Case studies · Shop Operations

shop operations case studies.

Case studies won in the unglamorous layer: catalogue, mechanics, launches and expansion, run as a trading channel.

Records are set on camera but they are built in the back end. Shop operations is the layer where Somerce turns TikTok Shop into a trading channel: catalogue and listing strategy, value-led GWP and bundle mechanics, launch timing and market expansion. It is the work behind P.Louise’s £10m+ BFCM month, where bundle and gift-with-purchase mechanics scaled a record LIVE into a record month. It launched Vaseline’s GLUTA-HYA Lip Serum for Unilever and put mdlondon live on TikTok Shop built and timed for Q4.

It also travels. MONAT’s ambassador-led expansion into Germany and France ran at 70% month-on-month growth across the EU, and Edikted’s UK entry applied what worked in the US. Across £100m+ of managed GMV, operations is the difference between a shop that spikes and a shop that trades every day. If your channel needs running, not just content, start with our TikTok Shop management service.

The ledgers below cover launches, expansion and record trading periods, and each one names the mechanics that did the work: bundles, gifting thresholds, catalogue structure, timing. Operations rarely makes the headline, but read any record on this site closely and you will find it underneath, keeping the shop trading while the cameras roll.

How the layer works

a week is the unit of trading.

Every managed shop runs on a weekly rhythm: a new theme, a bundle drop to match, offers refreshed so urgency stays real rather than recycled. It is the mechanic behind the £10m+ BFCM month, and it is the same calendar we would build for your catalogue.

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The ledger

operations results, measured on GMV.

P.Louise advent calendar products laid out for the BFCM bundle offer
· BFCM £10m+

A month on TikTok Shop. Value-led GWP and bundle mechanics plus an Affiliate Championship that flooded the FYP, scaling a record LIVE into a record month.

Frame from a Vaseline TikTok LIVE broadcast produced by Somerce
· Unilever

GLUTA-HYA, launched on TikTok Shop

An enterprise launch for Unilever built on brand safety, RRP protection and added value, taking the GLUTA-HYA Lip Serum to market.

Collage of shoppable creator videos from a Somerce-managed affiliate community
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Market entry run as an operations job: localised catalogue, German and French storefronts and an ambassador-led model growing 70% month on month.

Model wearing Edikted womenswear

US learnings, UK expansion

The operational side of a US-to-UK entry: UK storefront, localised listings and the daily trading cadence to run them.

The mdlondon hair dryer

A Q4 launch, engineered

Premium hair tools launched for Q4 2025 on education-led selling and RRP-protective offers: bundles and gifts with purchase instead of discounts.

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