Product compliance — TikTok's category
A prohibited-product violation means a listing matched TikTok's Prohibited Products Policy — the list of things that may never be sold on TikTok Shop, from counterfeit goods to nicotine products to recalled items.
The sentence sellers trip over, in TikTok's own policy: a product can be legal in your state and still be prohibited on TikTok Shop. Local legality is not a defense here.
The first fix: Take the listing down yourself before TikTok finds the next one. Then sweep every live listing against the never-list table.
Correctable: yes — check the deadline printed on your ticket first; correction windows run 12–72 hours.
A policy quiz attaches to this violation type — passing it earns points back and is usually the fastest fix.
Appeals are decided on published grounds, not on effort. For this type, the grounds that match TikTok's policies are:
Not a ground: The product being legal to sell in your state — TikTok can ban products that are legal locally, and says so in the policy.
First appeal within 30 days of notification. If it is rejected, a second — final — appeal within 15 days of the rejection. Two appeals per violation, total. If your ticket shows a short deadline (12–72 hours), that clock runs first and fastest. Points from this violation reset 180 days after they landed. The full clock map.
Not sure how close this leaves you? Run the danger check with your score and this violation — it returns your distance to the next restriction and your fixes in order.
The checker above is free and always will be. The kit is the depth: the letters, the plan, and the sheets, in one place, stamped with the rules as checked October 22, 2026.
Source: TikTok Shop — Prohibited Products Policy (US) (page dated as published 2026), checked October 22, 2026. Read it on TikTok's site.