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  • meowch-

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    October 7, 2025 at 1:40 am

    Making money on Tik Tok can be a little difficult, it’s not like making money on YouTube. Essentially she would have to do brand deals or partner with Tik Tok ads, but it equally comes with a price as if you just start accepting every deal that comes your way you will quickly be called a sell out and could lose credibility and followers. It’s also not simple finding out what deals are real and which ones are not. I have about 350k followers and I do have my email in my bio. Out of about 30 emails I get for brand deals a month, only one has been completely credible and up my alley where I reached back out, only to be denied. Most of my money comes from my selling my art, but I’m hand making it all, and it takes up 99% of my time.

    Now you can turn your Tik Tok audience into a YouTube audience, but unfortunately most tiktokers don’t do well with YouTube as short content needs a lot of views in order to start making money

    Also she is 21, give her a break. Seriously, she is young in comparison and is just starting to learn to be an adult. I absolutely had no idea what I was doing at 21 and made a whole lot of mistakes. I’m sure she will figure it out soon.