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Small business owners brace for TikTok ban

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With the clock ticking on TikTok in the U.S., millions of users, including small business owners, are scrambling to figure out what to do.

One of them is Brandon Hurst, who says TikTok has changed his life through his plant delivery business.

“It allows me to go live, share who I am, but it also makes it easy for people to buy,” Hurst said. 

Since he started selling plants on TikTok last year, Hurst, better known as “Brandon the Plant Guy,” says he has tripled his business.

“In the last year we’ve been able to sell 57,000 (plants),” Hurst said.

His company is one of seven million small businesses on TikTok, the social media platform alleges. TikTok also claims it supports more than 224,000 American jobs.

“I have friends and family members that work for me and help package plants and orders,” Hurst said. “So this goes beyond just me …

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