DAVID PROTEIN'S TIKTOK SHOP PLAYBOOK

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David Protein reached over 60 million TikTok impressions and sold more than 50,000 products by leaning into affiliate content, TikTok-exclusive bundles, and live streams hosted by employees. Despite concerns around brand control and limited customer data, David used TikTok Shop to fuel organic retail demand, embed live selling into employee onboarding, test variety packs as discovery tools, and generate inbound interest from bodegas driven by “as seen on TikTok” signs and word-of-mouth momentum.