Ask Me Anything: Instagram's Asshole

[oby_one]

Willing to use some automatic Instagram software..web base I prefer. Do have any suggestion like grameasy script in code canyon..? What do you thinks...

Quote me,.thanks in advance

 

[Rebornz555]

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Ogads?

I'm thinking of like selling boots to my Audience ,like dropshipping or even doing affiliate
But I have no idea how to go forward

 

[2xdswu]

I have been trying to recover an account via the link and when they send me a verification email asking to take a pic holding a code and I send that reply in, THIS is what they reply with. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong?

Yes it's normal, actually the person who replied saying "It was disabled by mistake" has no idea lol. But whatever, you got your account back no need to worry about the email.

I've gotten an immediate ban when using FL on a new IG account.
However, I've gotten no ban when using FL on an aged IG account.
I've used one proxy per account from the same proxy provider.
On the new account I just posted one photo and updated the bio with FL.
After those two actions I got the ban.
How can I warm up a new IG account without getting the ban?
I don't get it and it frustrates me.

I have to mention that I purchased the new IG account from a user in USA.
Should I rather create my new IG accounts on my smartphone and use them with proxies on FL?
Thanks that you share your knowledge.

Yes, create them yourself or use other sellers and test within those others sellers to see who gives you the lesser ban rate and stick to them. There are bound to be "Flagged" aaccounts already when they created it as they didn't create with a good proxy thus this will happen.

IMO, creating your own using your own telco and borrowing others phone to create accounts have far created less "Flags" triggered. I've used lots of other people phone to create account and non even prompt me to verify number at all.

My question is, are there any techniques you are aware of to prevent an account being banned when doing CPA (e.g OGAds)?

I have some slightly aged accounts (2-3 months) with prelanders containing a CPA link and they have not been banned but I warmed up an account for 3 weeks and tried to do the same and it was banned in 24hours :S

CPA Link = Banned. You can only prolong ban time but you can't prolong the life of the account when you're doing CPA. What I suggest is make sure your pre-landers doesn't exit right away, rather you do some sort of a 2-step direct pre-landers which capture their email/ask some stupid questions of some sort.

I heard that you use FL. Do you use the Like feature? If so, do you like posts of users you have just followed or not necessarily? If the first one, is this even possible with FL?

Yes I do use like feature of FL, and it's called "FLC" but however I use my own list of scraped users so it won't be able to do FLC. However you can load both and do like 50-100 follow/day and 100-200 likes/day, or go with the FLC method which is much easier to do than using scraped list.

Go send a ticket to FL asking how to do FLC, they'll reply you with a more detailed guide.

Very informative thread, thanks!

1. For brand new Instagram accounts, how often would you recommend I post new content?

2. FL is my default bot. You mentioned using additional scrapers since the FL filters are not good enough. Are they all your own private scrapers?

3. I’ve been splitting my time between Twitter and Instagram learning to use FL. I find engagement higher on Instagram and am considering spending more time on this platform. Do you think Instagram still has potential?

1. 1st day 3-5 content, wait 3 days and start posting in a regular interval.
2. Yes.
3. Of course instagram has higher engagement, but twitter has it's perk of being able to allow you to post links to a post and people are prompt to click it instead of IG as people are lazy lol. Both social network is different and has it's own potential, none of both are the same tbh if you really play more with it.

1- What best PVA or NON-PVA ( One of the seller told that if i get phone verification they gonna told me to use only phone not email )
2- Is it good to use Europe Accounts with USA proxies .
3- for new account , what the limit to follow and like per day .

1. I don't know whose the best, but I do provide PVA with real sim cards unsealed. I've a thread in marketplace, you can look for it if you're keen.
2. I don't get it... what do you mean by "Europe Accounts".
3. Read my previous pages, I've mentioned about warming up.

