ECOMMERCEValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
"I've been working on a solution after running into these same issues, but I'm more interested in hearing how everyone else is handling it before I keep building features"
— a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Quoted from the posts below — each quote is checked word-for-word against the stored post.
TikTok Shop support — "generic copy-and-paste message"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Google Sheets — "Google Sheets to track creators"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Summarised from the posts below. Miss one and they will not switch.
explanation of policy violationbuilt specifically around TikTok Shop affiliate operationsfor own shop, not agencyconversions not killed by extra stepregister my real brand and company the right wayaudience option for TikTok Sellers
4 rivals shipping (fact bar)how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
11 builder posts asking · 10 different people (fact bar)see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
11 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 5 the month beforesee the curve → demand is rising.
11 demand signals vs 4 shipping rivals → demand and supply are balanced — differentiation decides.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal today → conversation is live now.
Signal history
37 tracked posts (11 asks · 26 product/news)first post May 2026▲ 11 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 10 of the 37 tracked posts, picked as evidence — each insight links back to a real one.