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

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.

At the time of publication, a search for "TikTok phone" produces over 24,000 results, with the lowest "Buy it Now" listing selling for $400 and the highest asking for (checks notes) $4,970,400 million with CapCut, a video editing app also owned by ByteDance pre-installed in addition to TikTok.

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

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,

People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok on eBay, Facebook marketplace, and other online storefronts. View on euronews

Now phones that already have TikTok installed on them are suddenly a hot commodity. Dozens of listings for phones and tablets that already have the app have since cropped up on pl