Ainfluencer for TikTok Creators
TikTok connects by signing in rather than a DM, has one extra onboarding screen that checks nothing, and keeps its data on a different schedule from Instagram. This guide covers what is specific to TikTok, from sign in to payout.
What this guide covers
- How TikTok differs from the other platforms
- Connect with TikTok sign in
- The follow and message screen after your media kit
- A media kit tuned for TikTok
- Your numbers and profile data on TikTok
- Deliver a TikTok video and get it approved
- Find TikTok campaigns and answer invitations
- Offers, gifting and affiliate with a TikTok account
- Stay active, and what to do if you are not
- Questions TikTok creators ask
How TikTok differs from the other platforms
Ainfluencer treats every platform the same once your account is Active. The differences are in how you connect, how your data is kept, and what you deliver.
| TikTok | YouTube | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| How you connect | Sign in with TikTok and approve access | A code sent by direct message | Sign in with Google in a browser window |
| Rules at connection | The account must be public and meet a minimum number of followers | No private account check for the DM itself | Public, with a minimum number of subscribers |
| After the media kit | An extra follow and message screen that checks nothing | Nothing extra | Nothing extra |
| Data refresh | Sync once every 24 hours, and a slower background re-index | Monthly run for every account, plus Sync | Sync, with a five minute wait in the app |
| Post format | TikTok Video | Feed, Story or Reel | YouTube Video |
| Several accounts from one login | Yes, each separate | Yes, each separate | Yes, one per channel |
- Campaigns appear in Explore only when they target the platform of the account you have selected, so a TikTok account sees campaigns that accept TikTok.
- You work in the Ainfluencer mobile app. The website is for brands.
- Facebook and X cannot be connected. Only Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are supported.
The general route is in Ainfluencer for New Creators and the Instagram specifics are in Ainfluencer for Instagram Creators.
Connect with TikTok sign in
There is no code to copy. You sign in with TikTok, approve access and Ainfluencer reads the account for itself.
- In the app choose TikTok on the Connect your platforms screen.
- Approve access in the TikTok app. It asks for your basic info, profile and stats.
- Ainfluencer reads your account and checks it against the rules below.
- A new account goes straight on to the media kit. An account that was already onboarded goes to Profile.
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Your TikTok account must be public | The profile is set to private | Switch it to public and connect again |
| Does not meet the minimum number of followers | The account is under the minimum the team has set | Try again when you meet it. Reviewers most often cite about 5,000 followers |
| Already added by another Ainfluencer user | The account is on another login, often an old one | Contact support with both emails and the username |
| A timeout alert | The request took too long | Try again. It is not retried automatically |
| Stays on platform selection with an error | The account is linked elsewhere or was refused | Read the message, fix it, then reconnect |
- The public and minimum follower checks apply to TikTok and YouTube, not to the Instagram DM method.
- One TikTok account can belong to only one Ainfluencer login.
- A newly connected account starts as Draft and cannot make offers until the media kit is finished and the account passes review.
- After five rejected manual verification requests you cannot submit another for seven days, and a pending request blocks a second one.
The follow and message screen after your media kit
Only TikTok has an extra screen at the end of onboarding. It looks like a final gate, but it is not one.
- After the six media kit steps, TikTok users see Prove it’s you, then you’re live.
- It asks you to follow @ainfluencer2024 and message it a code.
- You tap Verify & go live, and a You’re verified screen appears.
- That screen does not check anything on our side. Your account is already connected, and what decides whether you can work is the quality review.
- Saving the last media kit step moves the account to Pending Admin Approval, and our team reviews it, usually within 24 hours.
- The review can only end in Active or a suspension. There is no separate reject step for quality review.
- While pending you can browse and send offers, but they are held and delivered to brands when you become Active.
