TikTok Shop in France: a new opportunity for e-tailers!
Launching in France in April 2025, TikTok Shop promises to transform e-commerce by integrating direct sales and live shopping at the heart of the user experience. Brands and designers will be able to sell products seamlessly, reducing the purchase journey to just a few clicks.
More than just an online store, TikTok Shop aims to merge entertainment and commerce to offer an immersive shopping experience, without leaving the app.
Brands find it a lever for reaching an engaged audience, while creators have the opportunity to monetize their content by authentically recommending products.
Consumers, meanwhile, benefit from a seamless experience, where inspiration is instantly transformed into purchase. So, whether you’re a start-up or a well-established retailer, TikTok Shop enables you to grow your business and interact with millions of users.
Effinity has been selected as a TikTok Shop Partner, helping brands to optimize their presence, their relationship with creators and their sales, by running affiliate programs integrated with TikTok Shop. We tell you all about one of the most successful Social Commerce solutions.

What is TikTok Shop
and why is it unique?
TikTok Shop is TikTok’s integrated e-commerce platform, enabling brands, content creators and merchants to sell their products directly within the app. Launched to capitalize on the popularity of the social network, this feature combines entertainment and online shopping through interactive formats such as live shopping, short videos and personalized recommendations.
With TikTok Shop, sellers can create a digital storefront accessible from their profile and integrate purchase links directly into their videos or livestreams. Users can discover, evaluate and purchase products without leaving the application. This approach encourages impulse buying and boosts engagement through content virality.
TikTok Shop also leverages the influence of creators, who can promote products via affiliate partnerships, generating commissions on every sale made thanks to their audience. This social commerce strategy is particularly attractive to brands seeking to reach a young, connected clientele.
By integrating shopping into the TikTok experience, the platform redefines the codes of e-commerce by combining discovery, entertainment and conversion, making social commerce a key lever for sellers and influencers.
How can Effinity help you develop your store on TikTok Shop?
TikTok Shop reinvents social commerce
Discovery firstUnlike traditional shopping platforms, which are based on the search for specific items, TikTok Shop responds to a different logic by focusing on discovery. Here, it’s not the consumer who goes to the product, but the product that comes to meet the consumer, through the creators’ content. |
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The buying experience is born of contentA captivating video in the news feed can instantly arouse desire and trigger a transaction. This approach, which has already proved effective in territories where TikTok Shop has already launched, transforms shopping into a fluid, immersive experience. Although a dedicated tab provides direct access to products via a search bar, purchases are primarily driven by the virality of content. When users come across a video they like, they are more inclined to buy in the moment, without having to carry out an active search. |
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An algorithm that targets the “right” usersThanks to its algorithm, TikTok Shop delivers the most relevant products to each user. The “For You” tab optimizes the highlighting of items, enabling some of them to go viral in record time and generate exponential sales. |
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A strong commitmentTikTok has a much higher interaction and retention rate than other platforms. Its young community (less and less!) is open to new trends and new experiences. |
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Creativity and authenticityThe authenticity of TikTok content stimulates immediate purchase. Engaging videos, impactful storytelling, original staging: everything is designed to provoke emotion and incite action. So TikTok Shop is not just a marketplace, it’s an ecosystem where entertainment becomes a business opportunity. |
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How do creators monetize their creativity with TikTok Shop?
For French influencers, the arrival of TikTok Shop means more collaborations. Consumers are increasingly sensitive to real opinions and tests, which represents a real opportunity to monetize their content. TikTok Shop opens up new perspectives for creators, enabling them to turn their passion into revenue, while strengthening their bond with their community.
They can :
- Generate revenue from their content by recommending products that are important to them.
- Earn attractive commissions on every sale you make through affiliate programs.
- Create an authentic relationship with their audience, by sharing products they really love, to build their subscribers’ trust and boost engagement.
To promote products, content creators have two formats at their disposal:
Shoppable videos
Shoppable videos enable links or clickable stickers to be added directly to videos, giving users the option of accessing product information without leaving TikTok.


Live Shopping
Live shopping on TikTok Shop allows content creators to broadcast live product demonstrations, interact instantly with viewers and offer flash promotions. This feature has seen a 63% increase in sessions in one year in the United States.
What are the benefits of TikTok Shop
for brands?
Visibility and conversion
Being present on TikTok Shop offers brands a unique opportunity to combine visibility, engagement and conversion within a single platform. Thanks to TikTok’s large and engaged audience, brands can reach millions of users, especially the younger generation, who are adept at social commerce and viral trends.
Promote immediate purchases
One of the main advantages of TikTok Shop is its interactive approach to shopping. By integrating shopping links directly into shoppable videos and livestreams, brands can shorten the buying journey and encourage immediate decisions. The live shopping format, for example, can demonstrate a product’s benefits in real time, answer consumers’ questions and create a sense of urgency, thereby boosting sales.
