Instagram Journey to $100K
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Apexwork
Newbie
- May 4, 2010
- 26
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As always, you keep delivering highly valuable information for us all...thank you SO much for your generosity!
Clever idea to submit the "I was hacked form" when the PVA submit didn't work...
I am really interested in knowing more about your click through rates. If you would be able to provide any detailed statistical information on your CTR it would be greatly appreciated.
It could for example be in the form of "per 10000 followers I get an average of 7 clicks per month if I make an average of 10 promotional posts"
Or it could be like: "When I do a promotion to 400,000 followers I get on average 250 clicks" or anything similar...
The information you provided on this earlier, although valuable, only included the number of accounts, not the follower numbers. Since you were also talking about highly niched accounts I don't want to assume that 40% of your accounts represent 40% of your followers.
I am also curious if you have considered using something like holr to automatically send a Direct Message to every new follower you get? The messages would obviously have to be unique for each account and not too spammy, but I think it could greatly increase the number of clicks you get...
Thanks again for sharing this valuable info!
PakaKepster
Junior Member
- Jul 11, 2014
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Nice tips bro! Good luck in your Journey!
madblackhatter1000
Power Member
- Oct 29, 2015
- 570
- 261
1,360,000 Followers
Update: Just got back the final "hacked" account. The whole ordeal took nearly 3 weeks. Here are some tips
1. Once an account is blocked, banned, hacked... it needs to have the proxy replaced. Doing a PVA with the old proxy will re-ban the account.
2. Changing the Proxy in the Proxy Column of MassPlanner doesn't work right away. MassPlanner must be restarted for the new proxy to take effect. I got so many accounts PVA'd because I thought the Proxy was changed!
2a) Always check in the MassPlanner Browser "What is My IP" before you do anything
2b) I told MassPlanner about this, and they said the only way to activate the proxy was to hit the "verify" button. But that will try to log into the account which is already on a very thin ice and result in banning the new proxy again.
2c) IG has a new proxy algorithm which is VERY STRICT. More strict in the Past. And this includes with Virgin IG Proxies too.
3. IG will send you a verification email with activation link... DON'T CLICK ON IT....Copy the link in this email, and Paste it in the MassPlanner Browser (with new Proxy). If IG detects different proxies, it will ban the verification
4. OMG THIS TIP KILLED ME.... God forbid you get a Phone-Verification screen. These are not nice anymore. When I hit the submit button, this did nothing. Theres no explanation of whats going on. The green button turns grey for 1-second, then back to green. Its like the whole page is broken... Here is what I realized....
IG DOES NOT LIKE YOUR PHONE NUMBER YOU ARE USING!
I was using 3 different brand spanking new Burners, all got this result. Then I remembered I had a new temporary TMobile Account, I figured WTH, lets give her a try, and the new number worked.
5. HOWEVER, if the new number is NOT working... The account is probably disabled. Its weird. IG will let you change the password on a banned account, but it is still banned. Must go through the "I was hacked" approach...
6. When IG sends you the verification link, it only lasts a day or two...I had ten of them that were expired and had to keep asking for new ones.
Update: Just got back the final "hacked" account. The whole ordeal took nearly 3 weeks. Here are some tips
1. Once an account is blocked, banned, hacked... it needs to have the proxy replaced. Doing a PVA with the old proxy will re-ban the account.
2. Changing the Proxy in the Proxy Column of MassPlanner doesn't work right away. MassPlanner must be restarted for the new proxy to take effect. I got so many accounts PVA'd because I thought the Proxy was changed!
2a) Always check in the MassPlanner Browser "What is My IP" before you do anything
2b) I told MassPlanner about this, and they said the only way to activate the proxy was to hit the "verify" button. But that will try to log into the account which is already on a very thin ice and result in banning the new proxy again.
2c) IG has a new proxy algorithm which is VERY STRICT. More strict in the Past. And this includes with Virgin IG Proxies too.
3. IG will send you a verification email with activation link... DON'T CLICK ON IT....Copy the link in this email, and Paste it in the MassPlanner Browser (with new Proxy). If IG detects different proxies, it will ban the verification
4. OMG THIS TIP KILLED ME.... God forbid you get a Phone-Verification screen. These are not nice anymore. When I hit the submit button, this did nothing. Theres no explanation of whats going on. The green button turns grey for 1-second, then back to green. Its like the whole page is broken... Here is what I realized....
