TikTok may soon have a new method of making money from its big US fan base.

Social media sites like Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter are renowned for looking into every conceivable revenue stream.

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All of these services rely on advertisements, while some of them also have paywall elements.

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For its US users, TikTok in particular is apparently planning to test out a different revenue method.

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Users of the short video sharing platform may soon have access to a new feature dubbed TikTok Shop, which will allow them to make purchases within the app

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while viewing live feeds.The idea of a TikTok Shop is not new to the platform. It is already accessible on Douyin, TikTok's Chinese sibling app.

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According to The Financial Times, between May 2021 and May 2022, Douyin sold an astounding 10 billion things from nine million e-commerce broadcasts each month.

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TikTok may be collaborating technologically with American company TalkShopLive to make TikTok Shop a reality in the US. It is difficult to predict whether

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TikTok will modify the virtual shopping experience for the US market in light of UK failures until the company officially announces Shop in the US.

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