How I made MORE THAN $300,000 in a few months on TikTok Shop: 5 tips to boost your income

I made more than a quarter of a MILLION dollars in my first 6 months on TikTok Shop -- and I had no idea what I was doing when I started!!! Over the past few months though, my team and I have learned multiple ways to drive that income and boost sales. Now I'm making more than $60K every month on that platform alone. So watch along for all my tips, and leave any questions you have in the comments!
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If you're new here - welcome! I started my business on my 18th birthday selling paintings I made in my free time. I continued to run and grow it throughout college and graduate school, and into law school at Duke University. Now I'm running the business full time, law degree in hand, and I wouldn't have it any other way! I sell my art on my website, wholesale on Faire.com and I license my work to be sold in stores including Home Goods, Marshalls, At Home, and World Market.
Shop my Website: elysebreannedesign.com/
Instagram: / elysebreannedesign
TikTok: / elysebreannedesign
Shop Wholesale: elysebreannedesign.com/pages/...

[@JordynAlisonDesigns]

That's SO impressive!!! 🤩 On a whim I opened Tiktok shop last summer, as a way to clear out inventory I was no longer selling (I switched from selling physical products to going fully digital). I ended up selling thousands of stickers in one weekend, which was such a relief!! I had maybe 4.5k followers when I started, so I had a small tiktok following and it still did really well!!

[@ninja_sketch]

You make the most helpful videos! Thank you so so much!! ❤

[@nickiedwards73]

Yes def wanna hear more!!!

[@rebeccalouise81]

Thank you, you are inspiring 😊

[@catherineayerasgarcia9985]

So inspiring!! Still waiting for Tiktok shop in Canada

[@ChantelleArts]

This is fascinating, thank you for sharing ☺☺

[@suedonem2080]

Would love to see a video on your staff, if they’re comfortable with that and how you decide staffing levels and their roles etc

[@beingemma]

Inspiring! I keep thinking If I should reopen. I closed mine as 3 channels was too much and TikTok wasn't informing me of orders. I also do custom work which their interface is no good for. I have over 50 skus though that just seems like too much to manage on TikTok.

[@Sarafara7]

Hi Elyse! I watched this video and then saw the news about the possibility of TikTok being banned here in the States. Curious how this would affect your business. What's your take on it? Kinda sad if it does go through because I was planning to sell on TikTok after seeing several small businesses do really well on the platform :/

[@InsuranceQueens]

Thanks for sharing amazing

[@Elysebreannedesign]

My pleasure! Hope it helps :)

[@hjomnp09mgh]

Thank you, so inspiring. I signed up last year and unfortunately got caught in their beginning hiccups. They shut my shop in December so I have to wait until June to open again, I am anxiously looking forward to it.

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Oof, I'm sorry! There were definitely times we walked that line as they tried to sort the rules out, it felt like we couldn't keep up with the changes and kept getting dinged! I will say, it's gotten a lot smoother, so hopefully it really takes off for you in June, that's so close!

[@ColoringIvin-bd4zb]

❤❤❤❤

[@kaydee7409]

What do you mean by “tagging” your product? Do you mean adding the product? What is the name of your TikTok shop? You didn’t run any TikTok ads? What about hashtags? Did you use viral music? How many followers do you have?

[@mariennecrouse]

Great video. As a beginner small business owner, could you talk more about how to sell on TikTok? I have heard that you are supposed to ship products within 3 business days. IS it true? How does shipping products through the TikTok shop work? Mary

[@rondawilkerson420]

were these items from tiktok or your own items you uploaded?

[@NotJustFudge]

I hope we get tiktok shop in Australia 🇦🇺

[@user-rk8vn5jr6w]

Great informative video

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ryanmethric1029]

Any issues with violations or having payments being held? All I keep seeing is horror experiences. Any input on that would be great!

[@justbdsd4569]

Wish tiktok shop was globally but only for the country that don't like them

[@kaydee7409]

Also, are you selling some thing you’ve actually made or are you drop shipping?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

All of the products that I'm posting about are my own designs. I create the art and do all of the product development.

[@kaydee7409]

@@Elysebreannedesign so you designs pens?

[@earthyykat]

Does anyone know how to dropship with TikTok shop ?

[@Malekfahad420]

Hey Elyse, really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Best Quality Editing in your videos better than your Editor with good pricing and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ? Pls let me know what do you think ?

[@clarbearjellybean9917]

Do you have to have a certain amount of followers to sell on tik tok shop?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

There is not a limit to open a shop! You do need at least 5,000 followers if you want to be an affiliate who can promote products for commission though

[@P-Funk69]

Thanks for this. What if I literally have no following bc a new brand ?

[@Sarafara7]

@@P-Funk69 Maybe work on increasing your following before you begin selling! :)

[@JesusisMightytosave]

Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have an everlasting life. God loves you *****

[@meleth8127]

Elyse, would love to know how you started out selling and which platform has yielded the best results. I used to sell on eBay but it became restrictive from Canada. Looking into launch into Tiktok once it opens a marketplace here

[@kaydee7409]

Also, you mentioned you had a call with TikTok to see how this all worked I would love to speak with somebody directly from TikTok as well because I’ve had my shop open on there for about six months and I haven’t gotten one sale. How do I contact somebody at TikTok? I’ve posted so many videos and I can’t get more than 200 views I’m beginning to think it’s all a scam. I watch videos like yours and everybody seems to gatekeep which leads me to believe these videos are not true. If I made the sales you made, and was honestly and truly wanting to help everyone else out there, I would give step-by-step instructions and include all pertinent information not just little dribs and drabs, because What’s the point of these videos?

[@ReevesSarah]

I’m no TikTok expert but I noticed that the time you post it really matters. One video posted in the morning, maybe 100 views. Tried posting at 7pm, got over 2,000 views. Also try copying the style of videos of people who are successful.

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Hi there. I wish I could tell you how to contact someone at TikTok, but they reached out to me. I have more than half a million followers, so that may be why. To answer your other questions, I do use hashtags that are pertinent to the content I post. I have never run any TikTok ads before, but I do have a really awesome customer base that has followed along and grown as I've grown my business. They've been incredibly supportive and I'm so grateful!!