Create your App

Creating an app in Partner Center establishes the workspace and credentials you need to integrate with TikTok Shop services. In this workspace, you choose the app type, service category, market, seller type, API scopes, redirect URL, webhook settings, and app credentials. This guide covers the full app creation flow and the decision between Public app and Custom app. For the OAuth-only setup flow, use Create a TikTok Shop app OAuth client. That page should focus on the OAuth client configuration: redirect URL, authorization link, authorization code, token exchange, and refresh-token handling.

Complete this checklist before clicking Create app & service:

There are two main app types: public and custom.

Standard wording to reuse across related docs:

Custom apps usually launch privately by authorization link. App review is required only for applicable custom apps, such as Connector apps, custom apps with 25 or more seller authorizations, or apps in a category or market where Partner Center requests review.

A Connector app is an app category for integrations that connect TikTok Shop with an external system, such as an ecommerce platform, ERP, OMS, WMS, 3PL, feed tool, or other seller operation system. Connector apps typically sync product, order, inventory, fulfillment, or other seller data across systems, so TikTok Shop may require review even if the app is distributed privately. For custom apps:

• If the app category is Connector, prepare for app review.
• If the app reaches 25 or more seller authorizations, prepare for app review before broader use.
• If Partner Center shows a review-required status, review banner, publish restriction, or Submission materials for review entry, follow that flow before expanding distribution.
• If you believe the app is below the threshold but still sees a review requirement, contact your partner manager or submit a Partner Center support ticket with the app key, service ID, app category, market, seller type, and screenshots.

To create your app:

1. Sign in to the correct Partner Center for the target market.
2. Open App & Service from the navigation panel.
3. Click Create app & service.
4. Select Public or Custom.
5. Select the Service category and set the default name.
6. Optionally upload a logo.
7. Select Market and Seller type.
8. Turn on Enable API if the app will call TikTok Shop APIs.
9. Configure the redirect URL and webhook URL.
10. Click Create.

Field reference:

Do not mix authorization entry domains, token domains, and OpenAPI resource domains. They serve different purposes.

Use the authorization guide that matches the data owner:

• Seller-owned shop data: Authorization guide or Authorization overview
• Partner-owned data: Partner authorization guide
• Creator-owned data: Creator authorization guide

After authorization, TikTok Shop redirects to your configured Redirect URL with a one-time authorization code. The redirect parameter is commonly shown as code; pass that value to the token API as auth_code. Token exchange example:

GET https://auth.tiktok-shops.com/api/v2/token/get?app_key={app_key}&app_secret={app_secret}&auth_code={code_from_redirect}&grant_type=authorized_code

Required token parameters:

After creation, Partner Center displays the app or service detail page. You can find the app credentials later from:

Partner Center
  -> App & Service
  -> Select your app or service
  -> App credentials / Basic information

Creating the app is not enough to call APIs. Before asking sellers to authorize:

1. Enable only the API scopes your app needs.
2. Confirm the endpoint's required scope in the API reference.
3. Complete seller authorization after the required scopes are enabled.
4. Check the granted_scopes field in the token response to confirm the seller granted the expected scopes.
5. If you add scopes later, ask the seller to reauthorize so the new token includes the new scopes.

Use these pages together, but keep their responsibilities separate:

After creating the app:

1. Configure required API scopes in Partner Center.
2. Configure and test the Redirect URL.
3. Configure webhook topics if the app relies on event notifications.
4. Generate a test authorization code and exchange it for tokens.
5. Call Get Authorized Shops to confirm the token and shop mapping.
6. Test with Development Shop and API Testing Tool.
7. Follow the applicable launch or review path for the app type, category, market, and seller authorization scale.