a meaningful spike in sales

• What Rhino USA is prioritizing heading into Deals for You Days, including a 20% growth target compared to the previous year

Snap Supplements has sold over 1.1 million units on TikTok Shop in roughly two years, built one of the most subscribed brand pages on the platform, and watched a single affiliate suggestion transform into 50% of the company's total revenue. In this episode, Alex Lomov, Co-Founder of Snap Supplements, and Lauren Fox, Director of Social Media Marketing, break down how a health supplement brand built for older men became one of TikTok Shop's most innovative sellers.

Alex and Lauren walk through every layer of the system behind that growth: how they identify and launch new products, how they structure affiliate relationships to generate product ideas rather than just content, and how TikTok subscriptions gave them a stable revenue floor to invest from. From building a ChatGPT-powered script tool for affiliates to running the platform's first non-GMV challenge, they share what it actually looks like to treat creator partnerships as a two-way collaboration.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How an affiliate's offhand bundle suggestion became Snap's top-selling product and now accounts for 50% of total company sales
• Why Snap Supplements targets older men on TikTok Shop and how dominating an underserved demographic fueled their growth
• How to build an affiliate community that generates product ideas, not just content, and why listening is the real strategy
• What Snap built internally to track daily profitability, and why getting that system in place early is critical for scaling without losing margin
• How TikTok subscriptions changed the way Snap thinks about momentum on the platform and what it means to have a stable GMV floor off-campaign

Heaven In Style scaled from zero to seven figures in less than six months by closing her brick-and-mortar stores and going all in on TikTok Shop. Ana Torres, CEO and Founder of Heaven In Style, made the difficult decision to shut down her mall boutiques and redirect every resource toward TikTok, betting on a platform that was still finding its footing. The result was a business transformation that proved community-driven selling could outperform traditional retail.

Ana's approach centers on full-outfit styling rather than showcasing individual products. By presenting complete looks, head to toe, she gives customers a clear vision of how to wear what she sells, removing the guesswork that often stalls a purchase decision. Her team runs livestreams for up to 12 hours a day, brings in new arrivals consistently, and plans product collections around seasons and trends to stay ahead of what customers will need next.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why Ana closed her brick-and-mortar mall boutiques to go all in on TikTok Shop, and how that bet paid off with seven-figure revenue in under six months

• How styling full outfits, from shoes to accessories, drives stronger connection and higher conversion than showcasing single products

• Why running 12-hour daily livestreams and introducing new arrivals every day keeps a community engaged and coming back

• How to use the fear of selling out as a tool to create urgency and encourage customers to buy in the moment

• Why jumping on new TikTok features immediately, even before fully understanding them, gives early movers a competitive edge

Willow Boutique became one of the earliest breakout success stories on TikTok Shop, becoming the first brand to hit a $100,000 GMV livestream and later driving up to $30,000 in a single hour. In this episode, Madelinn Small, Marketing Manager and Live Host Manager at Willow Boutique, breaks down how their team turned TikTok LIVE into a repeatable revenue engine through bundling, LIVE programming, and community-driven selling.

Madelinn explains how Willow’s strategy goes far beyond just selling products. By combining curated outfit bundles, interactive LIVE formats, and a strong focus on customer trust, her team has built a highly engaged audience that consistently converts. From affiliate collaboration to content loops between video and LIVE, Madelinn unpacks how each piece of the TikTok Shop ecosystem works together to drive sustained growth.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Willow Boutique became the first brand to hit $100K GMV in a TikTok LIVE and replicate that success

• Why bundling full outfits and mystery boxes increases conversion and drives higher order value

• How to structure LIVE streams with timed programming, giveaways, and flash sales to keep engagement high

• The role of repeat customers in creating trust and driving conversions through real-time social proof

• How to connect shoppable videos, teasers, and LIVE registrations into one cohesive growth loop

Noely Fajas went from a startup with $40 to generating over $6 million in TikTok Shop sales in their first year on the platform. In this episode, Noely Mena, Owner and Founder of Noely Fajas, and Manuel Moreno, CEO, share how they built the number one Colombian faja brand on TikTok Shop live streaming by leading with product education, authentic community building, and a relentless focus on the customer experience.

