Product Detail Pages & Listing Quality Guidelines

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Summary

What are the key elements of a well-optimized Product Detail Page (PDP) on TikTok Shop and why are they important?

  • A well-optimized PDP includes a concise, accurate title, high-resolution images (≥600x600 pixels), detailed descriptions, and category-specific info, enhancing customer experience, building trust, and driving sales.
  • These elements help shoppers make informed decisions, reduce returns, and improve conversion rates by clearly communicating product benefits, specifications, and usage.

How does TikTok Shop categorize product listing quality, and what distinguishes each tier?

  • Listings are categorized as Poor (incomplete info, low-res images, clickbait), Fair (meets basic standards but lacks detail), and Good (detailed descriptions, high-res images, full category-specific info).
  • Achieving Good tier requires meeting all criteria including quality titles, ≥5 images, structured descriptions, and category-specific attributes, elevating listing performance and shopper satisfaction.

What specific guidelines should sellers follow to improve their product titles and images to meet the Good tier?

  • Titles must be concise, accurate, free of repetitive words, variant references, or promotional language (e.g., no “best seller” or “low stock”).
  • Images should clearly show the product without watermarks or text, use a white background, be high resolution (>600x600), and include multiple angles or detail shots.

What category-specific information is required to reach the Good tier, and how does it impact customer satisfaction?

  • Sellers must provide details like product advantages, application scope (target audience, age), size charts (with specific dimensions), material composition, and precise product specifications (dimensions, weight).
  • Including this info helps customers assess fit, usage, and quality, reducing confusion and returns, and improving overall shopping experience.

What tools or resources does TikTok Shop offer to help sellers optimize their product listings?

  • TikTok Shop provides a Product Optimizer Tool in Seller Center to help improve listing quality at scale.
  • For certain categories (e.g., Books, Electronics), SEO updates may be applied automatically; sellers can contact Account Managers or support for questions.

The importance of optimizing your product pages

Product Detail Pages (PDPs) are crucial for providing customers with the information they need to make purchasing decisions. These pages include vital details like product name, description, price, images or videos, size, shipping options, and more. Well-optimized PDPs:
  • Enhance customer experience.
  • Build trust in your brand.
  • Drive conversions and increase sales.

TikTok Shop's listing quality tiers

To ensure exceptional shopping experiences, TikTok Shop categorizes product listings into three quality tiers:
  • Poor: This tier indicates that the listing needs significant improvements to meet our quality standards. Listings in this category may have incomplete or inaccurate information, low-resolution images, clickbait, or promotional content.
  • Fair: Listings in the fair tier meet essential quality standards but have room for improvement. These listings provide necessary product information and clear images, ensuring a satisfactory shopping experience.
  • Good: The good tier represents a high standard of listing quality. Listings in this category have detailed descriptions with category-specific information, high-resolution images, and accurate category-specific attributes, delivering an outstanding shopping experience.
By categorizing listings into these tiers, we aim to help sellers understand their current performance, identify areas for improvement, and ultimately elevate the overall quality of products available on TikTok Shop.
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Listing quality tier guidelines

Refer to the following information to learn more about the criteria to meet each tier.

Product title or name

A high-quality title is concise, accurate, and free of unnecessary content.
Good Example:
  • "Moisturizing Hand Cream for Dry Skin – Organic Ingredients, 100ml"
Poor Example:
  • "BEST HAND CREAM EVER!! LOW STOCK – Buy Now!!!"
PoorFairGood
  • Has title quality issues:
    • Has repetitive words/phrases used 4+ times (relating to ingredients, odors/fragrances, holidays, special events)
  • Has references to variants or inventory counts:
    • Colors ("8 sizes available," "Available in red, green, yellow, blue")
    • Size ("5 sizes available," "Available in small, medium, large")
    • Availability ("8 in stock!", "Low stock")
  • Uses clickbait language:
    • Promotions
    • Best seller and exclusivity
    • Discount or sales
  • No title quality issues:
    • Does not have repetitive words/phrases used 4+ times (relating to ingredients, odors/fragrances, holidays, special events)
  • No references to variants or inventory availability:
    • Colors ("8 sizes available," "Available in red, green, yellow, blue")
    • Size ("5 sizes available," "Available in small, medium, large")
    • Availability ("8 in stock!", "Low stock")
  • No use of clickbait language:
    • Promotions
    • Best seller and exclusivity
    • Discount or sales

