TikTok Ads, explained properly

Guides for people who buy media for a living. No beginner definitions, no filler — the things that actually decide whether a campaign spends, learns and scales.

Compliance

TikTok Ad Rejected? Read the Reason, Then Appeal — Because Half of Them Are Wrong

How to find the actual rejection reason, what really gets rejected, and why experienced buyers appeal almost everything: the automated reviewer misfires on compliant ads constantly.

August 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Creative

Creative Fatigue on TikTok: 72 Hours, Not 72 Days

TikTok creative loses about half its effectiveness in three days. Which metrics move first, how many creatives an ad group needs, and what to change before rebuilding a concept.

August 1, 2026 · 6 min read
Diagnostics

Why Your TikTok CPM Is Too High, or Suspiciously Low

An expensive CPM is usually fixable. A surprisingly cheap one is often worse news — and the placement breakdown explains most cases in under a minute.

July 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Compliance

Why TikTok Ad Accounts Get Suspended, and How the Appeal Actually Works

The real triggers behind suspensions, the difference between the 30-day and 180-day windows, and the one action that makes a ban permanent.

July 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Structure

CBO vs ABO on TikTok: Test With One, Scale With the Other

Why CBO destroys creative tests on small budgets, how to structure a clean ABO test, and the exact point to promote a winner.

July 17, 2026 · 7 min read
Optimization

TikTok Learning Phase: 50 Conversions in 7 Days, and What to Do If You Miss It

How to budget so an ad group can actually reach 50 events, what to optimise for when the goal event is too rare, and the point where a group stops being worth saving.

July 8, 2026 · 7 min read
Delivery

TikTok Ads Not Spending? 9 Reasons Your Budget Sits Untouched

The ad group says Active and spend reads $0.00. Nine real causes in the order you should check them — the first four explain most cases.

June 27, 2026 · 8 min read
Workflow

How to Upload 100+ TikTok Ads Without API Access

TikTok's built-in Bulk Import/Export explained: how the workflow runs, where the 150-column template breaks, and what it costs in real time.

June 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Support