Hi 2xdswu,
I'm not an internet marketer or a service provider, but an artisan who runs an e-commerce. My aim is to eventually generate my own traffic.
1. You say that all big accounts aren't influencers, and that influencers need to be real people who are their own real brand, or shoutouts won't convert into sales. Does the same apply for power likes? If I'm looking to buy power likes for my main account, I should only buy them from "real influencers"? Not big accounts in my niche just because they have 1M followers? Even if those 1M are real followers, they won't convert unless it's a real influencer?
2. I want to create and grow a bunch of "support" accounts in and around my main account's niche to eventually use those to send likes (or redirect l4l) to my main account. Since those support accounts would have a more Quantity > Quality approach, would it be cheaper and faster to buy a 25K account and grow with power likes from there? Or should I start from 0 followers?

Thanks for your advice

1. Influencers account is someone being the face of the account, not your typical pages or what sort. Those people have a more stronger influence thus the word "Influencer", they are like your modern day word of mouth advertising. What kind of other advertising has a stronger influencer than word of mouth ? I would say none as word of mouth is really strong, people put their rep out there to reassure something, that is why I say it's much much easier to get conversions than your typical PPC, PPL, Retargeting ads etc. etc.

I wouldn't say a 1M follower account does not have any conversions, but it highly depends and also when an account reaches 1M they're really unfiltered, meaning the accounts have way to many people following them for the reason of good quality or funny pictures and thats it. You may get some conversions but you're paying for something that less reassure you any conversions.

2. Start from 0 followers and grow with power likes it's much more powerful. It's a good idea to get "Support" accounts as well and do it in a pyramid way, that ensure much more unique followers. If you're able to scrape, filter and sort usernames that you've scraped and make sure each doesn't clash with each other that'll be great as you'll only have unique followers.

I'm running a Soccer Boots(cleats) account and ppl are messaging me how to buy those boots,
I'm thinking to monetize it.
What are my. Options?

MY BEST ADVICE TO YOU, is that. You do some sort of branding, import quality "cheap/china" boots and label it as your brand with strong packaging done to boost your brand. And sell them.

Don't DO dropshipping, it still works but it's more of a short term solution than a long term...

I've been using followliker for a while to increase my niche follower base ( travel ) and I have some questions as per how to execute a good strategy.

MY STRATEGY
I use followliker to follow people in my niche. I have a good follow / follow-back rate and I set the system to unfollow people who have not followed me in 3 days. This way I'm growing a lot but I'm also following a lot of people, which doesn't look too good.

So. every once in a while I'm manually unfollowing people; my followers that I also follow — which is very strenuous work — but when I do, I experience a massive drop in followers. ( P.S. the reason I do it manually is that I want to keep following some specific users )

QUESTIONS

• Most of my followers are following between 400 and 1000 people, how do they find out I'm not following them anymore?
• What would be your advice to gain followers in my niche fast and not follow the same amount of people?
• Do you have any tip / technique on followliker to unfollow users without getting unfollowed back?

Thanks a lot for your help!

1. Very few of them actually knows, I wouldn't be too worried about this. TBH i wouldn't even care.
2. Follow and Liking at the same time would be good for higher ratio of follow back.
3. Be sneaky about it. Do unfollow/follow on the same day and make it look like you never decrease or increase in following.

Willing to use some automatic Instagram software..web base I prefer. Do have any suggestion like grameasy script in code canyon..? What do you thinks...

Quote me,.thanks in advance

They're using cronjobs, they've very high limitation. I would stay away and save my money and invest on bots instead.

I'm thinking of like selling boots to my Audience ,like dropshipping or even doing affiliate
But I have no idea how to go forward

Read my previous pages, I've address about this.

 

[letterboxmind]

1. I don't know whose the best, but I do provide PVA with real sim cards unsealed. I've a thread in marketplace, you can look for it if you're keen.

Would you consider selling just the unsealed sim cards? You can PM me if need be.

 

[AlphaGirl3]

What do you mean? I haven't gotten the account back, that's why I posted my question...