Images

Images are key to capturing shoppers' interest. The first image forms a shoppers' first impression.
PoorFair
  • No image of the main product
  • One or more images of the main product.
image.pngBest Practices for images:
  • The main image should clearly show the product.
  • Avoid watermarks, borders, or promotional text.
  • Use a resolution > 600x600 pixels.
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Image aspects and requirements
Image aspect
Description
Poor
Fair
Good
Product visibilityThe first or main image in your PDP should clearly show the main body of the product.image
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NoYesYes
Product visibilityThe first or main image in your PDP shouldn't have too much text.image
NoYesYes
Image representationThe first or main image in your PDP should not use any techniques that would confuse the customer. The image must not contain any text, logos, watermarks, borders, graphics covering the product, or any staging with multiple product variants.Screenshot 2024-11-25 at 4.18.13 PM.pngNoYesYes
Background qualityThe first image in your PDP should use a high-quality background. We recommend using a white background.image
NoYesYes
WatermarkThe first image in your PDP should not include watermarks.image
NoYesYes
Image ClarityImages should not be fuzzyScreenshot 2024-11-25 at 4.18.52 PM.pngNoYesYes
ResolutionYour main PDP image should have a resolution > 600x600 pixels.NoYesYes
MosaicPDP images must not use mosaic effects that cause messy layouts. A maximum of 9 images are allowed for any mosaic image.image
NoYesYes
Image validityPDP images should be valid and not corrupted. Digital renderings are not allowed.
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NoYesYes
DuplicationYour main PDP image should not be a duplicate NoYesYes
Promotion stickersPDP images do not have any marketing or promotion stickersimage.pngNoYes
Yes

Product descriptions

A strong product description is well-structured, easy-to-read, and provides essential information.
PoorFairGood
  • Description is text (no images) and text length is less than 80 characters
  • Description is more than 80 characters or at least 1 image uploaded in the description section
  • No requirement
  • Invalid description
    • Irrelevant information pertaining to the product
    • Hyperlinks that lead to non-existent pages
    • Clickbait or duplicate content
  • Valid description (relevant with the product self and meaningful)
  • No broken hyperlinks, clickbait language, duplicate content
  • Structured description (the detailed standard to be refined)
    • Clean format, such as HTML, mixed image or text, etc
    • Informative content
  • Sentences are capitalized.
Here is an example of a product description that meets the Good tier:
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Category-specific information

PoorFairGood
  • Doesn't contain all category-specific information
  • Doesn't contain all category-specific information
  • Contains all category-specific information in either the title, main images, description or other attributes as prescribed below
Please note that category-specific guidelines and criteria only apply to the good tier. By not adding category-specific information, fair is the highest tier that can be achieved.These are essential elements that you should include for each category to optimize your product listing and improve customer satisfaction.

Required information by category

This table outlines the specific information needed to meet the good tier standard based on the product category. The category-specific information should be available either in one of the product images or in the product description.
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Detailed guidelines

Follow the guidelines below to meet the good tier standard for your products.

Product advantages or benefits

Highlights the key results or advantages offered by the product. We recommend focusing on the direct efficacy of the product and offering a before/after benefit of using the product.

Application scenario or scope

Your product's application scope defines the target audience (men, women, children, etc.), age range (e.g. toddlers or adults, or puppies or adult dogs, etc.), specific symptoms that the product is suitable for. image.png

Size information

Providing size charts for Fashion (Clothings/Shoes/...) products are essential for helping customers accurately assess and interpret the fit. To ensure clarity and consistency, we strongly recommend presenting specific dimensions in the size chart. This approach enhances the shopping experience, increases the conversion rate, reduces confusion, and minimizes returns due to sizing issues. For suggested dimensions for different product types, please check the following instructions:
  • Women/Men Tops: Bust/Chest, Length
  • Women/Men Bottoms: Waist, Hips
  • Women/Men Overalls/Sets/Dresses: Bust/Chest, Waist, Hips
  • Bras: Underbust/Bust, Cup
  • Shoes: Foot Length
  • Baby/Kids Tops/Bottoms/Overalls/Sets: Height, Weight
For more examples or information, please refer to the '"Size Chart Standards" section in this Feature Guide.
Good Example
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Bad Example
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Material

