For SEA market: Product category expansion cutoff date is January 12, 2026

On August 21, 2025, we introduced the product category expansion in SEA market. Please check this link: https://partner.tiktokshop.com/docv2/page/npb6fvbh Now we announce that the cutoff date for this product category expansion is January 12, 2026. After this date, use category_version=V2 parameter for all category trees when listing new products or editing products. This applies to the following Product APIs: – POST Create Product – PUT Edit Product

The updates of the requirements apply to the Local to Local and Cross Border sellers for Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia markets.

Developers with applications that use Product APIs listed above.

The updates of the requirements apply to all versions of the related APIs.

Developers need to use category_version=V2 for all category trees when listing new products or editing products.