Ask me anything about Instagram

MidtownMan said:

What is your recommendation for proxies at this time?

Feel free to PM me a provider LOL.

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Going to let the cat out of the bag as I spoke about in previous posts I said use smaller companies that provide private proxies but read reviews first and do your homework of course.However I will not give up my current source because I've had contact with this supplier and searched everywhere they do not offer any other type of proxies for any other reason other than sneaker sites.... <---- this is my recommendation

ilovesushi said:

Which proxies provider do you use?

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At this time my favorite is to use no name small proxy providers offering sneaker proxies. Make sure they are not affiliated with the large players.

Miacl said:

Thanks a lot
So you mean combining Follow/unfollow with (for example) Liking and commenting?
Mixing different tasks and make it naturel for ig system?

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You need to see how many actions your account can perform before getting an action block. Then you must evaluate your account goals , if to raise engagement mixing in liking comments etc will be good to simply boost growth f/u may be the best for you. However there are many other ways to grow and all must be utilized.

artur core said:

Hey Glad you are here to help us newbys. I hitted 700 Followers after a month yesterday. (110 Posts ~ 18% Engagementrating with >80 Likes almost everytime )
Art Niche. Any idea if Payed Shoutouts make sense? What would you do Senpai?

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I would wait a bit longer before investing , however just to get your feet wet reach out to a few lower tier providers and see pricing and offers that you can find in your niche ( unless you already have your eye on a few" if your simply wanting to use paid shouts to boost followers possibly hold off and conversions from IG are historically low without building trust with YOUR OWN audience first.

Best of luck,

Captaintj said:

Hi, I have question is regarding my instagram accountI that I am strugling with, Idont want to show its name here, that's why I messaged you my question personally. I hope it's ok

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Answered

Does instagram still accepts blue tick from india? i've read many articles and tried what they said but still no results. pls help

including URL in DMs is not a better idea i guess, accounts can be banned quickly, but some do it in a safe way here right? what are your limits per day for that & any tips to do it in a safe way?

Thanks

Nozge said:

Another question:

If you have BAE, sexy pics and stuff content is it better If I keep it private in order to get more followers or not?

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So in this instance because things work differently for everyone and in my experience I’ve had luck doing things both ways.
So I would test both ways and see what works best for you to achieve your goals.
Hope this helps.

info.seeker said:

including URL in DMs is not a better idea i guess, accounts can be banned quickly, but some do it in a safe way here right? what are your limits per day for that & any tips to do it in a safe way?

Thanks

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Depending on the trust of your account . And your limits this amount will and can vary however with a normal aged account I would stick around 20 or so however I tell all my clients this I consult with.

1. Test by sending dms space out 10 min apart one after another then you will see your limit.
2. Then Now with your new found knowledge repeat same process again see if you get blocked at the same amount or around the same amount.
3. Then you will take your amount let’s say 25 or higher and space them out over the day.
4. As the days pass increase every 7 days by 2-5 per day

This should help, remember always test and never be aggressive until testing has completed.

Note: things change if you notice a update with your software then it’s time to retest your methods to see if the change has affected anything.

mihirthakur said:

Does instagram still accepts blue tick from india? i've read many articles and tried what they said but still no results. pls help

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How to get the Blue tick or How to get verified .
I get this question so much from clients .Let me give you a few pieces of information that I've picked up after clients of mine have gone on and became verified. @mihirthakur it is irrelevant where you are from as far as I know because they can not factor out one of the largest country’s when looking at Instagram usage stats. India and USA are the 2 largest participants on IG.
So before trying to become verified ask yourself
1. Are you a real business or brand?
2. Is you business or brand listed promoted anywhere else is it recognized in your industry ?
3. Followers mean nothing and will not help you get verified
4. Is there a probability of someone using your name to sell products or services that will harm your customers or you in any way?
5. Do you have influence in your industry or niche ?
6. Are you just a person who wants a blue check but you have zero impact on anything or anyone?

Also something a client said to me that made a ton of sense , if you go to Google trends and your brand or name etc.... does not register then chances are your not going to be verified.

These are a few things to keep in mind and consider before applying.
Hope this helps

what's the best way to make a large number of accounts quickly?

I have post since last week some hot girl pictures but not naked. Always in bikini etc. today I posted another picture with bikini and tanga and after few minutes I got an alert from IG that my pic was deleted because it was against there TOS. If you see all this celebrity's or pornstars on IG they have all this kind of pictures so why my was deleted and I get a warning from IG that if I upload again a similar picture my account will be deactivated?

After that I tried to upload only a picture with face and it was deleted after 2 seconds from IG my pictures also can not be find anymore with the hashtags I used. My account is now shadowbanned, right? What should I do now, wait 1 week and than trying to upload a picture?

I hope you understand what I mean. English is not my native language. Thank you

How does instagram determine top posts?

chrsplmr said:

Vps $20 a month
Software - varies $10 to $80 a month
Proxies that are good : $3 and up each
Plus you need accounts and do not forget to take in consideration for losses. So buy 130 accounts that should run $125-$150 depending on age of accounts and vendor

Then do not forget to factor in the time and remember you will lose some accounts.

