PUBLISHED FEE RULES · AUDIT ONLY
TikTok Shop US referral fees, with public rules and account-level caveats visible.
Public referral-fee rules can differ from account-specific terms shown in Seller Center. RuleTrace keeps the public baseline and seller override separate.
- Ruleset
us-2026.09.26.1- Rules as of
- 2026-09-26T01:23:57.791Z
- Last verified
- 2026-09-26
- Published rules
- 2
- Official sources
- 3
- Current execution status
- AUDIT ONLY · STALE_SOURCE
ANSWER IN BRIEF
What does the current RuleTrace release verify?
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Most listed categories 6%; five specified jewelry subcategories 5%
Verified 2026-09-26 ·
ev-tiktok-categoryTikTok Shop ↗ -
Buyer Paid + Platform Discount - Tax
Verified 2026-09-26 ·
ev-tiktok-formulaTikTok Shop ↗ -
TikTok may amend Referral Fee and inform sellers by email or Seller Center
Verified 2026-09-26 ·
ev-tiktok-account-variationTikTok Shop ↗
The published Release, Rules and Evidence remain auditable, but current execution eligibility is STALE_SOURCE (platform maintenance COMPLETE); this page therefore does not present the calculator as currently executable.
CITATION-READY REFERENCE
Context to preserve when citing this page
tiktok-us-core-v1-20260916us-2026.09.26.1Exact approved exclusions
These are the exact technical exclusions stored in the approved Target Scope. This page and the calculator do not silently fill them in.
affiliate/creator commissionadvertising and seller-funded promotional programsfulfillment, logistics and storage programsrefund/return adjustments not explicitly modeledaccount-specific negotiated fee overrides without a separate reviewed overridesales tax charged on seller referral fees unless separately promoted into scopecategories without reviewed RuleTrace rules/evidence
PUBLISHED RULE COVERAGE · AUDIT ONLY
Published rules in this release
| Rule ID | Effective from | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
tiktok.us.standard-6.v1TikTok Shop US public referral fee |
2024-04-01 | Published | ev-tiktok-categoryev-tiktok-formulaev-tiktok-account-variation |
tiktok.us.jewelry-5.v1TikTok Shop US specified jewelry referral fee |
2024-10-31 | Published | ev-tiktok-categoryev-tiktok-formulaev-tiktok-account-variation |
PROVENANCE
Official marketplace sources
Scope and limitations
Public referral-fee rules can differ from account-specific terms shown in Seller Center. RuleTrace keeps the public baseline and seller override separate.
This page reflects published rules and evidence in RuleTrace us-2026.09.26.1 as of 2026-09-26T01:23:57.791Z. It does not represent every marketplace fee, category, promotion, tax treatment or account-specific term.
Current execution eligibility: STALE_SOURCE; platform maintenance: COMPLETE. This page remains available for release / Evidence audit and does not imply current Calculator execution.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
About the currently verified rules
Which TikTok Shop US fee rules does RuleTrace currently verify?
RuleTrace release us-2026.09.26.1 currently includes 2 published rules for this covered subset. The reviewed Evidence summary is: Most listed categories 6%; five specified jewelry subcategories 5%; Buyer Paid + Platform Discount - Tax; TikTok may amend Referral Fee and inform sellers by email or Seller Center. This page describes verified coverage, not every possible marketplace fee.
When were the TikTok Shop US fee facts last verified?
The latest Evidence date bound to this page is 2026-09-26. The current RuleTrace release is as of 2026-09-26T01:23:57.791Z.
Does RuleTrace guess a TikTok Shop US fee when information is missing?
No. Missing context, unsupported coverage or evidence conflicts produce explicit states instead of a plausible-looking fee estimate.
Can the TikTok Shop US fee facts be traced to official sources?
Yes. Published rules bind to Evidence, and Evidence binds to a Source and Snapshot. The page exposes Rule IDs, Evidence IDs, verification dates and official-source links.