- If the card still says Pending after 48 hours, contact support with your username.
| Status on the card | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Draft | Media kit not finished |
| Pending Admin Approval | Waiting for quality review |
| Active | Approved. Offers, gifting and affiliate are open |
| Disapproved | Suspended. Appeal Suspension is on the card |
| Archived | The username could not be found. Email support |
A media kit tuned for TikTok
The six steps are the same on every platform. Here is what to put in each one when your account is on TikTok.
| Step | TikTok angle |
|---|---|
| Media kit | A bio of 20 to 700 characters. Emails, phone numbers, websites and handles are blocked, and you must be 13 or older |
| Niche | One to ten categories. Hashtags your audience follows are optional, and saving with none removes the ones you saved before |
| Audience | Up to three audience locations, post topics and an audience description of at least 20 characters each, and at least one screenshot from TikTok Analytics |
| Showcase | Up to ten photos, and past collaborations as a post link or an upload. Choose Finish later if you have none |
| Shipping address | Needed for gifts. Choose Add address later to skip |
| Goals | At least one. Saving it sends the account to quality review |
- Your public media kit lives at app.ainfluencer.com/public/profile followed by your account number. Tap Share on an Active account card to copy it.
- It can take up to 12 hours to show edits, and each connected account has its own link.
- Re-saving the last step on an Active account can send it back to review. Offers still work while it is pending.
Your numbers and profile data on TikTok
What brands see about a TikTok account comes from a different refresh path than Instagram, and from what you upload yourself.
| What | How it works |
|---|---|
| Sync | Profile, then the three dot menu on your account card, then Sync. Once every 24 hours per account |
| Monthly Instagram run | TikTok is not part of it |
| Background re-index | A slower monthly job re-fetches profile information across platforms, so do not count on it to catch growth quickly |
| Delivered videos | A scraper reads the video you submit and fills in its publish date and metrics |
| Insights | Screenshots from TikTok Analytics for the last 90 days. They are required in the media kit and shared with brands that ask |
| Edit name, category, picture | Three dot menu on the account card. Disabled for suspended and archived accounts |
- Tap Sync after a spike in followers or a video that took off, because brands filter on followers and read engagement.
- If the username no longer exists, Sync archives the account. Tell support before you rename a handle.
- When your saved insights are older than 60 days, the system may ask for fresh ones about an hour after you send an offer.
- Brands filter by followers, quality rating, category, hashtag, language, gender and location, and each connected account is searched on its own.
Deliver a TikTok video and get it approved
TikTok has one format in a campaign: TikTok Video. The delivery rules are the same as everywhere else, with a few details that matter for a short video.
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| Post | Publish the video on your own account, following the caption, link in bio and dates in the brief |
| Submit | On the deal card tap Submit TikTok Post and paste the direct link to the video. You can add up to five links |
| Format check | The link must match TikTok’s post format, otherwise the app says the URL format is invalid for TikTok. Duplicates are blocked |
| Waiting | The card reads Published and Waiting Approval and the brand sees it under Final Delivered Result |
| Approved | The money is released to your wallet within about a minute |
- Copy the link from the video’s own Share menu, not from your profile page.
- When the link is read successfully, the deal’s start date moves to seven days after you submit, which is the brand’s approval window.
- When it cannot be read, such as a private video, the start date stays and the deal can fail within about two days of the agreed date.
- Public numbers are collected about an hour, a day, three days and a week after you submit, and appear in the brand’s Analytics once the delivery is approved.
- You are reminded 72, 24, 12, 6 and 3 hours before the publish date, and you can extend the deadline once, immediately, without asking the brand.
- Nothing approves a delivery for you. If it is not approved, the brand is refunded roughly nine to ten days after a readable link is submitted. Message the brand the day you submit.
See How to Deliver and Submit Your Post and How You Get Paid.
Find TikTok campaigns and answer invitations
Explore is matched to the account you have selected, so choose the TikTok account first.
| Tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| All | A mix of top campaigns, categories, an affiliate section and a gifting section |
| Affiliate and Gifting | Commission campaigns and free product campaigns |
| Most paid and For You | Campaigns ranked by price, and campaigns matched to your profile |
| Invited to | Campaigns whose brands invited you |
| My country and My category | Campaigns limited to where you live, or in your categories |
- Only campaigns that are active and approved, from brands that are not suspended, appear, and only those targeting your account’s platform.
