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Re: TikTok Shop

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Post by qingcharles » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 12:19 AM UTC

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #24

Already huge in Thailand (at least going by my gf's purchasing habits). Didn't realize it wasn't already a thing in the US

It's actually been live in the USA for months as far as I'm aware. They've been spending god knows how many millions giving out free coupons and discount coupons. I see hundreds of people making huge bank at the moment off this. I was even making content for it last night.

Re: TikTok Shop

#52

Post by qingcharles » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 12:26 AM UTC

anonymous344 wrote: post #30

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #24

Already huge in Thailand (at least going by my gf's purchasing habits). Didn't realize it wasn't already a thing in the US

what are ppl buying feom there? is it 100% useless junk and clothes with 99% margin?

Lot of replica designer merch from Asia is what I've been seeing the last few months. There are some great genuine products on there from smaller sellers though.

Re: TikTok Shop

#53

Post by qingcharles » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 12:36 AM UTC

robtaylor wrote: post #4

A 22.5meg .png image on that page. How?

I was on a site owned by Lyft the other day and I couldn't understand why the page was taking so long to load, I thought my connection was fried. Then I looked at the size of the images. All the images are 20MB+ each, even the thumbnails:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230602185543/https://divvybike...

Re: TikTok Shop

#54

Post by rasz » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 4:27 AM UTC

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #46

anonymous344 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what are ppl buying feom there? is it 100% useless junk and clothes with 99% margin?

Everything. It is basically treated like Amazon. Why search "dog beds" on a shopping platform when you can search it on TikTok and see videos from people with real dogs on the beds. But also yes probably mostly clothes

>with real dogs

Its tiktok, what makes you so sure those arent vloggers on all fours with a filter?

Re: TikTok Shop

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Post by weird-eye-issue » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 4:49 AM UTC

rasz wrote: post #54

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everything. It is basically treated like Amazon. Why search "dog beds" on a shopping platform when you can search it on TikTok and see videos from people with real dogs on the beds. But also yes probably mostly clothes

>with real dogs Its tiktok, what makes you so sure those arent vloggers on all fours with a filter?

What makes you think I'm not into that?