TikTok grew 80% last year. Amazon grew just 9.

TikTok Shop is Amazon 8 years ago: 200M US users, 80% revenue growth, and the #3 marketplace in just 3 years. The window to launch is now.

Josh Rawe, co-founder of AmpliSell

Josh Rawe

Co-Founder, AmpliSell

November 9, 2026

TikTok Shop grew 80% last year while Amazon grew 9%

Originally sent to the AmpliSell newsletter on April 21, 2026. Join the list here.

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I was at TikTok Shop’s major summit in LA last week.

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And I’m even more bullish on this channel.

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You should be too.

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TTS is Amazon 8 years ago.

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Back then, your leadership was saying this about selling on Amazon: “oh I’m not sure we should be on there,” “what about channel conflict? It will anger our dealers,” “we don’t own the customer data, what about re-targeting?”.

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If you’ve been around long enough, you know how that panned out. Amazon ate the e-commerce world (over 40% share of sales online) and now every major brands sells on there.

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TikTok Shop is moving through that same phase. I’m hopping on calls with leadership and hearing the same concerns. While fair, they’re missing the long-term trend → social is the leading platform for product discovery.

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Here’s the proof:

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TikTok has over 200M users in the US that spend over an hour PER DAY on TikTok.

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TikTok Shop revenue grew by 80% in 2025. Amazon marketplace revenue grew just 9%.

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TikTok Shop is now the 3rd leading marketplace behind Amazon and Walmart. They did that in 3 years.

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And they own the up and coming Gen Z demographic. An entire generation is going to be the most powerful buying cohort. And where do they find new products? TikTok.

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If you’re debating launching on TikTok Shop this year - get on a call with me.

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I’ll share what’s working and how you can use TikTok to skyrocket sales on ALL channels and beat your competitors.

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Cheers,

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