Did not, was told I had a good chance of getting verified and was advised to purchase a PR package. Long story short, I spent 8k in the PR package and never got verified. Seller also went MIA saying he would get me more "information from his source". Had to dispute the transaction as I would've never spent 8k more on press unless it meant verification. Unfortunately I only got 2k out of the 8k back, which was bs. Ended up finding a direct source for verification and it's MUCH cheaper and takes 50/50 payment instead of all upfront.
MIA? Your press was finished in November, you could only afford the lowest pack which wasn’t enough to get you verified because you are not famous (the point of press is to create that persona). We even let you split the press payments across 2 months because you said you’d just bought a house and were short on funds. I woke up last week to not one but 3 chargebacks from you... “I only got 2k back” you shouldn’t have got that 2k back, you paid for a press pack then decided to charge back 3 months later, my only assumption is you’re still struggling like when you came to us originally and we let you split payments.
Worse still you just opened these disputes on PayPal without even contacting us or dropping us a quick message. Then I spent a full day going back and forth with you attempting to explain the press pack was separate. In the end I just gave in and gave you back 2k that shouldn’t have even been given back - you made a deal and we delivered. You didn’t get verified because you need more press, you are not famous or known at all, this won’t change with any new agency either, you’ll soon see.
Good luck with your “new company” though and good luck to them too.
Below is someone that understood the need for strong press and went with our recommended medium pack. He got verified just 3 days ago on Friday. You can see first he is assigned to Conor for PR and then passed over to Sam for verification once his PR was completed. I asked him to leave a review here last week, I’ve asked again today due to the above.
We have been doing these verifications for over 5 years now... worked with politicians, the Hilton’s and many more huge brands, long before the countless others popped up. No matter what anyone says if your press is weak and you’re someone that is not known then you’re not getting verified, all we can do is assist you and the lengths we can assist you depend on your budget, we do not own or control Instagram... we can work with clients that understand this and we can get them verified.
This is the first issue I’ve ever had in all these years of doing verifications and actually one of my worst as a seller here on this forum of almost a decade. 3 charge backs for press finished back in November, then a day of back and forth until I had enough that I just gave in rather than deal with PayPal nightmares (doing to that to any seller without notice is a dirty move in my opinion).
Anyway good luck as I said, to yourself and more so to the new seller.