Noely breaks down how going Live became their primary growth engine, from spending five minutes per garment showing real before-and-after results, to structuring streams that keep viewers watching for hours. Manuel shares how the operational side, including same-day shipping, daily customer service training, and strategic use of GMV Max ads, supports everything Noely builds on camera. Together, they reveal how their hero product focus, pre-live content strategy, and creator partnerships have set the foundation for continued growth in 2026.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Noely Fajas identified their hero products early and why narrowing their focus to fajas was the turning point that accelerated growth on TikTok Shop

• Why live streaming generates more trust and repeat purchases than any other content format, and how Noely uses before-and-after demos to convert viewers in real time

• How a 4.7 Shop Performance Score is earned through daily employee training, responsive customer service, and fast fulfillment with a night shipping shift

• Why two months of inventory preparation ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday made their $1 million live streaming campaign possible

• How GMV Max ads transformed their live performance and helped them scale from $50K-$60K lives to much larger GMV targets

PAVOI built its reputation as the number one jewelry brand on Amazon before making a calculated move into TikTok Shop. Matthew Stanley and Renee Ariel, TikTok Shop LIVE Operations for PAVOI, share how they scaled PAVOI from zero revenue on the platform to become the top jewelry brand on TikTok Shop by treating live streaming as a brand-building engine.

Matthew and Renee break down how they approach TikTok Shop with an entertainment-first philosophy, a host team that genuinely loves the product, and a full-funnel strategy that connects organic content, affiliate partnerships, and GMV Max. Renee explains how their live streams are designed to feel like a show rather than a sales pitch, while Matthew outlines why they believe live is the future of retail and how they are actively studying markets years ahead to define what that looks like for PAVOI.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How PAVOI scaled from zero to the number one jewelry brand on TikTok Shop by combining authentic content, a strong host team, and a consistent live streaming presence

• Why Social Objects prioritizes entertainment over selling in their live streams

• How PAVOI connects organic content, affiliate partnerships, and GMV Max into one full-funnel TikTok strategy

• The role lighting, product presentation, and host education play in building customer trust and repeat buying behavior

• Why PAVOI launched a dedicated Spanish-language channel on TikTok Shop and how they are building an authentic community across multiple audience segments simultaneously

Bloom Nutrition went from selling a few hundred items a month to generating seven-figure monthly GMV on TikTok Shop, with over 30,000 creator videos published each month. In this episode, Joel Contartese, Head of TikTok Shop and International Growth at Bloom, breaks down how the brand scaled its creator community, launched exclusive products, and used TikTok to drive measurable halo effects across retail and Amazon.

Joel shares how Bloom's two most recent TikTok Shop exclusive launches, its creatine gummies and Clear Whey protein, became back-to-back bestsellers and moved the needle far beyond the platform itself. From a Valentine's Day flavor that sold out within 24 hours and 10x'd Amazon volume in a single day, to Clear Whey increasing branded Amazon search volume by over 40% and boosting week-over-week Target sales by over 30%, Joel explains how TikTok Shop has become Bloom's most powerful product discovery engine across every channel it operates.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why Bloom gives creators near-total creative freedom and how that philosophy unlocked content angles the brand never would have found on its own

• How Bloom built a creator community with weekly calls drawing 75 to 100 participants and why retention matters more than raw affiliate volume

• The inventory forecasting challenge that caught Bloom off guard during its creatine gummy launch and the mindset shift that followed

• Why GMV Max accounts for an estimated 60 to 70% of total GMV in Bloom's account and how it keeps margins efficient as competition increases

• How a single TikTok Shop listing caused a Valentine's Day exclusive flavor to sell out in 24 hours and 10x Amazon sales the same day

Taste Salud turned a single viral TikTok moment into a multi-channel growth engine, watching their Horchata flavor go from their worst-performing retail SKU to their number one seller within weeks. In this episode, Tyler McCann, co-founder of Taste Salud, breaks down how leaning into TikTok Shop drove measurable impact not just on the platform, but across Amazon, their website, and major retail partners, including Target and Walmart.

