Getting Verified

•Before you start

You need US details for this

Please read this first

TikTok asks for a US home address and the last 4 digits of a US Social Security Number. A Social Security Number is an American ID number — if you’ve never lived or worked in America, you won’t have one.

No US details? You can still sell and still earn — you just get paid a different way. Skip to how you get paid if you’re not American at the bottom of this page.

Have these ready before you begin:

A photo ID — passport, driving licence or national ID card
A US home address (your own address is fine)
The last 4 digits of a US Social Security Number
Your phone, not a computer — the form works better on a phone

1Step 1

Find the verify button

On your phone, in the TikTok app:

Your profile → TikTok Studio → TikTok Shop for Creator

On your profile, tap TikTok Studio.

TikTok Studio menu with TikTok Shop for Creator circled — Scroll down and tap **TikTok Shop for Creator**.

The red Verify button in the top right — The red **Verify** button sits in the top right.

There’s a red Verify button in the top right corner. Tap it.

If there’s no red button, your account is already verified and you can stop here.

2Step 2

Prove your age — part 1 of 3

TikTok gives you three ways to do this. Pick whichever is easiest for you:

Face scan — it looks at your face through the camera and guesses your age. Quickest option.
Selfie with your ID — you hold your ID up and take a photo.
Card check — it charges and refunds a tiny amount to a card.

Verification information screen showing age confirmation done and identity pending — Age confirmation is ticked. Now tap **Verify** next to “Verify your identity”.

Choose method screen with three verification options — Pick whichever of the three is easiest for you.

3Step 3

Fill in who you are — part 2 of 3

Type in:

First name, middle name if you have one, last name
Date of birth
Full home address — street, city, state and ZIP code
The last 4 digits of your Social Security Number

Identity verification form asking for name and date of birth — Name and date of birth first.

Form continued asking for address and last 4 digits of SSN — Then your address, and the last 4 digits of your SSN.

Then tap Proceed to review.

The number one reason people get rejected

What you type must match your ID exactly. If your ID says “William”, don’t type “Bill”. If it has a middle name, include it. If your street is “Avenue”, don’t write “Ave”.

4Step 4

Tax details — part 3 of 3

The last part asks for tax information, so TikTok knows where to send your money.

It asks for:

First name and last name
US TIN — this is your Social Security Number, all 9 digits
Country, state, city, street address and ZIP code

Tax information screen asking for first name, last name, US TIN and country — Your name and your US TIN — that’s your SSN.

Tax information screen continued asking for state, city, address and ZIP code — Then your full address, and tap **Continue**.

Use the same name and details you just entered. They have to match.

If you live outside the US

You won’t be able to complete this part, because it needs a US identity and US tax details. That’s a TikTok rule, not ours.

You can still earn. See the section below on how international creators get paid.

•Outside the US

How you get paid if you’re not American

TikTok will only pay commissions straight into a bank account if you have a US identity and US tax details. Without those, the money can’t come out of TikTok directly.

So international creators get paid a different way:

You promote a brand’s products as normal
The brand sets your commission to 1% inside TikTok — a token amount, not your real pay
The brand then pays you your actual commission directly — bank transfer, Wise, PayPal, whatever you agree

It’s called the 1% method, and it’s how most international TikTok Shop creators work. Plenty of well-known brands do it — it’s normal, not a workaround.

What this means for you

You deal with brands directly and agree your rate with them, rather than TikTok paying you automatically.

If that doesn’t suit how you want to work, open a ticket before you buy another account so we can talk it through properly.

5Step 5

Submit and wait

Tap submit at the bottom. Now you wait — usually 15 to 60 minutes.

You’ll know it worked when:

You get an email saying you’re approved
A notification appears in TikTok
The red Verify button is gone when you go back to TikTok Shop for Creator

That last one is the easiest way to check. No red button means you’re verified.

•If it doesn't work

Rejected? Check these three things

Your ID photo. Is it sharp, with all four corners in the picture and no glare?
Any VPN. If you’re using one, turn it off. If it says you’re in a different country to your address, TikTok rejects it.
Your details. Go back and compare every single field against your ID, letter by letter.

Still stuck? Open a ticket and tell us what it said. We’d rather help than have you keep retrying — repeated failures make it harder.

•Once you're verified

Go back and finish the warm-up

Verifying is only part of getting set up. You still need to warm the account up for 2–3 days before you change anything or post.

Back to the Account Setup guide

Getting your account verified.