Some fast-acting entrepreneurs are selling phones with TikTok preloaded on devices for thousands of dollars online, after the social media app was momentarily unavailable in the U.S.

Some iPhones with the TikTok app, which is currently unavailable in the Apple and Google app stores, are fetching big bucks on eBay in the wake of the video-sharing app's brief ban in the United States.

Some sellers are banking on people being very desperate to use TikTok again, but buyer beware: The app’s future is still far from certain. iPhones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for exorbitant prices of $10,

With the app still unavailable on US app stores, people are betting on TikTok being a profitable added extra to secondhand handsets.

TikTok is still unavailable on Apple's and Google's respective app stores after it was removed last weekend. The app briefly went dark on Saturday, and while

Some cell phone owners with the app installed are selling their devices online to TikTok users eager to consume content on the platform.

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.

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“Still has TikTok installed if that’s important to you,” reads one listing for an iPhone 14. “Can send a screen recording or something to prove it. Phones in good condition just some scratches but no cracks. All information and apps other than TikTok will be deleted so when you receive it will be like a new phone with TikTok preinstalled.”

TikTok's service in the US may have been restored, but it's still not available for download leading to some crazy eBay listings.

If you still have TikTok installed on your phone, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars by listing it on eBay.