I have used this service for exactly 1 year now (18th December, 2020 - 18th December, 2021) and I think it's a good time for a final review. I have booked 2 months of the "Master Campaign Plan" for 149 USD and the remaining 10 months the "Advanced Campaign Plan" for 199 USD.
Data at the start date on 18th December, 2020
Followers: 3
Followings: 20
Data at the end date on 18th December, 2021
Followers: 10,127
Followings: 5,251
Engagement Rate: 9,58
That averages at 844 followers per month, which puts us in the lower end of the advertised 600-2500 followers per month. This is acceptable to me since I don't cover any of the popular niches and I paid for manual service. The engagement rate is a bit low, but there were always a nice bunch of likes and a few comments.
Communication was fast, competent and helpful. There was only one exception, where I noticed only in October that the 10 comments per month included in the package were never fulfilled. Upon inquiry, I was informed that Story Views were done instead. I would have liked more transparency or information about this from the beginning but we discussed and resolved it this topic. All was well.
The booked package also included account audit and hashtags. That happened in total two times: in February and in August. The feedback was interesting and the hashtags were appropriate for my content especially the second time. I didn't notice the "Professional Coaching" that was part of the package, unless it meant the hint that I should do stories if I had 10k or more followers, since that's when the swipe-up feature was unlocked. If that counts, that point has been covered as well.
By the way, the account reached 10,553 followers at the beginning of November, so we are actually at an average of 879 followers per month. As expected, this number has dropped sharply due to the reduction of followings and will probably drop even further. I had asked the seller last month to reduce the followings to the initial amount, due to this there were some blocks by Instagram, which is why they kindly offered me a free month. Thanks for that, I really appreciate it! So there is still a month to drastically reduce the number of followings.
Any suggestions for improvement? I had asked for more transparency and this was delivered. Another nice feature would be to automatically mute new followings, so that you can continue to browse through your own Instagram feed + use your account instead of seeing content from 6000+ accounts that actually do not interest you.
Would I recommend the service? Absolutely! With the right niche, you can certainly achieve far better performance. I have just a small personal account and I'm sure an animal-, meme-, or egirl related accounts would grow a LOT faster than mine! Also, there have been no blocks or suspensions until this month when the followings have been reduced as per my request. The seller was always friendly and got back to me within no time if I ever had any questions or concerns. This made it very pleasant to work with!
Would I book the service again? Yes, assuming I have the time to create content again. Unfortunately, COVID put a spoke in my wheel, haha.