People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.

"TikTok Phones," devices with the controversial app still installed, are now being sold for tens of thousands on eBay.

With no way for users to download TikTok, thousands of eBay sellers have listed phones with the app installed — hoping to capitalize on TikTok’s disappearance from US app stores following a brief ban.

A V10 engine for an Audi R8 was the most expensive car part sold on ebay in 2024. The 5.2-litre unit sold for an eye-watering £16,567, placing it well clear of the next most expensive item – a rare set of carbon fibre bucket seats for a Porsche 911 GT3 and Cayman GT4,

Phones that still have TikTok installed on them are fetching high prices on eBay, days after the social media platform's short-lived ban in the United States. The TikTok app is currently unavailable in the Apple App Store — making it available only to those who previously installed the app before its recent ban.

The iPhone 15 and 16 models generally sell for between $1,200 and $1,500 on eBay. When the app was first banned iPhones with TikTok installed were listed for as much as $1 million during the app's 14 hour blackout, Ukrainian technology news outlet ITC reported.

As first spotted by Wired, there are currently about 9,000 eBay item listings for various smartphones that already have TikTok installed. There’s a wide array of devices depending on the preferred make,

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,

With TikTok being removed from the App Store and people unable to download it, iPhones with the app installed on them are being sold for tens of thousands

Many people are listing iPhones with TikTok installed on eBay for thousands of dollars as the app remains absent on Google and Apple app stores.

Some scalpers are already betting they can score an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 on launch day and offering presales at two to three times the normal price.

TikTok briefly shut down in the US on January 18th, 2025, ahead of the official enforcement date of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PA