What would you do? Start over? Brand account seems doomed

[EnhancedHuman]

I have 14k followers of which 10k or so should be real people. I used telegram engagement rounds, botted a lot and pretty much did everything you should not do with accounts you care about. My engagement dropped entirely. My followers can't see my posts. That was 6 months ago.

I stopped posting for 6 months, stopped botting and all the other blackhat stuff, only manual engaging and did everything you can do to lift the shadow ban like deleting hashtags and engaging with own followers. Now 6 months later when I post a photo I get about 25 likes per hour (same as 6 months ago without any fake engagement) so waiting did nothing. 10 were my followers. It seems like my followers can't see my posts and neither can anyone else. All of those 10 people were people who had been in contact with me through DMs.

This seems hopeless. I might as well have 0 followers. I pay for professional photography and original content. It all goes to waste on an account like this.

Maybe I should just buy a new account? It's a female fitness girls type of brand. Basically I post hot fitness chicks wearing my brand clothes. Very likeable content.

I'd probably be willing to spend about $400-$700 on a new account with decent engagement. What could I get for that kind of money? Could I buy a 10-50k follower account and change it to my brand?

 

[Aulig]

You should easily be able to get one in that range for that investment, usual price per 1k followers is 4-8$. Fitness niche is rather common, so you could look on the BHW marketplace. Of course buying accounts always involves a risk and rebranding an account can cost you engagement (depending on how different the content is).

 

[colorme]

I have 14k followers of which 10k or so should be real people. I used telegram engagement rounds, botted a lot and pretty much did everything you should not do with accounts you care about. My engagement dropped entirely. My followers can't see my posts. That was 6 months ago.

I stopped posting for 6 months, stopped botting and all the other blackhat stuff, only manual engaging and did everything you can do to lift the shadow ban like deleting hashtags and engaging with own followers. Now 6 months later when I post a photo I get about 25 likes per hour (same as 6 months ago without any fake engagement) so waiting did nothing. 10 were my followers. It seems like my followers can't see my posts and neither can anyone else. All of those 10 people were people who had been in contact with me through DMs.

This seems hopeless. I might as well have 0 followers. I pay for professional photography and original content. It all goes to waste on an account like this.

Maybe I should just buy a new account? It's a female fitness girls type of brand. Basically I post hot fitness chicks wearing my brand clothes. Very likeable content.

I'd probably be willing to spend about $400-$700 on a new account with decent engagement. What could I get for that kind of money? Could I buy a 10-50k follower account and change it to my brand?

You can restart a new account, but you'll be X months or years behind in getting real followers. If your current account does not have fakes (you or someone else bought them for you), then you should be able to reawaken the account. It usually takes 3-6 months, and you'll be back to normal. Social media managers that work with small brands usually charge $500 per month. So, if you do the math, from $1,500 to $3,000 to reawaken your account.

Others will say "just buy an account (will usually have 50%+ fakes), or create a new account and buy fake followers." Both options will leave you with crappy engagement. And, buying more fake likes and followers won't do any good for your brand account or engagement.

Or, start brand new, and in about 1 year you'll be back to 14K real followers. So, is time worth your money? Only you can answer that.

 

[Crypto Businessman]

Start over, send what ever engagement you have there to your new account. Then sell the old one.

 

[Daddykins]

If you don't learn how to properly grow, buying a new account will only turn out like your previous one.

 

[GenesisOne]

May I know by PM which is your account to take a look?

 

[GoGuerilla]

Within your budget, you definitely can find a similar account in your niche. That said - I'd stick clear of BHW and even try dming accounts you want to purchase.
In the meantime I would keep trying to unshadow your original account

 

[aduseia]

Start fresh or buy a decent account in that range, but make sure you carefully assess the account to make sure it's legitimate.

 

[EnhancedHuman]

Within your budget, you definitely can find a similar account in your niche. That said - I'd stick clear of BHW and even try dming accounts you want to purchase.
In the meantime I would keep trying to unshadow your original account

Start fresh or buy a decent account in that range, but make sure you carefully assess the account to make sure it's legitimate.

How do you find accounts to buy? I'm guessing telegram groups aren't the best idea either.

 

[aduseia]

@EnhancedHuman

Telegram market groups are fine in my opinion. Just do a background check on the people you deal with and the accounts that are sold. A good way is checking out a group called @ Scammers. They report on all scammers on the Telegram network to make buyers aware.

Also try and check Flipmass. It's a platform made specifically for selling social media accounts.