What Does 'Open Collaboration' Mean?

[ SLANG ][ TIKTOK SHOP ][ BRAND DEALS ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Creator CultureCLUSTER: TikTok Shop

A TikTok Shop brand-creator partnership open to any eligible affiliate who wants to join, as opposed to a Target Collaboration a brand sets up with one specific creator.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"There's an open collaboration for that skincare brand right now, commission's actually decent."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard TikTok Shop collaboration-setup terminology, documented in TikTok Seller University materials, describing the more accessible of the two core collaboration types on the platform.

FIRST SEEN

2025

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (TikTok Shop)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Target Collaboration

阅读中文版 →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Leer en español →Ler em português →Lire en français →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN开放达人合作 →日本語 ja-JPオープンコラボ →한국어 ko-KR오픈 협업 →Español es-EScolaboración abierta →Português pt-BRcolaboração aberta →Français fr-FRcollaboration ouverte →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+5 AURA

TREND STATUS

↑ HIGH RISING FAST · MODERATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ TIKTOK SHOP ][ BRAND DEALS ]

RELATED TERMS

Target Collaboration

MENTIONS OVER TIME

2023202420252026

TOP PLATFORMS

TikTok

52%

YouTube

20%

Twitter / X

14%

Others

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