Create content for TikTok
In this article:
- Specifications for TikTok
- Create a TikTok post
- Set up Push Notifications via Gain Notify
- Download the Gain Notify app
With Gain, you can create and schedule TikTok videos. This article will cover everything you need to know to post to your TikTok accounts.
First, to create new content, ensure your TikTok accounts are connected successfully. Channels connected to Gain show up under Social Channels in the Filters panel. To create content, click on the +New Content button or hover over the calendar’s date and click on the +New Content icon.
Before you get started
TikTok does not allow direct publishing yet. The user you selected as the manual publisher for this channel (usually the person who connected the channel) will receive a notification on the publish date. They can use the Gain Notify app to post manually. Click here for more details.
Specifications for TikTok
- MPEG-4 (MP4, M4V)
- MPEG-2 (M2TS, TOD, MTS)
- MPEG (MPE, MPEG, MPG, TS, MOD)
- Quicktime (MOV, QT)
- AVI Video (AVI)
- Windows Media (WMV, ASF)
- Flash Video (FLV)
- 3G Mobile Video (3GP, 3G2, 3GPP)
- Digital Video (DV)
- DVD File (VOB)
- DivX, Xvid (DIVX)
TikTok's character limit is 500 characters.
Create a TikTok post
To create a TikTok post, drag and drop or upload your video, then write a caption.
You can choose a thumbnail after you've uploaded a video to Gain. See below:
1. Under the section Cover, click on the pencil icon.



Set up Push Notifications via Gain Notify
TikTok does not yet allow direct publishing, so you'll have to publish all your TikTok videos manually.
You can designate a team member to be the manual publisher. Gain will notify this person via email when it's time to publish. They can also download the Gain Notify mobile app, which copies the content to their phone to make publishing easy. You can designate a manual publisher in the Workspace Settings menu under Social Channels. Choose the TikTok channel and then select a user from the dropdown list.
Gain Notify for iOS
Gain Notify for Android
Download the Gain Notify app from the Google Play Store. Log in using your Gain credentials. After you're signed in, allow Gain Notify push notifications; otherwise, you won’t receive when new content is ready to be published. Then, Gain will want to confirm again, so select Allow. Click the icon below:
Note: Gain Notify supports 1Password manager to log in to the app.