Higher conversion rates
TikTok Shop facilitates collaboration with content creators. By collaborating with influencers via affiliation, brands benefit from their credibility and ability to generate engagement. These authentic recommendations build consumer trust and improve conversion rates.
A fully integrated solution
Last but not least, TikTok Shop offers sellers a complete toolbox for developing their social commerce business (inventory management, order management, promotions, etc.), and provides advanced analytical tools for optimizing their campaigns and effectively targeting their customers.
Effinity, TikTok Shop Partner, helps brands generate sales
Effinity has been selected by TikTok to be a TikTok Shop Partner. As an affiliation expert for over 25 years, Effinity brings its know-how to help merchants work better with creators, optimizing their presence on TikTok Shop and animating their affiliation program.
TikTok Shop is redefining the way consumers discover and buy products. By combining social engagement, influencer recommendations and ease of purchase, it represents a major strategic opportunity for brands to capture a connected audience and increase sales.
For brands, there are two affiliation models to enable creators to promote products and earn commissions for the sales they generate.
The Open Plan model
from TikTok Shop
The Open Plan model allows you to add product links, define commission rates and list available product allocations. Then, all eligible affiliate creators can request free product samples for testing. If they like them, they promote them in their content to sell these products.
In Open Plan, influencers most often choose the products with the highest commissions. The key is to offer competitive rates.
The Target Plan
from TikTok Shop
The Target Plan model allows you to choose specific influencers to promote your products. In fact, it’s possible to send them a request via TikTok, with a personalized commission rate, which they can accept or refuse depending on your offer. With this option, Effinity provides its expertise in identifying relevant influencers and managing day-to-day collaboration.
TikTok Shop, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
There are two ways to work with TikTok Shop’s affiliated designers:
Open Collab
- All eligible creators can freely access a selection of your products and promote them in their content (videos, lives, showcases).
- You define a commission rate per product (often between 10% and 15%).
- You can activate or deactivate the free product allocation.
- This format maximizes visibility and encourages organic content.
Target Collab
- You select the designers you want to collaborate with.
- Remuneration: a negotiated remuneration proposal is put in place + product endowment.
- You can define a precise brief, request a timetable and negotiate exclusivity.
- This format gives us greater control over our brand image.
No. TikTok Shop does not allow prior validation, but you can have the link to your product deactivated after publication.
And, you can work in Target Collab for more structured collaborations with a well-defined brief.
No, but they do greatly increase the chances of creators producing content.
A creator who receives a free product:
- Is more motivated to promote it
- More material to talk about authentically
- Can be used live or as a demo in a video
Three locations are available:
- Their TikTok Shop window (tab on their profile)
- A shoppable video
- A shoppable live show
Videos and lives can display a clickable label leading directly to the product in the store.
No. A video that has already been published cannot become shoppable after the fact. The creator must republish the video or create a new publication associated with the product in TikTok Shop.
- If the sale comes from a designer’s video, showcase or live show, it’s automatically attributed to that designer.
- If the sale comes from your own TikTok Shop, it is attributed to the brand.
For Open Collab campaigns, a commission of between 10% and 15% of sales is recommended.
For Target Collab campaigns, the commission can be negotiated according to the designer’s profile and the complexity of the brief.
TikTok takes 5% of sales via TikTok Shop.
We recommend aiming for a basket value of around €80. Products between €20 and €100 perform well. For higher prices, you’ll need to use crossed-out prices (e.g. “€120 instead of €200”).
Free or inclusive delivery also boosts conversion rates.
To succeed on TikTok Shop, you need to involve :
- Merch & E-commerce
- Technology (integration / logistics)
- Communication (regular content)
- Supply Chain (fast delivery)
- Marketing (animation and affiliation)
Partner registration link :
https://seller-fr-accounts.tiktok.com/account/register
- 100% online process
- Required documents: SIRET, RIB, proof of identity
- Manual integration or via e-commerce partners (e.g. Shopify, Prestashop)
- Official technical guide: Consult the guide
Designers must :
- Must be at least 18 years old
- A TikTok account with at least 1,500 subscribers
- Have an account created in a supported country (France for TikTok Shop France)
- Respect TikTok’s community rules
Yes, TikTok bans certain types of products:
- Weapons, uncertified health products, counterfeit goods
- Adult products, CBD, alcohol, tobacco
- Dangerous or inappropriate products
See the complete policy here: TikTok Shop product policy
No. TikTok Shop is reserved for physical, deliverable products. Digital subscriptions, SaaS services or press are not eligible.
No. Services of any kind (transport, ticketing, coaching, etc.) are not authorized for sale on TikTok Shop.
Yes, subject to the following conditions:
- Sell physical products (no services, training or subscriptions)
- Manage logistics and delivery (via a warehouse or directly)
- Not to offer products prohibited by TikTok Shop
See the official list: TikTok Shop product policy
No, that’s not a problem. However, you won’t be able to publish shoppable videos yourself via your own account. This limits your ability to animate your TikTok Shop and build a direct relationship with your community.