 

[FACEBOOKMASTER]

i didnt understand anything aswell :3

 

[Mathboy89]

Thanks for the reply, I agree that cpa leads to a ban. I have read it too many times on this forum to think othe rise

What I don't understand though is how I was able to create new accounts, add a link and they don't get banned for months (still running today) but when I try to repeat this process I get an instant ban. I have also tried this using aged accounts purchased from the marketplace and no ban on those either :S

All use different prelander urls. The prelander is simply a button that is click to continue to the ogads landing page

 

[tyrionthewhite]

Thanks for this amazing thread 2xdswu,

I've also decided to go down the route of helping clients grow their Instagram accounts after I learned how to use FL over a few months.

I've got two quick questions:
1) How did you get potential clients you approached to agree to give you their account password when you first set them up in FL? I've been close to getting my first client a few times but then things fell apart at that stage.

2) As you are based in Singapore, say you have a potential client from Germany, did you specifically ask for a proxy located in a German city from your proxy provider? If not, wouldn't having a client in Germany but a proxy in New York, for example, be flagged up?

 

[2xdswu]

Would you consider selling just the unsealed sim cards? You can PM me if need be.

It won't work in your country if shipped directly to you sorry.

What do you mean? I haven't gotten the account back, that's why I posted my question...

It looks like you've gotten it back, just follow the email instructions lol.

i didnt understand anything aswell :3

Read.

Thanks for the reply, I agree that cpa leads to a ban. I have read it too many times on this forum to think othe rise

What I don't understand though is how I was able to create new accounts, add a link and they don't get banned for months (still running today) but when I try to repeat this process I get an instant ban. I have also tried this using aged accounts purchased from the marketplace and no ban on those either :S

All use different prelander urls. The prelander is simply a button that is click to continue to the ogads landing page

Faulty proxies, flagged proxies, flagged number, overused numbers etc etc. There's so many various factors into this, but however accounts that runs CPA will eventually be banned no matter how hard you try to avoid it. When I was doing back then, I was creating probably 200-500 accounts a day depending on circumstances with twitter it's much easier tho.

Just don't use the same LINK more than 3 accounts. Thats just my findings.

Thanks for this amazing thread 2xdswu,

I've also decided to go down the route of helping clients grow their Instagram accounts after I learned how to use FL over a few months.

I've got two quick questions:
1) How did you get potential clients you approached to agree to give you their account password when you first set them up in FL? I've been close to getting my first client a few times but then things fell apart at that stage.

2) As you are based in Singapore, say you have a potential client from Germany, did you specifically ask for a proxy located in a German city from your proxy provider? If not, wouldn't having a client in Germany but a proxy in New York, for example, be flagged up?

1. At which stage, of getting their account details ? Well, you've to sound professional and know what you're doing. I never hardsell at all tbh, I think it's just a waste of time to convince people who are skeptical on something amazing. It's just not possible to bring them forward. Secondly, my website handles everything including asking them to fill in forms and etc etc with the credentials with SSL inbuilt so they feel more secure.

2. Yeah that's exactly how I did it. I get proxies in whichever state they're in, not country but their state. Sometimes it's hard and I just close my eyes and use a random other state proxy and hoped for the best but never once I was banned as their account are really age of 2-3 years company accounts.

 

[tyrionthewhite]

1. Well I was trying to get clients through Instagram by using my own accounts set up in FL to DM all new followers to see if they would be interested in me managing their accounts. Which was okay as people saw the value in it but eventually, to move forward, I had to ask for their account password because you need it to authorise an account on FL. Which is where people get a bit nervous as really, they are handing over their Instagram password to a complete stranger. I think I am going to change my strategy and cold call businesses in my local area, people might be more trusting of someone they actually speak to.

2. Yeah that seems like the most logical thing to do, and although it will never be 100% risk free, it's just part of the business that we are in. What proxy provider do you use?

 

[AlphaGirl3]

How have I gotten it back when I just posted the email saying they won't give it back? If you don't have advice just say that

 

[alit123]

Hello
I currently have FL I wanted to know if it is possible to set up a cron job for FL to re-upload the setting via text file or csv. I want my accounts to start following specific usernames which i add to csv or text file.
Thanks in advance

 

[mugencacc]

Hello, I am very interested in applying your business model in my region (Latam), I read that you are from singapur however you prefer to work with clients from other countries. My serious question is if you have any advice to apply these methods in Latam?

