TikTok Subscription Terms of Sale

TikTok · agreement dated January 22, 2026 · Official agreement

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Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Access is for personal, non-commercial use and gives you no ownership of the Subscription Services

Your access to the Subscription Services is strictly for personal and non-commercial use. The Terms say you have no right or title in any Subscription Service you subscribed to, except where the laws of your jurisdiction require otherwise or the Terms expressly state it.

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Who
subscriber
Why
personal and non-commercial use
Exception
where law requires or the Terms expressly state

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Your access to the Subscription Services is strictly for your personal and non-commercial use.
you have no right to or title in any of the Subscription Services that you have subscribed to except as otherwise required by the applicable laws of your jurisdiction or expressly stated in these Terms

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Exceptions are limited to what the laws of your jurisdiction require or what the Terms expressly state.

Not stated here

  • The Terms do not list what they "expressly state" as rights beyond access.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You must not copy, resell, perform, display or build on the services, or use them commercially

From the same list of things you must not do or allow others to do: make copies for sale, transfer, rent, lease or lending; create content, products, services or other derivative materials using any part of the Subscription Services; use or reproduce any part of them, including trademarks, except as law expressly allows; publicly perform or display them; and use them for commercial or business purposes or in any way other than your own personal consumption.

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Who
subscriber
What it does
copy for sale, create derivatives, reproduce, perform, display, use commercially
Exception
as law expressly allows (reproduction)

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make copies for sale, transfer, rent, lease or lending of the Subscription Services;
create content, products, services or other derivative materials by using any part of the Subscription Services;
use or reproduce any part of the Subscription Services (including any trademarks presented in the Subscription Services), except as law expressly allows;
make a public performance of the Subscription Services;
publicly display the Subscription Services;
use Subscription Services for commercial or business purposes or in any way other than your own personal consumption purposes;

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Use or reproduction is allowed only "as law expressly allows".
  • The list begins "You must not, and must not allow others to".

Not stated here

  • The Terms do not say what counts as "any part" of the Subscription Services, for example a creator's content in a chat room.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Creators choose and change the benefits, and the company disclaims responsibility for creator content

Creators can choose which Subscription Benefits to offer to users who purchase a Subscription Service and may create, manage, maintain or change them. TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors say they are not responsible for the content a creator shares with subscribers or for a creator's failure to create, manage or maintain benefits.

Details
Who
creators
What it does
choose and change benefits
Exception
company and partners not responsible for creator content or failures

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Creators can choose which Subscription Benefits to offer to users who purchase a Subscription Service and may create, manage, maintain or make changes to those Subscription Benefits.
are not responsible for the content a Creator shares with subscribers or for a creator's failure to create, manage, or maintain Subscription Benefits.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The disclaimer covers content shared with subscribers and a creator's failure to create, manage or maintain benefits.

Not stated here

  • These Terms do not say what you can do if a creator stops providing a benefit, other than the cancellation and refund sections.
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