(CNN) – Sellers on eBay have a hot, new commodity: phones with TikTok still installed. TikTok was removed from app stores on Saturday ahead of a federal ban. While the app is available again for people who already had it downloaded, it remains missing from app stores.
Phones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for ridiculous prices on the online marketplace eBay.
Business Insider's scan of platforms like eBay and Facebook Marketplace showed hundreds of listings touting phones with TikTok and CapCut installed.
At the time of publication, a search for "TikTok phone" produces over 24,000 results, with the lowest "Buy it Now" listing selling for $400 and the highest asking for (checks notes) $4,970,400 million with CapCut, a video editing app also owned by ByteDance pre-installed in addition to TikTok.
With no way for users to download TikTok, thousands of eBay sellers have listed phones ... TikTok to continue to be available in the U.S., ByteDance must either sell to a U.S.-based buyer, or ...
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.
Did you delete the TikTok app after it was briefly banned? Your only option may be to purchase a phone with the app already installed on eBay — but the priciest option is reportedly over $5 million. After the viral video-sharing platform went dark last weekend,
"TikTok Phones," devices with the controversial app still installed, are now being sold for tens of thousands on eBay.
TikTok’s absence from app stores in the US has sparked an unusual trend: phones with the app pre-installed are being sold on eBay for exorbitant amounts. Some listings are priced as high as $50,000, reported The Independent,
along with other ByteDance apps such as Lemon8 and video editor CapCut, for a fortune. One listing on eBay sold a phone for up to $50,000. Another user was selling his iPhone 14 Plus for $10,000 ...
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