Five categories · one operating engine

tiktok shop, category by category.

Five categories, five playbooks, one operating engine. Every vertical gets its own pricing logic, content formats and creator supply, proven brand by brand. New to agencies? Read the UK TikTok Shop agency guide first.

£100m+
GMV managed
80+
brands
Daily
LIVE broadcasts
16
published case studies
verified across managed accounts · methodology varies by metric*
Host presenting CeraVe skincare on a daily TikTok Shop LIVE
01 · Beauty & personal care
L'Oréal Groupe showcase partner · Glow For It 400% in a year

The record category. Daily LIVE engines, education-led routines and affiliate communities that turn launches into rankings.

The beauty playbook
Edikted model wearing a sage tracksuit
02 · Fashion & apparel
Edikted US-to-UK expansion · KAIIA the Label

Try-on and drop-led selling with native local creators, from daily LIVE cadence to an event-scale broadcast at Winter Wonderland.

The fashion playbook
Ooh & Aah Cookies gift box
03 · Food & drink (FMCG)
Huel & Liquid I.V. daily engines · Ooh & Aah Cookies

Impulse price points and bundle economics, with creator communities whose costs track the sales they create.

The food & drink playbook
mdlondon hair dryer styling a model's hair
04 · Electronics & devices
mdlondon hair tools, launched at RRP in Q4

Demo-led selling for high-AOV products: education over hype, and offer structures that protect price instead of eroding it.

The electronics playbook
AKT London deodorant balm product photography
05 · Health & wellness
MONAT 700+ affiliates in 3 months · AKT London 1,470%

Education-led, claims-safe selling built on professional creators first, then scaled through affiliate communities.

The wellness playbook
06 · Emerging categories

Home, lifestyle and whatever TikTok Shop opens next

New categories reward whoever arrives with a plan. We map the entry playbook first: pricing, formats and creator supply, before the space gets crowded.

Forecast your category
Category records

the numbers each category chases.

Before you brief us

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Free tool

TikTok Shop forecaster

Model what your category, price point and cadence could do on TikTok Shop.

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Benchmarks

Category benchmarks

How your category converts: AOV, ERR and LIVE benchmarks from the front line.

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Playbook

The TikTok Shop playbook

The full operating playbook behind the record: LIVE, affiliates, content and paid.

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pick your playbook.

Five categories proven, the sixth mapped before it gets crowded. Tell us the brand and the target.

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* Verified across Somerce-managed TikTok Shop accounts, methodology varies by metric, GMV as reported by TikTok Shop seller analytics.