I searched around but I do not see anyone offering a service to win followers or at least one that stays active, do you think I should only go to areas like USA or Europe? Are areas where the professionals are and I do not have many opportunities when I'm already starting

I think that in Latam is a good place to start and as it is a forgotten area I can seek to convince companies of the benefits that GI provides for them that you think of this?

I hope my doubts are clear

 

[michaelsmith77]

Now that massplanner had closed down what is the best alternative software to use for newbies?

 

[lukas1001]

At the very start when you had zero clients, how did you find your first ones? Have you already had a website? Have you tried spamming IG with many IG accounts about your service?

 

[jopagi]

I'm offering the same service as side income with my online e-commerce but I'm planning to create a website dedicated only to this service (IG targeted followers using FL)

1) with service are you using to scrape users/hashtag? Actually I search users and hashtags manually but I think I miss many important points
2) how can you check the quality of the gained followers? I got a monthly growth of 500/700 follower per account, with peak of 1000 or more for HQ profiles or some celebrity, but has you said quantity and quality are two different things
3) sometimes I got some strange peaks of followback and then the ratio come back to lower level (I mean with some account I got 3/4 days with +50 followers/day and then only +10/15) I don't know why, I didn't do anything to the setting and also the account seems to have not posted anything special, what is your average followback ratio?
4) how many time per month do you check or modify your settings?

 

[2xdswu]

1. Well I was trying to get clients through Instagram by using my own accounts set up in FL to DM all new followers to see if they would be interested in me managing their accounts. Which was okay as people saw the value in it but eventually, to move forward, I had to ask for their account password because you need it to authorise an account on FL. Which is where people get a bit nervous as really, they are handing over their Instagram password to a complete stranger. I think I am going to change my strategy and cold call businesses in my local area, people might be more trusting of someone they actually speak to.

2. Yeah that seems like the most logical thing to do, and although it will never be 100% risk free, it's just part of the business that we are in. What proxy provider do you use?

1. Local business is more prompt to get your service (Higher chances) when you go down and meet them in person and show them the results of your growth service.

2. I use all sorts of proxy providers, just get those proxies provider who are not mainstream. You could even get great IPs from database from server provider and creating your own proxies which is 100% clean.

Hello
I currently have FL I wanted to know if it is possible to set up a cron job for FL to re-upload the setting via text file or csv. I want my accounts to start following specific usernames which i add to csv or text file.
Thanks in advance

Not sure about cron jobs, I can't code. But you can do that with excel by importing csv or .txt files.

Hello, I am very interested in applying your business model in my region (Latam), I read that you are from singapur however you prefer to work with clients from other countries. My serious question is if you have any advice to apply these methods in Latam?

I searched around but I do not see anyone offering a service to win followers or at least one that stays active, do you think I should only go to areas like USA or Europe? Are areas where the professionals are and I do not have many opportunities when I'm already starting

I think that in Latam is a good place to start and as it is a forgotten area I can seek to convince companies of the benefits that GI provides for them that you think of this?

I hope my doubts are clear

Depending how is the market in your country, how foreign the service is. The most foreign the service is to them the harder to convert them, as they'll be very skeptical about your service. IMO I didn't wanna to try convert any business from singapore as they're very skeptical of such service and in their eyes are very... "Unethical" they said. Why would you try to convert 1 customer when it takes the same amount of time and effort to convert just 1 customer.

My advice is to try promoting such service to your local area first before trying outside of your local area.

Now that massplanner had closed down what is the best alternative software to use for newbies?

1. FL/Followliker, and MP is not gone(No comment further on this.)

At the very start when you had zero clients, how did you find your first ones? Have you already had a website? Have you tried spamming IG with many IG accounts about your service?

1. Cold emailing
2. A lot of emailing
3. Still damn alot of emailing.
4. Meetup in person to try to convert them, and it's a waste of time.
5. I don't wanna spam IG accounts, If I do that I can't look professional and if I can't look the part I can't charge the part.

