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Warm-Up Guide

Days 0 to 4 only. How to set up and warm up your fresh TikTok account so the algorithm trusts it.

The 21-day plan follows your start date, not the weekday: Day 0 sign up → Days 1-4 just use the app → Day 5 first post → Days 6-21 routine → Day 22+ full posting cadence. If Day 5 lands on a weekend, the next weekday is fine.
You're paid full base ($500/month rate) for your first 2 weeks: a setup week plus a ramp week (the ramp week needs at least 1 post a day on each platform). From week 3 the regular bars apply, even while the account is still warming up: 15+ posts a week on each platform pays full base, 10 to 14 pays partial. See Pay & Process.
About Instagram: every video is also crossposted to a fresh IG account. IG has a much shorter trust window. Sign IG up in parallel on Day 0, post a profile photo + bio, then let it sit. No separate IG warm-up needed. This guide is TikTok-specific because TikTok is the hard one.

Day 0. Sign up

Setup checklist (10 min):

  • Complete Start Here on your Studio home so we have both Amora app emails and your launch dates
  • iPhone region = United States (Settings, General, Language & Region)
  • Use the Amora email + phone number we give you (these are the account's login and recovery, so the account stays with Amora, not your own email)
  • Download TikTok, sign up with that Amora email (not Apple/Google)
  • Skip "Find friends from contacts"
  • Skip "Find friends from Facebook / Instagram"
  • Pick a username and save it in Start Here so tracking connects automatically. Leave the profile blank for now. Close the app.

Before creating the account, tell us if the phone already runs five or more social accounts or recently created several new ones. Do not use a VPN. Both can trigger verification or suppression.

Days 1-4. Just use TikTok

Use it like a real person:

  • Scroll however long you'd naturally scroll
  • Like, follow, comment on whatever you actually engage with
  • Mix is fine and good. Niche purity is not the goal.
  • Add a personal-looking profile photo, couple name, and bio sometime in this window. Don't make it look like an Amora brand account.
  • Your unique bio link appears in Start Here after you save a handle. Add it when the platform allows links; otherwise leave it until the option appears.

Don't post yet. The account just needs to look lived-in.

🚀 Day 5. First post

The big moment. This is when the account goes live.

  1. Post one video
  2. Aim for Tue / Wed / Thu, 2 to 6pm in your audience's timezone when practical. This is a preference, not a second clock: if Day 5 falls elsewhere, the next weekday is fine.
  3. Avoid spam hashtags: #fyp, #foryou, #foryoupage, #viral, #trending, #followforfollow, #likeforlike
  4. Don't say "link in bio" in the video or caption (still AI-flagged)
  5. Crosspost the same video to Instagram and tag @tryamora.app

Check the 2-hour view count:

  • 200+ → healthy, post tomorrow
  • 50 to 200 → borderline, post tomorrow and watch
  • Under 50 → likely suppressed (see "If first post bombs" below)

Days 6-21. Routine

Daily posting cadence:

  1. 1 post/day (max 3, spaced 2 to 4 hours apart, never bursts)
  2. Build up to 2 to 3 posts a day by your third week. That's when the 15-a-week bar starts counting for full base pay
  3. Optimize content for 70% watch completion (current virality bar, up from ~50% in 2024)
  4. Design hooks for shares + saves. These now outweigh likes in ranking.
  5. Reply to comments. Comment quality is a stronger signal than count now.

🚫 Never

  • Import contacts or social connections
  • Burst-post (10 videos in an hour)
  • Use 20+ hashtags
  • Say "link in bio" in video/caption
  • Repost watermarked content from other creators
  • Log into multiple accounts on the same phone repeatedly
  • Send an account password in WhatsApp. Save only the public handle in Studio.

🆘 If your first post bombs

  1. Post 2 more videos over 2 days
  2. All 3 under 50 views → likely shadowban. Tell us first, then burn and restart fresh (we'll issue a new Amora email/number for the new account)
  3. 100 to 500 views but flat growth → keep account, improve content (hook, completion rate)

2026 context (background reading)

  • USDS Joint Venture took control of US TikTok in Jan 2026. Algorithm is being retrained on US-only data in Oracle's cloud. Visibility is less predictable during this period.
  • Bot detection got significantly tighter after Jan 2026 Cloudflare WAF refresh. Don't use third-party automation tools.
  • Follower-first testing: new videos shown to existing followers before broader FYP. Genuine follower growth matters more than before.

Keep going

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