I’ve been at
@commercesummit all morning and heard a recurring topic of convo — TikTok Shop
And it got me thinking…
I think the reason we’ve been having a hard time getting things up and running with TikTok Shop is because we’ve moved away from the idea of working with “Creators” because we’d rather get content from our customers.
Now this is great for ads – but we’re missing the boat for TikTok Shop which is clearly keeping creators alive and well.
It’s a double-edged sword here – your content needs to be snappy & on trend to stand out from the millions of other videos
BUT it also needs to be authentic and organic while having a solid hook, story, and CTA.
We initially tried to use our usual influencer seeding strategy to get influencers and creators interested in promoting on TikTok Shop
But had a hard time with this
So we tried the complete opposite – wanting creators who were hungry and looking to make solid commission to come to US
And so
@DanilSalukov told us that this was possible with
@Insense_pro
So 2 months ago we started up some campaigns.
And we quickly learned that with approaching TikTok Shop, you need 2 main things:
1. High Incentive Commission Structure
Now if you’re just starting out on TikTok Shop – obviously you have 0 sales
And affiliates in TikTok’s directory are looking for top sellers that are already proven to win (AKA ones that can make them the most $$).
So how do you get over that hurdle?
A high incentive commission structure
With high incentives – you need to make sure you’re offering enough commission where creators can see that promoting your brand is worth it ($$) for them.
While we do a % commission structure, that’s not the only one…
(And this is where
@Insense_pro really came in clutch)
We needed another way to incentivize creators to work with us
And natively in TikTok Shop you can do a % affiliate commission structure (we do 30-50%)
*Correction – you can ONLY do the affiliate commission structure in TikTok Shop
This is the biggest plus for
@Insense_pro because with them, you can set up a pay per post structure
Where you can offer a flat fee (we did $50-$100) on top of the % commission
Now we have a fighting chance to incentivize enough people to promote our product that hasn’t been sold yet on TikTok Shop.
We’re paying them off the bat, so money straight into their pocket commission for any sales they get.
Now you’re exposing yourself to gaining even more affiliates with that extra incentive that you can only get on Insense.
We immediately saw that this attracted higher-quality creators and we can have even more control over the creative direction.
Once we have enough social proof in terms of actual sales – the gates will open for more affiliates to come in and want to promote the product.
2. Detailed campaigns
Clearly lay out EVERYTHING - and prioritize quality content.
This is where you have to perfect your campaign descriptions, so you get the right people applying to be a part of your brand.
Yes. You read that right.
We created our campaign on
@Insense_pro with a commission flat fee structure and noted any criteria we require for our brand
Within 2 days of launching, we got 29 qualified creators applying who were genuinely interested in promoting Obvi AND fit the brand well.
The biggest tip is figuring out how you can support them even further, giving them tips on what type of content usually does well
We gave them the steps to succeed and they were easily able to pump out content fast
Like within 3 weeks fast – we got 80% of our affiliates’ submitted video content
Sales results are TBD – so stay tuned
But so far we’ve been able to gather 20 pieces of tagged media and we have content rights over.
So the next step is to start putting some media spend behind these pieces of content and running TikTok Spark Ads with these influencers to drive sales & hopefully get additional affiliates interested in promoting our product.
We’re happy to be
#proudpartners with
@Insense_pro because they’ve been able to help us tackle TikTok Shop and UGC in the best way possible.