Tyler details how Taste Salud uses a consistent cadence of new product launches every four to six weeks, an engaged affiliate creator community they treat like team members, and a shoppable video strategy that has become a north star KPI for the entire business. From leveraging the New Arrivals campaign to land a Target placement, to the power of lo-fi affiliate content, Tyler unpacks exactly how TikTok Shop became the top of the marketing funnel for the brand.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why Taste Salud's Horchata flavor was almost cut and what a single TikTok moment did to their entire retail business

• The counterintuitive launch cadence Tyler swears by and why slowing down on quality actually accelerated their growth

• What Taste Salud's affiliate program looks like under the hood and why their creators are treated like employees

• The type of content that turned out to be their highest performer

• How one TikTok campaign ended up in a Target boardroom conversation and what that pitch actually looked like

MONAT went from $35K to $1.2M in GMV in a matter of months on TikTok Shop, making it one of the fastest-growing brands on the platform. In this episode, Lu Urdanetta, Chief Culture Officer, and Javier Urdanetta, Chief of Staff at MONAT, share how they leveraged a 12-year-old direct sales infrastructure to build one of TikTok Shop's most powerful affiliate ecosystems and how their community-first model became the engine behind that explosive growth.

Lu and Javier break down how MONAT's existing network of market partners translated directly into TikTok Shop success, from product knowledge and authentic before-and-after content to structured affiliate training and recognition programs. They also explain how the brand approached bundles, Super Saturday LIVE events, GMV Max ads, and global expansion, all while keeping their affiliates at the center of every strategic decision.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How MONAT grew from $35,000 to $1.2 million in GMV in a matter of months by activating an existing direct sales community on TikTok Shop

• Why putting affiliates first, before brand channels or paid media, drove MONAT's most consistent results

• How MONAT structured their Super Saturday LIVE strategy around exclusive bundles and deals to drive affiliate engagement and sales

• What faceless content is and why MONAT sees it as a major growth opportunity for affiliates who are camera-shy

• Why MONAT uses data and ROAS targets above the platform average to guide every advertising and investment decision

Pop Daddy Snacks went from a family basement operation to one of TikTok Shop's breakout success stories, reaching $700,000 in GMV in a single month and becoming the top-selling food and beverage item on the platform. In this episode, JT Sarafa, co-owner of Pop Daddy Snacks, breaks down how shifting to a variety pack offer and investing in authentic branded content transformed TikTok from an experimental channel into a business-changing revenue driver that also quadrupled their Amazon and website sales simultaneously.

JT details the flywheel he built between branded content, affiliate partnerships, and GMV Max ads, and why he believes branded content must come first before any affiliate program can scale. He also explains how Pop Daddy set up a dedicated TikTok Shop packing area to ensure fast fulfillment and high shop scores, and how his agency now brings these same strategies to other food and beverage brands on the platform.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why switching from single-flavor large bags to a nine-flavor variety pack was the offer change that unlocked Pop Daddy's TikTok growth

• How branded content on your own page generates the early sales needed to attract quality affiliate creators, and why affiliates won't promote you without it

• The specific content formats that perform best for food brands on TikTok, including founder story videos, street interviews, product-focused clips, and order packing content

• Why TikTok is as much a marketing channel as a sales channel, and how Pop Daddy saw spikes in Amazon, website, and retail sales from their TikTok presence

• How GMV Max ads work, why JT considers them the most brand-friendly ad system of any social platform, and how they amplify content automatically without manual management

Chelsey Smith Crowns built an eight-figure wig business on a single $13,000 loan and a bet on TikTok consistency. CEO and Founder Chelsey Smith grew the brand into one that now sells 25,000 to 30,000 wigs per month, driven almost entirely by showing up consistently on TikTok and building a loyal community around normalizing wig wearing.

