ecommerce

• Physical pop-ups, business hubs, and product discoveries: TikTok’s ecommerce empire is growing
• TikTok helps its users profit from ecommerce. Now it’s starting to ship and sell products itself.

  To complement its brand-focused TikTok Shop platform, TikTok is reportedly launching a retail initiative called Trendy Beat.

  
• Amaze’s new integration will let creators reach their “full income potential on TikTok Shop”

  Amaze and its subsidiary Spring are bringing creator stores to TikTok Shop by launching a new ecommerce integration.

  
• Patreon is giving creators a new way to earn money from their fans

  Patreon users can now allow their fans to subscribe for free. They can also sell products directly to patrons with a Commerce feature.

  
• YouTube is bringing its live shopping tools to Korea through a brand-new channel
• Twitch has launched shoppable streams. Now third-party brands like Refinery29 are joining the fun.
• PewDiePie is rebranding, and Amaze is helping him pick his new direction (Exclusive)
• YouTube’s new Partner Program standards are tailored to live-streaming creators
• TikTok Shop is struggling to catch on in the West, but it’s a hit with some indie authors
• Is the threat of a TikTok ban slowing down the U.S. rollout of the app’s ecommerce hub?
• Klarna is the latest company trying to bring social shopping to the Western world
• YouTube thinks affiliate tags are “the most beneficial way for creators to earn money at scale”