TikTok Shop: Building for Scale
TikTok Shop is entering its next phase, and it is a meaningful one. What started as a platform driven by viral moments and one-off wins is quickly evolving into a structured, scalable commerce...
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Meta Just Validated TikTok Shop's Model. They're Still Two Years Behind.
At Shoptalk 2026 in Las Vegas last week, Meta announced that affiliate marketing is coming back to Instagram and Facebook. They’ve signed up Amazon, eBay, Temu, Shopee, and...
Your TikTok Strategy Is Bigger Than Your TikTok Shop
There’s a conversation that happens in almost every brand’s marketing meeting about TikTok. Someone pulls up the TikTok Shop dashboard, points to the GMV number, and asks: “Is...
How Cybersecurity Drives Social Commerce Sales
Social commerce has exploded, turning platforms like TikTok into full shopping ecosystems. But while creators and algorithms spark discovery, cybersecurity is what actually drives...
Trust Is the Currency: What SoCom 2026 Revealed About Where Social Commerce Is Actually Heading
What Happened
On February 26, roughly 600 people gathered at a gated venue on Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles for SoCom, the social commerce industry's dedicated conference. Now...
TikTok Shop Reverses Seller Shipping Policy: What It Means and What Smart Brands Do Now
Executive Summary
TikTok Shop has reversed its planned Seller Shipping restriction just days before enforcement, cancelling the February 25 deadline and keeping current...
Case Study: Powering a Record-Breaking TikTok Shop Launch in the Probiotic Category
Launching a new product is always a high-stakes moment, especially when it lives outside a brand’s traditional category and debuts on a new platform. This case study highlights...
Bittersweet 16 as Teen Bans Sweep Socials
Australia has officially pulled the plug on underage access to social media, effectively yelling “get off my lawn!” to every kid below the age of 16. As of yesterday, these...
AI and TikTok Shop: A Shifting Landscape
Pre-COVID, the idea of artificial intelligence finding a foothold on TikTok Shop might have sounded like a joke - cue the inevitable Skynet reference. At the time, the AI...
Up next: Twitch Livestreaming and Social Commerce Success
Livestreaming as an ecommerce tool—in other words, live selling—has been all the buzz in the social commerce world for a hot minute, ever since TikTok Shop put it front and...