IG DOES NOT LIKE YOUR PHONE NUMBER YOU ARE USING!
I was using 3 different brand spanking new Burners, all got this result. Then I remembered I had a new temporary TMobile Account, I figured WTH, lets give her a try, and the new number worked.
5. HOWEVER, if the new number is NOT working... The account is probably disabled. Its weird. IG will let you change the password on a banned account, but it is still banned. Must go through the "I was hacked" approach...
6. When IG sends you the verification link, it only lasts a day or two...I had ten of them that were expired and had to keep asking for new ones.
eaglehunter
Power Member
- Oct 14, 2013
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Wow 100 comments per account?
Thats crazy !
Anyway good luck with your journey !
Thats crazy !
Anyway good luck with your journey !
eaglehunter
Power Member
- Oct 14, 2013
- 725
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I also have one more question, Looks like you are going for a very long project and you have the time for it since you started in January.
But what I noticed about your journey which is very different from the other journeys I read, is that you actually follow up on each account.
I mean when an account gets banned/ blocked, you actually contact instagram, send a picture of yourself, change the proxy and all these stuff in the hopes of getting back the account.
Other people just forget about it ( when I say other people) Im including myself too. Not because im too lazy, but because I think that its not a real account and there is no way Im getting it back.
But good job and I really respect your patience
But what I noticed about your journey which is very different from the other journeys I read, is that you actually follow up on each account.
I mean when an account gets banned/ blocked, you actually contact instagram, send a picture of yourself, change the proxy and all these stuff in the hopes of getting back the account.
Other people just forget about it ( when I say other people) Im including myself too. Not because im too lazy, but because I think that its not a real account and there is no way Im getting it back.
But good job and I really respect your patience
Andrey212121
Newbie
- Sep 21, 2014
- 14
- 5
How is your progress now?? Thank you for sharing. Your info is very important for all of us who folowing your journey. Wish you all the luck and hope you will reach your goal.
Apexwork
Newbie
- May 4, 2010
- 26
- 5
There is so much value in just this one post it's incredible!! I would love it if you had some time to answer some of my earlier questions, but either way, if we ever meet dinner, drinks (and strippers!) is on me!
As Andrey said above...there are many of us following your journey and eagerly waiting for your next update!
Saeed Arafa
Newbie
- Sep 11, 2016
- 28
- 1
Good Luck, I'll keep following you
How do you ensure that the same picture does not get posted twice to the same account? You are adding to the end of queue, it may end up in the same account again...
madblackhatter1000
Power Member
- Oct 29, 2015
- 570
- 261
1.5 Million Followers
Hey quick update,
I have been crazy traveling internationally for nearly 8 weeks and have opted to take a break during this time to improve the website, no selling or promotions, just a few checks of MassPlanner to ensure its running (it shuts down by itself 1-2 times a month) and the occasional password verification (1-3 a month). I plan on getting back on this seriously again in December.
As noted earlier dropshipping created successful 50 orders - roughly $250 in revenue, and close to 200 email subscribers. There were only 2 refunds, due to non-delivery. 1 person changed address midway, and the other said it never arrived (even though the tracking shows successful delivery) - I didn't want to deal with the headaches, so it was a cheaper to just give back their payment and take a tiny loss.
I'm getting a business checking account, as paypal for business still uses my personal email address unfortunately. I tried to get rid of this, but Paypal has such a crappy system, so I've decided I need 2 separate accounts which don't touch each other. I don't want people getting my personal email for this.
I have personally ordered 200 of my own products from AliExpress to take better HQ photographs of them in a white light box with a DSLR. White Light Boxes are cheap on Amazon. This will make sure most of the product photos are displayed in the same way, same orientation, same background, same angle, same HQ, and thus look like a professional website. I've also been negotiating with some photographers/models for photoshoots wearing the items. Some photographers/models will do this for cheap or free just to add to their portfolio that their photos are "commercial" quality.
In addition to this aliexpress-dropshipping business, I have been developing my own digital product to market, hopefully available sometime in December/January/February period. Working on developing the sales website, along with connections with Amazon and Youtube videos.
Cheers All!
Hey quick update,
I have been crazy traveling internationally for nearly 8 weeks and have opted to take a break during this time to improve the website, no selling or promotions, just a few checks of MassPlanner to ensure its running (it shuts down by itself 1-2 times a month) and the occasional password verification (1-3 a month). I plan on getting back on this seriously again in December.
