TikTok Shop fee changelog

Initial verification from TikTok Shop Seller Academy's US referral-fee policy ("TikTok Shop Referral Fee Updates - 2024", last revised 8 May 2025) and its category-level breakdown ("TikTok Shop Referral Fees in 2024 by Category", last revised 14 May 2026), and the UK "Commission Rate Policy" (effective 18 September 2025) cross-checked against the "Platform Commission Fee" article (last revised 15 September 2025). Confidence high: each market's two independent official pages state the same rates. US general referral fee is 6% (effective 1 April 2024); reduced to 5% for five jewelry sub-categories and most Pre-Owned categories (effective 31 October 2024), with 3% on the portion of a Collectibles or Pre-Owned sale above $10,000. UK commission fee is 9%, reduced to 5% for Electronics and Beauty & Personal Care. Neither market's page states a payment-processing fee separate from the referral/commission fee. A new-seller reduced referral-fee promotion is referenced by the US page ("All new sellers enrolled in promotional plans will continue on their respective plans until the conclusion of the promotional period") but not quantified there; the two Seller Academy articles that would state its rate and duration (knowledge_id 1557461786560302 and 4251048265697037) both returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-03 and are not included. Some third-party 2026 seller blogs report a higher US referral fee (around 8%, with beauty/electronics sub-categories higher still); the official Seller Academy pages captured today state no such change, so the verified rates above are used per project policy of never writing a fee from a third-party summary.