Fair trading — TikTok's category
A fair-trading violation means TikTok's systems read some activity as fake orders or suspicious transactions — the integrity side of the rulebook.
Two things sellers get wrong here: asking friends and family to place orders is exactly what this category covers, and opening a fresh shop does not escape it — TikTok treats accounts sharing contact details, payment details, owners, devices or products as connected, and enforcement can follow.
The first fix: Never touch an order you arranged yourself — and never open a second shop to escape a record. Connected accounts share enforcement.
Not a correct-after-the-fact type: the routes are appeal (on a published ground) and prevention.
No quiz is published for this type — recovery is appeal, prevention, and the 180-day reset.
Appeals are decided on published grounds, not on effort. For this type, the grounds that match TikTok's policies are:
Not a ground: Asking friends or family to place orders. TikTok lists fraudulent orders under fair trading, and connected accounts can be enforced together.
First appeal within 30 days of notification. If it is rejected, a second — final — appeal within 15 days of the rejection. Two appeals per violation, total. If your ticket shows a short deadline (12–72 hours), that clock runs first and fastest. Points from this violation reset 180 days after they landed. The full clock map.
Not sure how close this leaves you? Run the danger check with your score and this violation — it returns your distance to the next restriction and your fixes in order.
The checker above is free and always will be. The kit is the depth: the letters, the plan, and the sheets, in one place, stamped with the rules as checked October 22, 2026.
Source: TikTok Shop — Seller Enforcement Policy (US) (page dated as published 2026), checked October 22, 2026. Read it on TikTok's site.