I'm offering the same service as side income with my online e-commerce but I'm planning to create a website dedicated only to this service (IG targeted followers using FL)

1) with service are you using to scrape users/hashtag? Actually I search users and hashtags manually but I think I miss many important points
2) how can you check the quality of the gained followers? I got a monthly growth of 500/700 follower per account, with peak of 1000 or more for HQ profiles or some celebrity, but has you said quantity and quality are two different things
3) sometimes I got some strange peaks of followback and then the ratio come back to lower level (I mean with some account I got 3/4 days with +50 followers/day and then only +10/15) I don't know why, I didn't do anything to the setting and also the account seems to have not posted anything special, what is your average followback ratio?
4) how many time per month do you check or modify your settings?

1. I use my own scrapper.
2. Yes it is, make as targeted as possible is what I called quality. What you can find in your average bots are not call "Targeted" imo.
3. 25-35% followback ratio. I follow around 450-550/daily for established accounts.
4. Never, I scrape a year worth. And normally clients subscribed 6-9 months on average so I didn't bother, I check whenever I get new clients thats all.

 

[Mathboy89]

Faulty proxies, flagged proxies, flagged number, overused numbers etc etc. There's so many various factors into this, but however accounts that runs CPA will eventually be banned no matter how hard you try to avoid it. When I was doing back then, I was creating probably 200-500 accounts a day depending on circumstances with twitter it's much easier tho.

Just don't use the same LINK more than 3 accounts. Thats just my findings.

200-500 accs per day! Did this work on a cycle? E.g if an account was banned you would use the oldest created account?

I assume the account creation process was heavily automated?

Really makes the term churn and burn seem very churny haha

 

[netalgo122]

Hi!

I created a new account (w/ proxy) and I'm receivign this message when FL wants to like a photo: error 400 Sorry, this feature isn't available right now An error occurred while processing this request. Please try again later. We restrict certain content and actions to protect our community. Tell us if you think we made a mistake. was received from instagram

Can you help me please?

 

[girlsniche]

Hi everyone,

I've been playing with IG for the past 2 years and I started like every noob out there. I read on the forum, I tried the method and I fail. However I'm unlike other noobs, I did not give up and continue trying. After 3 months of tempering and playing with FL I honestly was "kinda" good at it.

**( If you're a lurker create an account now and start using the forum the right way, if you're a reader and not doing anything start failing now than later because you're just wasting time)**​

So I had a brilliant idea of managing and growing accounts locally in singapore however businesses in singapore are very old-fashion and cares A LOT about image which I started to provide to western countries such as US, UK, CA etc... at my peak I was charging 250$US per client monthly and had around 55 clients.

Then something happened and I stopped managing it was a good run for a full year but i'm planning to get back and have a MASTER PLAN to execute. Along the way, I was pushing and testing the limits of instagram and trying various ways to test stuff out. Till this date I run a rank #hashtag service for IG, so yes you might ask... why am I doing this ?

Because of what BHW has provided and made me left gaming and turned me into someone knowledgeable. I wanna give back to the community instead, the most important key in being able to be "successful" as some of you may say is to be consistent and keep failing, only through failure you'll learn how to overcome and succeed!

END OF BORING SPEECH!



Type of questions you should not ask:
- How can I replicate your "manging" service for companies
I'm not here to write a essay, I'm here to answer specific Questions

- How do I make money with Instagram ?
Obviously you've not visiting the "Making Money" section.

- Can you reply to my PM ?
NO, if you wanna ask something ask it here so everyone can benefit from it.

- Why don't you tell us how you do it and your exact steps about your "managing service" instead of showing off ?
I've seen many people like that, I was never ask to be spoon-fed. I network with people and talk to people and slowly gain my knowledge over two years. I spent almost 3 months on BHW everyday for 12 hours and I've been on skype for 2 years trying to network and sourcing information. I don't mind if you ask question but asking an exact blueprint is just retarded and lazy.


NOW ASK ON!​

How can i increase number of audience from tier 1 countries as my page is really active gaining 1k+ daily without sfs or follow/unfollow?