You can’t bypass TikTok’s daily listing limit. TikTok can limit how many new listings each shop adds in a day, and QuickSync can’t raise it. The first time an export hits the limit, we stop, email you and switch on Continue after listing limits. For accounts with exactly two stores, Shopify and TikTok, that setting sends more products in a follow-up export a day or two later.
Older guides call the setting Auto Export Products. Below: what happens at the limit, when the follow-up runs, how to send what’s still waiting, and two TikTok caps that look the same.
What happens at the limit
The first time TikTok refuses a new listing because your shop hit its daily limit, we stop the export there. We don’t start another export to TikTok until the next day. We switch on Continue after listing limits for your TikTok store, and we email you “Product limit exceeded”.
Products TikTok refused wait on the Products page under Needs attention. Their status reads TikTok listing limit reached. We leave the listings TikTok already took as they are.
The follow-up export
Every 6 hours, we look for TikTok stores with Continue after listing limits on. A store gets a follow-up export only when four things are true. Your account has two stores, one Shopify and one TikTok, and no others. The setting is still on. The limit stop that switched it on was 24 to 48 hours ago. And no other sync is running in your account.
With product syncing on, the follow-up sends up to 100 of your Shopify products that aren’t syncing yet. With product syncing off, it runs the same create-missing-products step as setup, from Shopify to TikTok.
Don’t count on it to finish a large catalogue by itself. Check the Products page the day after. Then send what’s still waiting yourself.
Turn it on or off
- Open Settings, then the Stores tab.
- Click Manage on your TikTok store, then Review settings.
- Switch Continue after listing limits on or off.
- Click Save changes.
You don’t need to switch it on in advance. We’ll switch it on at the first limit stop, and the follow-up waits on that stop. If the setting’s already on when TikTok refuses a listing, we don’t email you. No follow-up runs either.
Send what’s still waiting
Once TikTok takes new listings again, retry the products it refused. Use QuickFix on the Needs attention card, or open a product and click Sync product.
New products count against the same cap. With product syncing on, a product you add to your main store goes to TikTok by itself. On a day your shop has used up its cap, TikTok refuses those too.
Check the listing limit TikTok shows in Seller Center before a big export. Want your best sellers on TikTok first? Start with a sync list of those products only. Add the rest later.
Two caps that look alike
Two other TikTok refusals look similar. Neither one switches on the follow-up.
- A total cap during probation. TikTok can cap a shop on probation at a total number of listings, such as 100, not per day. We email you “TikTok total listing limit reached”. Remove listings you don’t need, or ask TikTok to raise the cap in Seller Center. Then retry.
- A listing restriction. After violation points, TikTok can stop new listings until a date. We email you “Listing restriction warning” with that date, or show it on the product. See TikTok listing restrictions.
Common questions
Can I bypass TikTok’s daily listing limit?
No. TikTok sets the cap for each shop. QuickSync can’t raise it. The first time an export hits it, we stop, email you “Product limit exceeded” and switch on Continue after listing limits. If your account has only two stores, Shopify and TikTok, we then send more products in a follow-up export a day or two later. Check the limit TikTok shows in Seller Center before a big export.
Why did only some of my products export to TikTok?
TikTok stopped taking new listings from your shop for the day. The products it refused wait on the Products page under Needs attention, as TikTok listing limit reached. The rest of that export doesn’t list either. Retry them with QuickFix or Sync product once TikTok accepts listings again. If Shopify and TikTok are your only stores, a follow-up export can send more.
Why didn’t the follow-up export run?
Check four things. Your account needs two stores, Shopify and TikTok, and no third. Continue after listing limits has to be on. We run the follow-up only when the limit stop that switched the setting on is 24 to 48 hours old, and never while another sync is running. And if the setting was already on when TikTok refused, we don’t schedule one. Retry the waiting products with QuickFix instead.
Does the follow-up work with Square, Etsy or three stores?
No. We run it only when your account has two stores and one of them is Shopify. With Square, Etsy or any other store in place of Shopify, or with a third store connected, the setting can be on while no follow-up runs. Retry the products TikTok refused with QuickFix once TikTok takes listings again.
Does Continue after listing limits turn itself off?
No. Once it’s on, it stays on until you switch it off in your TikTok store’s Review settings. While it’s on, reaching the limit again doesn’t email you or schedule another follow-up. It doesn’t change how stock and product details sync between your stores, so leaving it on won’t affect them.
Next step
If TikTok blocked new listings until a date, read TikTok listing restrictions. For the other defaults TikTok needs, see Connect TikTok Shop.
