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

Many people are listing iPhones with TikTok installed on eBay for thousands of dollars as the app remains absent on Google and Apple app stores.

The thing is, ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has owned and operated other apps within the U.S. You might've learned that over the past couple weeks, as other popular apps went dark and ...

TikTok’s absence from app stores in the US has sparked an unusual trend: phones with the app pre-installed are being sold on eBay for exorbitant amounts. Some listings are priced as high as $50,000, reported The Independent,

Phones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for ridiculous prices on the online marketplace eBay.

Business Insider's scan of platforms like eBay and Facebook Marketplace showed hundreds of listings touting phones with TikTok and CapCut installed.

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.

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

A group of American investors, which includes at least three tech entrepreneurs and top YouTuber MrBeast, is willing to offer more than $20B to buy ByteDance (BDNCE)-owned TikTok U.S., Bloomberg reported.

With the threat of a potential ban and TikTok missing from U.S. app stores, some smartphones with the app preloaded

The impending TikTok ban has resulted in opportunistic behaviors where people on eBay are selling smartphones with the app preinstalled.

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