It indicates primary materials used in the product's composition. This is important for products in beauty, clothing and shoes, luggage & bags, jewelry and fashion accessories, baby and maternity care, home supplies and textiles categories. We strongly recommend that you provide either of the following information:
  • [Pure Texts] You can provide the material names and the proportion of different materials in product attributes. e.g. 90% Cotton, 10% Polyester
  • [Image+Texts] You can provide a high-quality image in the product images section with detailed description of the material, which shows characteristics, properties, texture, color, proportions of the materials.
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Product specifications

Specification Info specifically refers to the detailed dimensions of a product. It includes precise measurements such as length, width, height, depth, diameter, radius, weight, volume, and other physical size-related parameters. It needs to specify the unit as well, like cm, inch, mm. It helps customers clearly understand the product’s physical scale and fit, ensuring it meets their spatial and usage requirements.
We strongly recommend that you provide either of the following information:
  • [Pure Texts] You can provide the specific specification info in product attributes or sales variations.
  • [Image+Texts] You can provide a high-quality image in the product images section with detailed description of the size dimensions.
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Multi-Angle or Detail Display

The Multi-Angle or Detail Display refers to the presentation of product images or videos that showcase the item from multiple perspectives (front, back, sides, top, and bottom) and highlight intricate details. The purpose of the Multi-Angle or Detail Display is to provide customers with a comprehensive visual understanding of the product, helping them assess quality, craftsmanship, design elements, and usability before making a purchase. We highly recommend one of the following formats of this information:
  • Multiple photos from various angles
  • Zoomed-in images showing texture or fine details
  • Videos demonstrating product features or usage
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FAQs

  • What is a Product Detail Page (PDP) and why is it important? A Product Detail Page (PDP) is the product page that provides shoppers with all the necessary information to make a purchasing decision, such as the product name, description, price, and images. It's what shoppers see after clicking into a specific product on Shop Tab, from a Shoppable Video, from a Shoppable LIVE, or from anywhere else across TikTok. Optimizing these pages is crucial because it enhances the customer experience, builds trust, and drives sales.
  • Are there any tools to help me with my Product Detail Pages? Seller Center does contain a Product Optimizer Tool to help you improve your listing quality at scale.
    • NOTE: For certain product categories such as Books/Magazines/Audio and Electronics/Phones, your web-specific product pages may automatically get an SEO update by the system using your existing product information. This is a web-specific update and can't be viewed in Seller Center. If you have any questions or concerns on this update, please contact your Account Manager (if assigned one) or contact support.
  • What are the three listing quality tiers on TikTok Shop? The three tiers are:
    • Poor: Listings with significant quality issues like incomplete information, low-resolution images, or clickbait.
    • Fair: Listings that meet essential standards but have room for improvement.
    • Good: Listings that represent a high standard of quality, with detailed descriptions, high-resolution images, and accurate, category-specific attributes.
  • How can I move my listing from the "Fair" tier to the "Good" tier? To achieve the "Good" tier, you must meet all the criteria for each product listing element. This includes having a quality title, at least five high-resolution images, a well-structured description, and most importantly, providing all the required category-specific information for your product.
  • What should a "Good" quality product title include? A "Good" title should be concise and accurate. It should not have repetitive words, references to variants or inventory counts, or clickbait language such as "best seller," "low stock," or "buy now."
  • How many images are needed to meet the "Good" tier? To meet the "Good" tier for images, you need to provide five or more images of the main product.
  • What are the best practices for product images? Best practices include:
    • The main image should clearly show the product.
    • The main image should be free of watermarks, borders, or promotional text.
    • Images should have a resolution greater than 600x600 pixels.
    • The first image should have a high-quality background, preferably white.
    • Images should not be blurry, corrupted, or digital renderings.
  • Is a written description enough to meet the "Good" tier? For a "Good" tier listing, the product description must be more than 80 characters long or have at least one image uploaded in the description section. It should also be valid, relevant, and free of broken links or duplicate content.
  • What is "category-specific information" and why is it important? Category-specific information is essential product details required for certain product categories, such as ingredients for beauty products or size information for clothing. Including this information is critical for achieving the "Good" tier. Without it, the highest tier a listing can reach is "Fair."