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When the holiday deal ends, what do creator videos still say?

TikTok says its Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaign runs on TikTok Shop from November 11 to November 30. TikTok's Policy Pulse says discount claims in creator content must be accurate and still valid when viewers see the content, and that content should be updated or removed when a promoted discount expires. A creator video that named a holiday price may stay up after the deal ends, so a review done during the sale may not show which videos are off-brief after it.

When the holiday deal ends

A creator video can match the brief in November and be off-brief in December.

  1. 01Nov. 11 to 30Black Friday and Cyber Monday on TikTok Shop, per TikTok’s newsroom.
  2. 02600 videos name your holiday priceAn example: 200 creators post 3 videos each. The numbers are made up.
  3. 03Dec. 1: the deal endsTikTok says content “should be updated or removed when a promoted discount expires.”
Which of the 600 still show the holiday price?Nothing in the video changed. The price did.
Based on TikTok Newsroom and TikTok Shop Policy Pulse. Not legal advice.

A creator video can be right the day it goes up and off-brief a month later, without anyone changing a word.

TikTok says its Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaign runs on TikTok Shop from November 11 to November 30.

Some creator videos made for it may name a deal price. When the deal ends, those videos may stay up.

TikTok's Policy Pulse covers this in its July 2026 creator updates. It says discount claims in creator content must be accurate and “still valid when viewers see the content.” It adds: “Content should be updated or removed when a promoted discount expires.”

An example, with made-up round numbers:

  1. 200 creators each post 3 videos that name your holiday price. That is 600 videos.
  2. On December 1 the deal ends and your price changes.
  3. All 600 still name the holiday price until each creator updates or removes the video.

Your team may have watched some of them in November. Say they matched the brief then. Nothing in the video changed. The price did.

A review during the sale does not show which videos are off-brief after it.

A question for your team: when your holiday deal ends, how will you find the videos that still show it?

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This summarizes public information. It is not legal advice.

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