Let’s see what getting verified means and how it can help your account.
Simply put, getting verified means that TikTok approves your content and account. A verified account will be marked by a blue tick icon (or badge) after the username.
Having this blue badge is a great sign of trust and people will be more inclined to follow you simply based on social confirmation. Accounts that get verified are either owned by:
- people that are famous outside of TikTok (or big brands that reach out and ask them to verify their accounts)
- or people that have tremendously popular TikTok accounts
Only if you created amazing content and got millions of followers will you be able to successfully request and get your account verified.
You need to fall into one of these 2 categories to get your Account Verified – there’s no way around that without spending some money (keep reading…)!
Bonus tip:
There is a 3rd option though, but you’ll need to do some spending that you may not like or it may not fit your budget. If you’re a big business and ran ads worth more than $50K, then you can ask to get verified – and it wouldn’t be that hard actually because you’ll have a direct communication medium with the platform through your ads account manager.
Let’s talk about the benefits of having a verified TikTok account
- The most important benefit is that you gain extra authority to your account and your clips will rank better based on it.
- Other than that, it’s a sign of trust that peoples will take into consideration when deciding to follow your account or not, so you’ll get more followers
- Verified accounts tend to get better reach overall and better engagement metrics
For smaller accounts getting verified is not an easy task! TikTok does not give an exact number that you need to reach to apply for verification. But usually, if you have only a few thousand followers that wouldn’t be enough.
The process itself involves human verification so there are no automatic algorithms checks for now. A real person would need to review your account and go through your content before approving it and activating the verified badge. It is highly possible that in the future this process will be automatic but for now it is manual and it will take some time to go through.
If you are just starting out, getting verified is kind of impossible and also, it shouldn’t be your main objective. Your main focus should be revolving around producing valuable content, and more of it.
On the other hand, even if getting verified is not something that you should set your mind to, it does correlate with having better content, better engagement, and better overall stats. TikTok sees you as a better overall account. So, the way to go about it is to focus on creating amazing clips for your audience, and then finally you may be able to apply for the verification badge.
Be aware!
A thing to be aware of is that there are websites out there that claim they can get your account verified.
They’re scams!
And you should never resort to their services!
If anything, their practices may actually harm your account. And so, the risk is not even worth it!
In conclusion, to get verified by TikTok you need to either be a famous person outside of the platform or own an amazing account that gets big numbers in terms of followers, likes, and engagements. That’s it, no way to cheat so better start working on your content strategy asap.