In this episode, Chelsey breaks down the content and LIVE strategies that fuel her brand's continued growth on TikTok Shop. She shares how her team structures high-energy Mega Lives with hourly theme changes and flash sales, why she prioritizes 12 pre-LIVE videos to build registration and momentum, and how she selects affiliate creators based on community alignment rather than follower count. She also digs into the operational lessons she has learned along the way, from managing SKU counts during flash sales to why showing up even with zero viewers is the mindset that has made all the difference.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Chelsey Smith Crowns grew into an eight-figure business selling 25,000 to 30,000 wigs per month by consistently showing up on TikTok

• How Chelsey's Mega Live strategy keeps viewers engaged for the full duration

• How producing short videos before a Mega Live drives pre-qualified traffic and boosts peak viewership

• The approach Chelsey uses to identify affiliate creators, focusing on community resonance and authentic fit rather than follower count

• Why managing SKU inventory during flash sales is one of the most critical operational challenges in TikTok Shop LIVE

Poppy Rose Print Company consistently generates over $100,000 per month on TikTok Shop by combining research-driven product selection with high-energy TikTok LIVE selling. April Duplantis, Owner of Poppy Rose Print Company, shares how she grew from a first live with $200 in sales to building a business with some $200,000 months and individual LIVEs surpassing $35,000 in sales.

April breaks down the system behind that growth, from using TikTok Shop and Etsy as research tools to choose designs with proven demand, to building a LIVE experience that feels energetic, welcoming, and personal. She also shares how creator partnerships, GMV Max, and constant iteration helped her grow from selling shirts in her bedroom to running a team while building a business that fits around life as a mom of two.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How April uses product research instead of personal taste to choose designs people already want to buy

• Why TikTok LIVE became her fastest path to immediate sales

• How to think about pricing during LIVE selling and why lower margins and higher volume can outperform trying to make the most profit per shirt

• What she looks for in creator affiliates and why brand fit matters as much as reach

• How showing up LIVE three to five days a week helped strengthen both accountability and conversion

CEELIKE scaled to over one million orders on TikTok Shop in just two years after launching with only $7,000 and a four-person team. In this episode of ACE Your TikTok Shop, Ecko Jia, Founder of CEELIKE, shares how the oral beauty brand scaled to over one million orders and more than 100 team members while earning TikTok Shop’s Top Seller recognition.

Ecko explains how CEELIKE approached product development as content creation from day one, launching with a single product and expanding strategically around specific consumer problems. By prioritizing authentic creator partnerships, relatable real-life scenarios, and amplifying winning content with tools like GMV Max, the brand built a growth engine where organic creator videos, short-form content, and community learning loops continuously fuel new demand.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How CEELIKE grew from a four-person team and $7,000 startup budget to over one million orders on TikTok Shop in two years

• Why launching with a single problem-solving product helped the brand build momentum before expanding its product ecosystem

• How a creator video amplified with a $200 GMV Max investment generated over 6 million views and thousands of orders

• Why authentic, relatable scenarios outperform polished advertising on TikTok

• How CEELIKE builds creator partnerships through product-first testing and shared performance data

Pure Daily Care has become the number one facial beauty device on TikTok Shop, with the platform now standing as the brand’s fastest-growing revenue channel. In this episode, Jonathan Cohen, CMO of Pure Daily Care, breaks down how the brand achieved 3.5x year-to-date growth over the previous year and reached million-dollar seller status by leaning into creator-led commerce, TikTok LIVE experimentation, and GMV Max.

Jonathan shares how Pure Daily Care built momentum around its viral New Derma High Frequency Wand by letting creators lead the narrative. From embracing authenticity over scripts to using TikTok LIVE as a real-time feedback loop, Jonathan explains how Pure Daily Care focused on pairing product innovation with platform-native execution, while empowering creators and internal teams to move fast as TikTok evolves.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How Pure Daily Care became the number one facial beauty device on TikTok Shop by prioritizing creator trust and authenticity

• Why TikTok Shop is now the brand’s fastest-growing revenue channel and how that growth reached 3.5x year over year

• How GMV Max helps them combine creator Spark Ads, organic content, and automated optimization

• Why Pure Daily Care uses TikTok LIVE with small audiences as a focus group for product development and messaging

• How building internal ownership and creator communities helps brands stay nimble as TikTok introduces constant platform changes

Christin Marie Studio grew from living-room TikToks to over $100,000 in a single LIVE, becoming one of TikTok Shop’s top-performing jewelry brands. Founder Christin Marie shares exactly how she built momentum with handmade, high-quality, tarnish and water-resistant designs made in downtown Los Angeles.

