Some fast-acting entrepreneurs are selling phones with TikTok preloaded on devices for thousands of dollars online, after the social media app was momentarily unavailable in the U.S.
Some iPhones with the TikTok app, which is currently unavailable in the Apple and Google app stores, are fetching big bucks on eBay in the wake of the video-sharing app's brief ban in the United States.
With the app still unavailable on US app stores, people are betting on TikTok being a profitable added extra to secondhand handsets.
Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.
If you still have TikTok installed on your phone, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars by listing it on eBay.
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Some sellers are banking on people being very desperate to use TikTok again, but buyer beware: The app’s future is still far from certain. iPhones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for exorbitant prices of $10,
TikTok's service in the US may have been restored, but it's still not available for download leading to some crazy eBay listings.