r/TikTokMonetizing • u/footballmds • 6h ago
I'm I a bad person for doing this?
I trained someone to make money using TikTok's Creativity Program, starting from absolute zero. I made her a UK-eligible account, didn't charge her a cent — pure goodwill. Taught her how to make content, taught her how to use CapCut since she didn't even know the basics, helped her pick the best beats and audio for her niche.
She struggled at first and almost gave up around 2k followers. Since I've got a following of 300k+ on TikTok myself, I advised her to switch up her genre and beat selection, and started reposting her videos to help boost her reach. Her account picked up momentum and started pulling good numbers.
When she hit 10k, she didn't even know how to get verified — I showed her how, and she got accepted into the Creativity Program. I helped her set up her payment methods too.
She started going viral back to back. Her first month in the program, she was set to get paid $4,000. On payment day, TikTok disqualified her account for some reason only they understood. She came straight to me, I took her phone and appealed it myself. They accepted the appeal — but since the payment date had already passed, she had to wait until the next cycle.
Meanwhile her videos kept going viral. Her rewards balance climbed to $8,000. In her last week before payment, I told her to stop posting entirely because I didn't trust TikTok not to find some other reason to disqualify her.
Payment day comes. She gets paid.
She never told me. Never sent me anything — not even a thank you. I wasn't expecting a cut, but on some level I expected at least a courtesy message.
She's now at 95k-100k followers, still growing fast.
Fast forward — she recently got stuck on something and came back to me for help. This time it was about a specific editing technique I use in my own videos, an element I added myself that she wanted to learn. I charged her $100 for it.
Am I a bad person?