“Step one is you're just warming up a TikTok account in the USA with a new iPhone. You just buy a USA SIM card... you buy a VPN that is in the US 24/7. And then you download TikTok. You create your account and you start watching videos in your niche. Scroll and like some videos comment on things for 15 to 30 minutes per day... You do that for around 3 days.”

Warm Every New TikTok Account For Three Days With A US SIM, VPN, And Niche Scrolling

Before posting a single video, Louie spent three days on a fresh USA-geoed iPhone (SIM + VPN) consuming his niche 15-30 min/day so the algorithm classified the account as a real human in the target market. Skipping this step is why most app TikToks get throttled out of the gate.