As noted earlier dropshipping created successful 50 orders - roughly $250 in revenue, and close to 200 email subscribers. There were only 2 refunds, due to non-delivery. 1 person changed address midway, and the other said it never arrived (even though the tracking shows successful delivery) - I didn't want to deal with the headaches, so it was a cheaper to just give back their payment and take a tiny loss.
I'm getting a business checking account, as paypal for business still uses my personal email address unfortunately. I tried to get rid of this, but Paypal has such a crappy system, so I've decided I need 2 separate accounts which don't touch each other. I don't want people getting my personal email for this.
I have personally ordered 200 of my own products from AliExpress to take better HQ photographs of them in a white light box with a DSLR. White Light Boxes are cheap on Amazon. This will make sure most of the product photos are displayed in the same way, same orientation, same background, same angle, same HQ, and thus look like a professional website. I've also been negotiating with some photographers/models for photoshoots wearing the items. Some photographers/models will do this for cheap or free just to add to their portfolio that their photos are "commercial" quality.
In addition to this aliexpress-dropshipping business, I have been developing my own digital product to market, hopefully available sometime in December/January/February period. Working on developing the sales website, along with connections with Amazon and Youtube videos.
Cheers All!
I read all 17 pages, really useful info, very interesting and great journey! Good luck on future ventures!
madblackhatter1000
Power Member
- Oct 29, 2015
- 570
- 261
1,750,000 Followers
Happy Holidays Everyone! I've been so busy developing digital products (videos for upcoming youtube channel, learning After Effects, etc), I haven't played around with selling anything for nearly 4 months now.
20 of my accounts got hit with PVA because I've switched my settings. I am now following restricted users. I experimented with 1 account first, and was able to gain 5,000 Followers in 6 weeks by adding restricted users. Theres a lot of equally cool people that prefer to be slightly anonymous (even among my friends its like 50% unrestricted/50 restricted). Anyways, I changed the settings across all 104 IG accounts, and 20 accounts got PVA'd.
Here's something to keep in mind about PVA's: If you get 1 PVA - use a new burner. If the PVA then sends you to a 2nd PVA authentication (IE email verification...) then its time to change the proxy immediately. I've had numerous accounts Pass the PVA and get immediately banned. Doesn't make sense.
But yeah, its easy to switch Proxy, I get new ones from my provider within 12 hours of submitting a ticket. It's free. Also, I can't stress this enough. When you change the proxy in MassPlanner, you may need to restart MassPlanner, and even after restarting, double check inside the MP Browser "What is my proxy".... Sometimes I change the proxy, restart, and it defaults to the old proxy. Stay cautious and do extra work instead of getting these banned.
Anyways, end of the year 104 accounts still in tact, Almost 2 Million users. I will share more about my upcoming venture in a following post. It has more promise than the dropshipping idea.... Cheers everyone and happy new year.
Happy Holidays Everyone! I've been so busy developing digital products (videos for upcoming youtube channel, learning After Effects, etc), I haven't played around with selling anything for nearly 4 months now.
20 of my accounts got hit with PVA because I've switched my settings. I am now following restricted users. I experimented with 1 account first, and was able to gain 5,000 Followers in 6 weeks by adding restricted users. Theres a lot of equally cool people that prefer to be slightly anonymous (even among my friends its like 50% unrestricted/50 restricted). Anyways, I changed the settings across all 104 IG accounts, and 20 accounts got PVA'd.
Here's something to keep in mind about PVA's: If you get 1 PVA - use a new burner. If the PVA then sends you to a 2nd PVA authentication (IE email verification...) then its time to change the proxy immediately. I've had numerous accounts Pass the PVA and get immediately banned. Doesn't make sense.
But yeah, its easy to switch Proxy, I get new ones from my provider within 12 hours of submitting a ticket. It's free. Also, I can't stress this enough. When you change the proxy in MassPlanner, you may need to restart MassPlanner, and even after restarting, double check inside the MP Browser "What is my proxy".... Sometimes I change the proxy, restart, and it defaults to the old proxy. Stay cautious and do extra work instead of getting these banned.
Anyways, end of the year 104 accounts still in tact, Almost 2 Million users. I will share more about my upcoming venture in a following post. It has more promise than the dropshipping idea.... Cheers everyone and happy new year.
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How much money have you made so far?
IGKing
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Congrats op, its time to setup few stores and scale the shit up in terms of $$$.
