Creator Age Verification
06/30/2025
Depending on the selected verification process, the personal identity information required for submission may include:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- A valid government-issued identity, such as:
- National Identity Card
- Thai National ID (for Thai Citizens), Pink ID (for Permanent Residents)
- Driver's License
- Passport
- National Identity Card
- A valid credit card, with the following information
- Cardholder's name
- Cardholder's email address
- Credit card validity date
- The address associated with the bank details you intend to link to the account for facilitating commission withdrawals
Step 1: Initiating the Age Verification Process
| Creator Type | Age Verification Process |
| Affiliate Creator Accounts |
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Step 2: Completing the Age Verification Process
Before embarking on the TikTok E-commerce journey, all creators will have to verify their age via any one of the following three methods in order to obtain full access to TikTok Shop and add products to post shoppable content:
- Facial Age Estimation (instant verification)
- Credit Card Authorisation (verification complete in 15 minutes)
- Selfie with ID (verification complete in >24 hours)
| Step 1 | Step 2 (Choose 1 of 3) | |||
1. Select one of the three methods to complete the age verification | 2A. Facial Age Estimation | 2B. Selfie with ID | 2C. Credit Card | |
Selfie with ID - Upload ID | Selfie with ID - Upload Selfie | |||
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Method A: Facial Age Estimation
Age Verification Step | Screenshot of UI |
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| A. Successful Age Verification
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B. Unsuccessful Age Verification
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C. Retry
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Method B: Credit Card Authorisation
Age Verification Step | Screenshot of UI |
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| A. Successful Age Verification Once you have successfully completed the age verification process (i.e. the creator has been verified to be at least 18 years old), the account will officially be eligible for TikTok Shop e-commerce permissions, which includes advertising and promoting products in videos uploaded on TikTok and promoting products during TikTok livestreams.![]() |
B. Unsuccessful Age Verification
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C. Appeal
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Method C: Selfie with ID
Age Verification Step | Screenshot of UI |
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| A. Successful Age Verification Once you have successfully completed the age verification process (i.e. the creator has been verified to be at least 18 years old), the account will officially be eligible for TikTok Shop e-commerce permissions, which includes advertising and promoting products in videos uploaded on TikTok and promoting products during TikTok livestreams.![]() |
B. Unsuccessful Age Verification
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C. Appeal
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FAQs
- Why is age verification required as part of the E-Commerce Creator onboarding process ?
- What happens if I can't verify my age or need help with age verification?
- Do I need to verify my age for each individual account when binding multiple accounts to my TikTok Shop seller account?
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