Phones that still have TikTok installed on them are fetching high prices on eBay, days after the social media platform's short-lived ban in the United States. The TikTok app is currently unavailable in the Apple App Store — making it available only to those who previously installed the app before its recent ban.

Some scalpers are already betting they can score an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 on launch day and offering presales at two to three times the normal price.

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

The iPhone 15 and 16 models generally sell for between $1,200 and $1,500 on eBay. When the app was first banned iPhones with TikTok installed were listed for as much as $1 million during the app's 14 hour blackout, Ukrainian technology news outlet ITC reported.

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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(CNN) – Sellers on eBay have a hot, new commodity: phones with TikTok still installed. TikTok was removed from app stores on Saturday ahead of a federal ban. While the app is available again for people who already had it downloaded, it remains missing from app stores.

Some cell phone users didn’t delete the TikTok app from their devices during its short ban in the U.S. Now, it appears they may be hoping to cash in by selling their phones.

The TikTok ban has a temporary reprieve, but its still not available in the App Store or Google Play – so some creators are taking drastic measures

Some eBay sellers are hoping to get $10,000 or more for a smartphone with TikTok preinstalled, but the app's future is far from certain.

TikTok has not returned to US app stores, meaning those who deleted the app over the weekend are out of luck. For now, signing into TikTok on the web is a cheaper solution.