Jun '25 • Discussion
Flat fee collaborations with affiliate creators
Flat fee collaborations are a new payment model in TikTok Shop Affiliate Center that brings sellers and creator matchmaking experience to the next level. Sellers can establish more streamlined & protected partnerships with TikTok Shop creators on top of existing commission-only collaborations. This beta feature is launched in June 2025.
With flat fee, sellers have access to:
- Hybrid payment power: Attract quality creators by offering a mix of flat fees and commissions. Make your target collaborations stand out!
- Creative and calendar control: Refine content with up to three editing rounds and launch creator content exactly when it fuels your campaigns.
- Ads authorization, automated: Embed ad authorization directly into your flat fee target collaborations. Skip the back-and-forth and maximize your impact.
Note: flat fee collaborations are currently only available in Target Collaborations.
How it works
Create a flat fee collaboration invite
Step 1 - Select flat fee collaborations invite
- At TikTok Affiliate center, select the "Target collaboration" tab on the left.
- Click "Inivite to collab" tab.
- Choose the "Flat fee" model to proceed with flat fee collaborations invite.
Step 2 - Fill in & launch flat fee collaborations invite
- Fill-in invite information. Promotion period: invite will be valid with a min. 120 days & a max of 365 days.
- Turn on/off "needs content review" toggle
- Select product & set up samples
- Up to 1 product per flat fee collaborations invite.
- Auto-approve free samples are offered.
- Pick creators & choose payment options
- Up to 50 creators per invite.*
- Payment options
- Flat fee(mandatory): $20 - $10k;
- Sales commission (optional): 0-80%
- Shop ads commission (optional): 0-80%
- Turn ON "Ads authorization" toggle for Shop ads campaign with affiliate videos.
Pro tip: To ensure the best matchmaking efficiency, sellers are suggested to offer custom quotes based on creator tiers. For example, top creators: $300 ~ $500+ per video (with Ads authorization), micro creators: $100 per video (with Ads authorization).
Step 3 - Make payment to flat fee collaborations invite
- Sellers will pay via the "Available" amount shown in the "Flat fee payment" page at Affiliate Center.
- If the amount in your "Available" can not cover the charge within the invite, sellers may top up with credit/debit cardthrough PIPO.
- Payment will be held on platform until platform review & seller review are passed.
Step 4 - Manage existing flat fee collaborations invite
- View details: Click "View orders" to check flat fee collaboration invite details.
- Add more creators: Click "+Invite creators" to add more creators to existing flat fee collaboration invites OR in "Find creators" add eligible creators directly to existing flat fee collaboration invites.
- Edit invite: Click "edit" to revise flat fee collaborations invite details at invite detail page
Step 5 - Ship samples to creators
When creators have accepted your flat fee collaboration invite & you have turned on "Offer Auto-approve free samples" toggle, it's time to ship your samples to the creators.
- Click "Sample Requests" followed by "Ready to ship" tab to access samples pending for shipment.
- Click "Ship in Seller Center" to complete sample shipping in Seller Center.
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Flat fee collaborations with affiliate creators