- Invitations reach you in one grouped email and a push at 06:00 and 18:00 UTC. A deleted invitation cannot be restored.
- Open invitation links while logged in, because a logged out tap only lands on the login screen.
- An offer started from an invitation link in an email skips the campaign’s gender and location requirements.
- Report a campaign or block a brand from the three dot menu. There is no unblock button, so ask support.
- A weekly email of campaigns for you arrives every Monday at 08:00 UTC.
Offers, gifting and affiliate with a TikTok account
A TikTok account can use all three ways to earn. The selected account must be Active for the last two.
| Route | How it works with TikTok |
|---|---|
| Paid offers | Send an offer on a campaign that accepts TikTok. The minimum is $10, the form suggests a price for the account, and about 20% comes out when you withdraw |
| Gifting | Request the gift, pick an address and confirm receipt when it arrives, then post and submit the links. Needs an Active selected account |
| Affiliate | Generate Link, share the tracked links in your videos and bio, and connect Stripe first. Commission is paid about five to seven weeks after a sale |
- You can make one offer per account per campaign. Use the account selector to offer with a different account.
- Invited campaigns arrive in one grouped email at 06:00 and 18:00 UTC, and appear under Invited to in Explore.
- The pitch, topics and audience description are each 50 to 250 characters, and contact details are blocked.
- The brand can counter, and after paying it can send up to two revision requests that you accept or reject.
- Withdrawals go to PayPal or a USDT or USDC wallet and are paid by hand around the 1st and 15th of each month.
See How Gifting Works for Creators and How Affiliate Campaigns Work for You.
Stay active, and what to do if you are not
A few habits protect a TikTok account that already took effort to build.
| Do not | Why |
|---|---|
| Ask a brand to pay or talk outside Ainfluencer | Contact details are hidden until payment, a nightly check reviews unpaid chats, and our team can send a Violation Notice. Repeat breaches can lead to suspension |
| Rename your handle without telling support | The account can be archived and leave search |
| Buy followers | It shows at review and is rejected under the guidelines |
| Miss a deadline silently | The brand is refunded and you are unpaid. Use Extend Deadline before the date passes |
| Set the account to private while under review | A private account is rejected |
- A suspension has no end date. Tap Appeal Suspension on the card, give your reason, watch the dos and don’ts and submit. You get one appeal per suspension.
- While suspended you cannot chat, edit your profile or make offers, and offers waiting under review are deleted.
- You can control emails and push by category in Account Settings, Notifications and Emails.
- Unblocking a brand, removing a social account and cancelling a withdrawal all need support.
Questions TikTok creators ask
Do I need to put a code in my bio?
No. TikTok connects by signing in, and nothing goes in your bio.
The “Verify & go live” screen said I am verified, but I am pending.
That screen checks nothing. Your account is waiting for our team’s review, which usually takes up to 24 hours.
Why can I not connect my TikTok?
Check that the account is public, that it meets the minimum number of followers, and that it is not already on another Ainfluencer login. The message in the app says which.
Why are my follower numbers old?
Tap Sync on the account card, once every 24 hours. TikTok is not part of the monthly Instagram refresh.
Can I use TikTok and Instagram together?
Yes. Each account has its own status and media kit, and they share one wallet. Switch accounts with the selector at the top of Explore.
What link do I submit?
The direct link to the video from its Share menu, not your profile.
When am I paid?
After the brand approves, the money reaches your wallet within about a minute. You then request a withdrawal, and it is paid by hand around the 1st and 15th.
From TikTok sign in to a paid video
The TikTok route in order, including the screen that checks nothing.
Ready to connect your TikTok?
The Ainfluencer creator app is free on iOS and Android. Open it, choose TikTok and sign in.