--- title: 'How to Create a TikTok Shop Affiliate Account' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=N2ObYMoAwPA' video_id: 'N2ObYMoAwPA' date: 2026-07-22 duration_sec: 196 channel: 'Chris with Minn Media' --- # How to Create a TikTok Shop Affiliate Account > Source: [How to Create a TikTok Shop Affiliate Account](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N2ObYMoAwPA) ## Summary This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to create a TikTok Shop affiliate account. The creator walks through the process of accessing the affiliate program via a QR code and outlines the eligibility requirements, such as being 18 years or older and having at least 1,000 followers. The video also promotes the creator's own course and affiliate links. ### Key Points - **Open TikTok App** [00:01] — Start by opening the TikTok application on your device. - **Go to Profile** [00:16] — Tap the profile icon in the bottom right corner. - **Access Menu and QR Code** [00:28] — Tap the three lines in the top right corner, then select 'My QR Code' from the bottom menu. - **Scan QR Code** [00:42] — Tap the square icon in the top right to open the QR scanner, then scan the QR code shown on screen to apply automatically. - **Eligibility Requirements** [01:11] — You must be at least 18 years old and have at least 1,000 followers. The follower requirement has changed over time (previously 5,000 or 3,000). - **Application Process** [01:55] — Once you meet the criteria, click apply and wait a few days for approval. The program is not strict as long as you meet the follower count. ### Conclusion Creating a TikTok Shop affiliate account is straightforward: scan the provided QR code, meet the eligibility requirements (18+ and 1,000+ followers), and apply. The creator emphasizes this as a lucrative opportunity for creators. ## Transcript create a Tik Tok shop affiliate account. So essentially what we need to do is get into your Tik Tok account. Step number one, what we want to do is we want to open the Tik Tok application. And if you don't have a Tik Tok account, you're going to need one to be able to be a Tik Tok shop affiliate. So what we're going to do is open up Tik Tok. That's step number one. And then what you want to do is click in the bottom lower right hand corner where it says profile. That's going to be step number two. Step number three, what we want to do is click in the in the right corner. There's three lines up there. See that? Then what we want to do here is a prompt will open up on the bottom. And then choose the second one up. It says my QR code. And what we're going to do is click on the a square thing right up there in the right hand corner. This is going to open right hand corner. This is going to open the QR code scanner. Then what you want the QR code scanner. Then what you want to do is point it at this QR code that you can see on screen right now. So just pop it there and then it will apply automatically to the Tik Tok shop affiliate account status. And these are the guidelines that you need to that you need to essentially accomplish to be able to be in the Tik Tok shop affiliate program. And it says down here you can the community guidelines, which I do. You need to be at least 18 years of age and then have 1,000 followers. I will say that this used to be like 5,000 followers and they switch it to 3,000. Then there wasn't any followers. It depends on the timing. So, this could change. It says I don't have a,000 followers, so I cannot apply yet. But once if you do have 1,000 followers, what you can do actually is essentially it you can apply to the affiliate program. And then once you click apply, then it's just going to be maybe a couple days waiting time and then you're going to be in the affiliate program. There's not a lot of criteria that criteria that you need to follow. As long as you have the the the followers mark the thousand followers or 5,000, whatever it changes to, you're going to get in. Like they're not they're not strict on this at all. And guys, if at any point uh you want to check out any of my guides on how to become a Tik Tok shop affiliate or my course, I've made a lot of money doing this, I'll throw my affiliate link or I'll put my links down word affiliate so many times. This is a gold mine honestly right now for creators in the Tik Tok shop affiliate space. So, it's up to you. Or else, you It's just I just have a small little cheap course that I kind of help uh get a lot of these communities because I've joined them and it's just like they're not getting a ton of help. Yeah, you probably get to look at a lot of their them, but you can just find that on Tik Tok. You know what I mean? Like the being served to you all the time. All right guys, this is how to create a Tik Tok shop affiliate account. Uh essentially how to apply. So if you got in, congratulations. If not, go keep all the links will be in the description. I will see you guys in the description. I will see you guys in the next one.