How People Actually Make a Living on TikTook

To a growing number of shop owners, TikTok has become their storefront to sell everything from candy to kitchenware.

Now, the shops they have built into thriving businesses—some raising millions in seed capital and employing workers around the country—are at risk. On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law requiring TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell or shut down the social-media app by Sunday.