this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
202 points (94.7% liked)
Technology
59454 readers
3776 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This is the best summary I could come up with:
He started making money on the app by offering fishing baits through TikTok Shop, selling around 92 strawberry- and sweet-corn-flavored "little bitz," for instance.
TikTok, in recent months, has been sending a flurry of violation claims to sellers that use its e-commerce platform, stating that they've set "spam prices" on products, inadequately displayed items during livestreams, assigned inaccurate product-listing titles, or incorrectly categorized their goods.
Some sellers have managed to slip prohibited goods like homemade foods, sex toys, and THC syrups past its moderation system, while other merchants have added knock-off products mimicking items from mainstream brands like Lululemon.
"We had an LDR (late dispatch rate) penalty put on our account right as we were hitting our peak in sales," said Jessica Slone, founder of Bad Addiction Boutique, a merchant that has sold tens of thousands of sweatshirts on TikTok.
Amazon uses bots to flag potential violations of its policies, which can lead to sellers' accounts being deactivated, sometimes taking business owners by surprise.
For small-business owners on TikTok, having to take time to repeatedly appeal Shop violations is a strain alongside the day-to-day work of fulfilling orders.
The original article contains 1,107 words, the summary contains 188 words. Saved 83%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!