--- title: 'TikTok Shop Affiliates Tutorial - 3 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=dm1zoajjHz4' video_id: 'dm1zoajjHz4' date: 2026-07-19 duration_sec: 485 channel: 'Trevin Peterson' --- # TikTok Shop Affiliates Tutorial - 3 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid > Source: [TikTok Shop Affiliates Tutorial - 3 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dm1zoajjHz4) ## Summary This video breaks down the three biggest mistakes new TikTok Shop affiliates make, based on the creator's experience generating over $30,000 in profit in 30 days. The mistakes are: expecting results without effort, promoting the wrong products, and lacking a video strategy. The creator offers actionable tips to avoid these pitfalls and maximize commissions. ### Key Points - **Mistake 1: Expecting Crazy Results Without Effort** [00:01] — New affiliates often expect quick riches without putting in the work. The creator emphasizes that while the affiliate program is lucrative, it's not a get-rich-quick scheme. Success requires consistent effort, such as posting 5-10 videos daily. - **Mistake 2: Picking the Wrong Product** [03:02] — Promoting low-quality or low-stock products hinders success. The creator lists criteria for a winning product: historical sales, high in-stock rate (500+ units), good reviews, attractive price point, and viral potential (e.g., solving a pain point or being demonstrable). - **Mistake 3: No Video Strategy** [05:23] — Without a strategy, videos fail to grab attention in the first 3 seconds. The creator recommends using hooks, studying successful competitors, improving editing (cuts, pacing), and adding controversy to boost engagement. - **Conclusion and Call to Action** [07:23] — Avoiding these three mistakes will skyrocket commissions. The creator invites viewers to join their school community group for additional training and resources. ### Conclusion By avoiding these three common mistakes—lack of effort, poor product selection, and weak video strategy—new affiliates can significantly increase their earnings on TikTok Shop. ## Transcript affiliate business has done over $30,000 profit as you can see right break down the three biggest mistakes new Affiliates make let's get into it so the three biggest mistakes new Affiliates make this is going to be one watched when it comes to the affiliate program because as you avoid these three things you're going to Skyrocket your commissions and make a lot more money so no idea what the affiliate program is I will put a link in the description with a complete a toz master class on getting started because I'm telling you right now this opportunity is so good and I've never seen something so easy and simple and lucrative when it comes to making money online again $30,000 profit in the last 30 days while making simple videos from the comfort of my home it doesn't new to the channel make sure to subscribe like the video drop a comment let's get into the first mistake new Affiliates make which is expecting crazy results when they haven't put in crazy effort I hate to break it to you as good of an opportunity as this is it is still not a get-rich quick scheme they don't exist so if you're trying to make 10 20 $50,000 as quick as possible with no effort it literally doesn't exist now the closest thing to it is the affiliate program it will take one video One viral video to pop off and make you 10 20 video to pop off and make you 10 20 30,000 but it will require effort to get that one video so there's so many new affiliates and new people that enter few videos and they're like oh I'm not generating any commissions and ah it just doesn't work like why are you making so much and what's going on like what what am I missing now the second and third mistake that Affiliates make will help you with that but the first and main thing to look at is you need to and main thing to look at is you need to work to put in more effort and post 10 currently posting so when I see people in our group which I'll put the link in the description we have over 4,000 members in our school community group absolutely insane it's only $5 a month there are so many people that are like hey can you check out what's going on like I'm only making 20 or $30 and I'm like I'm like okay well how many videos have you posted like oh I've only posted like five or six or 40 and I'm like okay that's not that many videos I'm posting 5 to 10 videos every single day and people were like wait 5 to 10 videos every day that's that that doesn't seem possible and the reality is is it's very possible and so so many people think that they're going to make a ton of money while only posting one or two videos every other day and that's just not true so the biggest mistake Affiliates make is you need to post more enough so whatever you're currently posting try to double it and then once try to get to that point where you're posting 5 10 videos a day there's much so that's the biggest mistake you need to post more the second mistake I see new Affiliates make is is picking the wrong product this is seriously one entire process and I see a lot of Affiliates just review garbage products so here's a few things to look for in a winning product number one does the product have historical sales or in other words have has the product actually sold well in the past if so that's a good sign that you will be able to sell it in the future the second thing is the in stock rate if you're promoting a product that only has a couple units in stock and it goes mega viral well you're going to sell out of all of that invent and that viral video basically goes to waste so you want to promote products that have 500 a th000 plus units in stock because if that video does hit they have the inventory to support it the third thing is the reviews does the product have good have good experience and normally it's an easier product to promote because it's actually good quality if the quality sucks then it's hard to promote and create a good experience for the customer and the fourth thing to look at is the price point good is it on a flash deal is there an incentive of why somebody should be buying it on the Tik Tok shop and most products do fit this criteria and I've seen when it is a crazy deal or an insane value for the price people love that people love getting a good deal and it's easy to sell the deal instead of selling the products so find products that have insane value for the price and it makes it a lot easier to promote and the last thing to consider on a winning product is does it have potential to go viral we've got a protein bar most people know there's only so much that you can do to sell this product but if we take this retractable ratchet strap for example that's made me literally over $10,000 profit I can show it goes in and out and it solves a major pain Point compared to the traditional ratchet straps that always tangle that are always a complete mess this is solving a problem and it's super easy to demonstrate and that is why this one goes viral over a protein bar and then another example is that RC car I can show me driving it I can show me using it with my son and I can create an emotion so that when people see that video they're like oh my gosh I need to get that where again a protein bar can only do so much so find products that have viral potential and that is how Success when it comes to promoting products on the Tik Tok shop and the they have no video strategy and your that people on Tik Tok have the attention span of a goldfish so you have 3 seconds to grab their ATT mention and if not they are swiping to the next video so here are some strategies that you guys can use and Implement to improve your video quality the first 3 seconds so the hooks you need to come up with a list of a bunch of hooks that you can use take in your back pocket so when you are making a video you can start off with a boom let me grab your attention hook and if you guys need help with these hooks I have 10 free hooks in the me your email and I will send them to you so that's the first thing that you can do the second thing is study your competition so if you are looking to promote a certain product you can actually scroll down and find videos related to that product you can watch them because they've gone viral they've succeeded in the past and you can basically take their video and make it your own it's not rocket science take what is working and improve upon it the improve your editing there are so many people that have ums and uh and dead space and you need to make it quick upbeat and up pace so have Cuts give reasons for people to continue watching and then the last thing that you guys can do is add some sort of controversy in the video so whether that is what I'll do sometimes is I will not have my shoes on or I will have slippers or I will have one sock on or one sock off or I will intentionally say something wrong or I will intentionally say something that is going to irritate somebody or I'm going to intentionally use a product in a way that is not supposed to be used and that is going to create engagement and that is going to create people in the comments going crazy and the more engagement that you can get the better the secret you have to have a video strategy you need to understand that there is a craft to getting people's attention and the better that you can do that the more you're going to succeed have it the three biggest mistakes new Affiliates make if you can avoid those three things and improve upon them you will Skyrocket your commissions guaranteed now if you guys are looking to take your business to that next level I invite you guys to join our school community group it is only $5 you're going to access 4,000 plus members additional trainings tools and resources to take your business to that next level I'll put the link down below I hope you helping you through this entire process because the affiliate program is truly a gold mine and if you don't take advantage of it and leverage it like you advantage of it and leverage it like you should be you are missing out so again to the channel and we'll see you in the next one