Advertising on TikTok
TikTok accounts
Managing your Business Center
TikTok E-Commerce Partner Platforms
Developers
Create a campaign
Create an ad group
Creating ads in other TikTok tools
Consideration objectives
App promotion
Lead Generation
In-feed video
In-feed interactive
Non-feed placement
Interactive enhancements
Industry ad solutions
Ad auction optimization
Creative optimization
Creative partnerships
Smart+ Campaigns
App Measurement
Offline conversions
Web measurement
Insights and reporting
Shop Ads Measurement
Billing options
Billing management
Promotions, Ad Credits and Coupons
Troubleshooting billing and payment
Advertising Policies
Privacy practices and policies
Sales
Sales objective
Catalog setup
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- About catalogs
- How to create a Catalog
- Catalog Product Parameters
- How to import your product catalog from Google Merchant Center
- How to disconnect a product catalog from Google Merchant Center
- How to set up your mobile measurement partner for Video Shopping Ads
- List of postback events to add to your mobile measurement partner for Video Shopping Ads
- About Catalog Event Match Rates
- How to set up and view catalog match rate
- Best practices for increasing catalog event match rates
- How to troubleshoot catalog match rate issues
- How to use the Diagnostic dashboard in Catalog Manager
- List of catalog product issues and suggested actions
- About Enhanced Catalog Review
- Best practices for catalog
- How to create Product Sets
- About the Catalog Product Performance Report in TikTok Ads Manager
- List of supported dimensions and metrics for Catalog Product Performance reports
- About Catalog Insights
- How to use Pixel Upload with Catalogs
- How to manage Catalogs
- About the Catalog carousel editor
- How to use the Catalog carousel editor
- How to connect your Catalog to an App Event Source
- How to create video packages in a Catalog
- Specifications for Video Packages
- List of supported Product Set filters
- Tips for filtering products in your Product Sets
- Best practices for Product Sets
- How to appeal rejected catalog products
- How to manually refresh products in your catalog
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Catalog Ads
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- About Catalog Ads in TikTok Ads Manager
- About Interactive Add-ons for Catalog Ads
- How to create Smart+ Catalog Ads
- How to build URL Parameters for Catalog ads
- How to create a template video
- How to create Catalog Ads for the App sales objective
- How to create Catalog Ads for the website conversions objective
- About dynamic formats for Catalog Ads
- About Single video and Image formats for Catalog Ads
- How to create Smart+ Catalog Ads for App retargeting
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TikTok Shop Ads
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- About TikTok Shop Ads in TikTok Ads Manager
- About TikTok Commerce
- About TikTok Shop Ads
- About product sources for TikTok Shop ads
- About video sources for Shop Ads
- How to add product links to TikTok videos
- How to use your TikTok Shop official account for Shop Ads
- Troubleshooting TikTok Shop Ads in Seller Center
- About TikTok Shop and Showcase
- How to appeal rejected Shop Ads
- About gross revenue for TikTok Shop Ads
- About Gross Revenue Optimization for TikTok Shop Ads
- How to set up Gross Revenue Optimization for TikTok Shop Ads
- Best practices for Gross Revenue Optimization for TikTok Shop Ads
- About Keyword expansion for TikTok Shop ads
- How to use Keyword expansion for TikTok Shop ads
- Best practices for Keyword expansion for TikTok Shop Ads
- Reporting for Keyword expansion for TikTok Shop Ads
- About affiliate creatives for TikTok Shop Ads
- About TikTok Shop Ads reporting time
- How to view Shop Ads metrics in TikTok Ads Manager
- About Shop Tab placements for Shop Ads
- How to get Showcase permission
- How to request ads authorization from marketing account
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Video Shopping Ads (for TikTok Shop)
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- How to create Video Shopping Ads for TikTok Shop
- How to set up Video Shopping Ads with Showcase
- Best practices for Video Shopping Ads with TikTok Shop
- About anchor links in TikTok Ads
- About the "all products" setting for Video Shopping Ads
- List of key reporting metrics for Spark Ads in Video Shopping Ads
- About Interactive Add-ons for Catalog Ads
- How to use affiliate creative videos in Video Shopping Ads
- How to use an affiliate video code in Video Shopping Ads
- Spark Ads in Video Shopping Ads
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LIVE Shopping Ads
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- How to Create LIVE Shopping Ads
- List of key reporting metrics for LIVE Shopping Ads
- Best practices for LIVE Shopping Ads creatives
- Best practices for optimizing LIVE Shopping Ads
- Audience best practices for LIVE Shopping Ads
- Best practices for setting a LIVE Shopping Ads budget
- Available scheduling options for LIVE Shopping Ads
- About Daylight Saving Time and Scheduling LIVE Shopping Ads
- Differences between LIVE Shopping Ads and LIVE GMV Max campaigns
- About attribution windows for LIVE Shopping Ads
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Product Shopping Ads
Shop affiliate creatives
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- About affiliate creatives for TikTok Shop Ads
- How to turn on Shop Ads commission rates for products in Seller Center
- How to use affiliate creative videos in Video Shopping Ads
- How to use an affiliate video code in Video Shopping Ads
- How to authorize product changes for affiliate video codes
- How to authorize affiliate videos for TikTok Shop Ads
- Differences between affiliate mass authorization and video code authorization
- About setting different affiliate commission rates for TikTok Shop Ads
- About the affiliate creative commission
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Store Promotion Ads
Tokopedia Ads
Website
Web VBO
- Ad objectives /
- Sales /
- LIVE Shopping Ads /
Best practices for optimizing LIVE Shopping Ads
Last updated: July 2025
Beginning July 2025, GMV Max will be the default and only supported campaign type for TikTok Shop Ads. To create ads using the Sales objective and your TikTok Shop as the sales destination, you can create a GMV Max campaign. Learn more about this change. To create ads for your shop:
If your ultimate goal is to drive Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), it's recommended to start with Gross Revenue Optimization. Optimize for Viewer Retention to maximize livestream traffic.
You may complement lower funnel with upper-funnel goals such as Viewer Retention if you want to also gain more live viewers or acquire new users.
It's recommended only to use Viewer Retention as the optimization goal if Average Concurrent Users (ACU) is a key priority or if ACU is significantly poor.
Learn about Full-Funnel marketing on TikTok.
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