Her approach is simple and disciplined: document the making process, post four times a day, and design inclusively based on audience feedback (including lengths, metals, and sensitivities). She pairs weekly creator-page LIVES with 3-4 business-page LIVES each week, invests in an aesthetic set, and rides TikTok campaigns like Fashion Week and Back to School to boost slower periods.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How Christin Marie Studio became the first jewelry brand on TikTok Shop to surpass $100K GMV in a single LIVE and why consistent streaming creates conversion-ready audiences

• A four-posts-per-day system built on documenting the process so videos feel natural and keep driving sales long after publishing

• LIVE tactics that lift conversion: three-hour sessions, occasional 14-hour mega LIVES, aesthetic sets that stop the scroll, and engagement tools like giveaways, polls, and comment replies

• How material education and transparent pricing sell $700 necklaces on TikTok

• Evolving from organic affiliate buzz to an intentional creator program by meeting partners at TikTok events and using the affiliate network to find the right niche creators

The Vintage Caffé went from selling a single pre-owned designer bag a day to moving more than 30 bags in under two hours through TikTok LIVE. By turning weekly drops into must-watch events with limited inventory, styling advice, and high-value giveaways, the brand has built a fiercely loyal community of luxury shoppers who treat every Thursday at 5 PM like a launch day.

Founder Paola Leon shares how she built The Vintage Caffé as a brand created by a Latina for Latinas, combining meticulous authenticity standards, elevated content production, and constant two-way conversation with her audience. She breaks down how her team uses photographers and videographers to promote lives, how she sources inventory from an “inspiration list” based on what viewers request, and how she uses TikTok Shop’s tools and consistent live schedule to sell out drops in around ninety minutes while maintaining all five-star reviews.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How The Vintage Caffé scaled from selling one bag a day to more than 30 bags in less than two hours by turning TikTok LIVE shows into weekly drop events with limited inventory and urgency

• The specific tactics Paola uses in lives to build trust and connection, from calling viewers by name to giving outfit ideas and positioning herself as a friend who finds the best deals

• How The Vintage Caffé combines AI tools like Entrupy, third-party authenticators, and Paola’s own checks with TikTok Shop’s verification flow to ensure every bag is 100% authentic and maintain all five-star reviews

• How Paola promotes each live with elevated content, including twice-weekly shoots with a photographer and videographer, GRWM videos, and teaser clips that showcase bags but hold them back until the live

• Why asking followers what bags they are looking for, building an “inspiration list,” and staying consistent with three lives a week (with plans for five) keeps The Vintage Caffé aligned with demand and favored by the TikTok algorithm

Leatherman Tools used TikTok Shop to unlock new momentum fast, with creators now driving over 80% of GMV and TikTok Shop Deals For You Days Campaign delivering more than 150% growth. Senior Global Marketing Manager Hannah Harper and VP of Marketing Kevin Gleason share how a three-product hero lineup and a small “TikTok Shop Squad” helped a 40-year-old brand break into a new generation of buyers.

Hannah explains how Leatherman built a creator engine producing over 1,400 videos and a daily content pipeline powered by their first TikTok creator intern. Kevin zooms out to the brand impact, from Amazon lift tied to specific TikTok promoted colors to why evolving Leatherman’s storytelling is key to reaching next-gen consumers.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How Leatherman formed a cross-functional TikTok Shop Squad inside a 40-year-old company to launch the channel within weeks

• How they chose three hero products for launch and matched creator segments to each product’s use case

• How more than 1,400 creator videos shaped their affiliate strategy and drove over 80% of TikTok Shop GMV

• How Leatherman tests GMV Max campaigns to amplify top-performing creator videos and experiments with campaign structures

• How TikTok Shop activity is driving halo lift on Amazon and how the team uses those signals to plan future scaling

Crocs turned its long-running Croctober tradition into a record-breaking TikTok moment by live-streaming 24/7 for the entire month, ultimately setting the record for the longest continuous LIVE on the platform. Chief Brand Officer Terence Reilly breaks down how those nonstop sessions connected Crocs with millions of fans, drove more than 11 million views, and turned TikTok Shop into a real-time engine for discovery, product education, and community.

