Gen Z-ers Turn to Street Hawking as TikTok Shop Nears End

They got a taste of the hawking life and they can’t go back.

On January 19th, the social media app TikTok will likely be banned from the phones of Americans.

With TikTok disappearing, the TikTok shop will go with it, leaving many Gen Z-ers without a platform to peddle their trinkets.

Without a venue to promote half-baked products, many Gen Z-ers are turning to the streets to become street hawkers.

Said one Gen Z hawker:

“Without TikTok Shop, many people won’t know where to go to buy their off-brand headphones and phone cases.

It’s also difficult to tell people “this is the best product I’ve ever used,” in person when I only have one take.”

However, Gen Z doesn’t have to look far to find the formula.

One street hawking expert claims the template has been created by preceding generations:

“Squint hard enough and QVC is just TikTok Shop ran by Baby Boomers!

Facebook Marketplace? Well, that’d be the Millennials.

And the Gen X-ers? They’ve been hawking As Seen on TV products from local Brookstones for decades!”

The formula is there and where there’s a will, there’s a way. Gen Z will persevere to find that way.

Godspeed, Hawkers.