Terence shares the exact strategies that drove the brand’s momentum: exclusive TikTok Shop assortments, creator-powered storytelling, chat-driven product insights, and surprising late-night engagement spikes between midnight and 5 a.m. He also explains how Crocs avoided internal bottlenecks, invested extra time beyond the nine-to-five, and used Croctober learnings to shape upcoming in-store livestreams, after-dark content, and future innovation across 2026.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How Crocs structured a continuous 24/7 TikTok LIVE and uncovered late-night demand that now shapes “after dark” programming

• How TikTok Shop exclusives and new product drops fueled Croctober interest

• How executive-hosted LIVEs generated 11M+ views and turned chat feedback into direct input on colors, styles, and product decisions

• How Crocs builds loyal creator partnerships with “Crocs native” influencers

• How Crocs keeps momentum high by avoiding bureaucracy, moving quickly, and using TikTok LIVE as a test bed for new formats, retail livestreams, and global expansion

Dossier Perfumes leveraged TikTok Shop's unique capabilities to become one of the top beauty brands and fastest-growing channels. Elsa Levy, Chief Marketing Officer at Dossier, reveals how TikTok Shop's affiliate tools enabled 80,000 pieces of content through sampling, while the platform drove unexpected bestsellers like Fruity Gardenia jumping from 20 to 300 units daily.

Starting with organic growth through unbeatable CPMs, Dossier later added GMV Max campaigns with target ROAS controls that maintained profitability while scaling. TikTok Shop's campaigns delivered consistent revenue spikes, and their Super Brand Day event with the Fragrance Fantasy Fair gamification proved that entertainment drives commerce on the platform.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How TikTok Shop's affiliate tools enabled scaling from zero to 80,000 content pieces efficiently
• Why TikTok Shop enables unexpected bestsellers different from other channels
• The power of GMV Max's target ROAS structure for maintaining profitable paid growth
• How TikTok Shop campaigns deliver guaranteed visibility spikes and affiliate activation
• Why TikTok Shop's integrated ecosystem makes it Dossier's fastest-growing channel

Mamba Cards has revolutionized the sports and entertainment card experience on TikTok Shop by introducing group breaks that allow up to 200 people to join a single opening. Jason and Daniel, co-founders of Mamba Cards, have grown their TikTok following from 3,000 to over 30,000 followers in just over a year.

The duo's success stems from their commitment to quality products and customer relationships, exemplified by their memorable Disney Sapphire stream where they pulled both an Elsa and Honor one-of-one card moments apart. By bringing the "pick your movie, pick your character" format to TikTok Shop's entertainment card market and maintaining consistent five-days-a-week live streams on the platform, they've built one of TikTok's most engaged card-collecting communities.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why TikTok Shop's live selling format creates conversational experiences that sustain 10-12 hour streams
• The importance of educational content for TikTok users still discovering live card selling through Shop
• How treating customers as people rather than sales numbers builds long-term loyalty over quick profits
• Why finding your unique niche and executing it better than anyone else drives success on TikTok Shop

Chips Rips has transformed the sports card collecting experience on TikTok Shop through their innovative repackaging strategy and highly engaging live selling format. Mark Herm, Founder and CEO of Chips Rips, has built one of the platform's most successful sports card businesses, culminating in a 25-hour live stream that generated over $400,000 in sales with help from TikTok Shop.

Mark reveals how passion drives their product selection while TikTok Shop's integrated platform enables seamless content-to-commerce experiences. By combining the platform's subsidy coupons with their own strategy of offering giveaways to new buyers, Chips Rips has successfully lowered barriers to entry and built a loyal customer base through their gamified break format and authentic engagement approach.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How passionate product curation and authentic selling on TikTok Shop drives customer acquisition

• Why TikTok Shop's integrated platform beats other options by allowing seamless content creation and direct selling without switching platforms

• The power of pre-live promotional videos that drive traffic from TikTok to live shopping sessions

• How leveraging product strategy for first-time buyers creates long-term customer relationships and repeat purchases