*Im working on my s ale thread for future reference what do you think would be fair to run 100 accounts @Lucy L

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Any recommend VPS provider / How much GB ram for 70 accounts?

I'm a model/influencer on IG and I am frequently battling fakes and other people on IG. Does this give me an advantage when applying for verification?

what do you use for phone verification ?

No_Comment said:

what's the best way to make a large number of accounts quickly?

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There are a ton of tools available however I have always bought accounts.
In my experience I always liked old bot accounts that had activity but that is what I personally had the best of luck with.; Buying aged accounts that have just been sitting then all of a sudden tons of activity not so good.

Best of luck on your journeys

I wanna your advice if its possible.
I have 25 accounts, bought 20 aged, 3 new, 2 aged that I did myself.
All same niche, I am researching hashtags and until I get 2k HQ photos I will just do f/uf..
On some accounts I have a 15% followback ratio, others 5, 4, 3 and one almost at1%.
What do you think are normal ratios for accounts that started with 0 followers when the f/uf started?

lizzyb said:

I'm a model/influencer on IG and I am frequently battling fakes and other people on IG. Does this give me an advantage when applying for verification?

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Are you active on other platforms with equal following just exploding on IG is one thing but being a brand or actually someone who has real influence us another.
Are you a real person of interest ?
If we knew your name would we know who you where?
Are you well know in your industry ( actually ) no just 100k followers on IG?
Does your account actually need to be verified is it in Instagram's best interest ?
These are some of the questions you need to ask ,

Neil Patel has influence and is not even verified ...

Hope this helps

When doing the child method can you use child accounts to like main account posts and follow the main account? I would like to use them to boost my engagement numbers (likes per post and total followers).

Is there a chance Instagram would take down the main accounts if they found the childs were liking/following? I'm talking about 1000-1500 childs.

lizzyb said:

I'm a model/influencer on IG and I am frequently battling fakes and other people on IG. Does this give me an advantage when applying for verification?

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Yeah, and I'm a twitter Author.

klique said:

If you're a good developer, and can develop a good multithread username scraper, with a decent GUI it would be worth something. There are a bunch of scrapers out there that either don't work or have a bunch of bugs in it. If you make a standalone scraper, that could scrape with many filters.. it will sell itself.

Not sure if that's what you were getting at, but by your username and the question.. I assume you're a developer.

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I have to agree on this answer

Kayser Soze said:

Hi Chrsplmr,
I have a travel photography account that has 5K followers. I post once a week, very high quality and edited shots, always use 30 hashtags, receive 500 likes on average. Which hashtags should I use to increase impressions by hashtags? Some of my posts reach more than 5K accounts with 3K hashtag impressions, while some others only get 300 impressions from hashtags. My hashtag strategy are mostly the same, not using super popular hashtags of 10M+ posts, I prefer mostly city based niche hashtags with 1M or less posts.

Also I can never get any impressions from explore page. Do you have any advice about that?

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It is a must to be doing testing using hashtag groups of 5 for your industry , Running a test one time a day the same time each day seeing what group brings the best impression / engagement level. ( You can use tools for this )

1. Pick 5 hashtags ,
1a, Each day you change one of the hashtags only one
1b. When you get a positive jump you found a good hashtag
2. pick a time to post
3. post every day at that time
4. Alternate hashtags each day
5. At the end of a week see what group performed the best
6. repeat the process with new hashtags
7. After doing your testing you will have a elite group of hashtags to boost your engagement .

This is good for a singular niche , an account should follow a theme ---meaning a account should only be about one thing --

I hope I explained this well enough ---- again find hashtag testing tools above is manual.....

scloab said:

Hey OP, wanna ask if you got any tips on how to maximize the effect on instagram sponsor post?

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My #1 tip is to track performance and test , never set up any add and just let it go and see what happens track , track , track !

chrspalmr, you said you used "sneaker proxies" from a small no-name provider.

And you mentioned to read reviews.

Questions:

1. What's the difference of a "sneaker proxy" to a regular - and can you get one if you have only 1 account

2. I read reviews online, and I find most of them fake. It even seems that the proxy companies give each other bad reviews. Trustpilot was better than others I felt. But when your recommend a no-name provider - those will unlikely have any reviews.
3. How do you know a small, no-name provider is the real deal and not a crook?

Thanks!

Nozge said:

Thank you for this honest answer!
I am testing it all the time
So my strategy is I am keepin private account for 1 week then change it public for like 3-5 days then I switch back to Private and seems that they both work.

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Correct both ways will work test and see what is best for you.

Heisenberg's Hat said:

chrspalmr, you said you used "sneaker proxies" from a small no-name provider.

And you mentioned to read reviews.

Questions:

1. What's the difference of a "sneaker proxy" to a regular - and can you get one if you have only 1 account

2. I read reviews online, and I find most of them fake. It even seems that the proxy companies give each other bad reviews. Trustpilot was better than others I felt. But when your recommend a no-name provider - those will unlikely have any reviews.
3. How do you know a small, no-name provider is the real deal and not a crook?

Thanks!

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As you said you can see and tell if something is fake. Make your best judgement and #1 go test the proxies for your purpose.

Also I was giving you my source or type I look for without saying names.

Tip *** all proxy sub-nets are announced when doing your homework keep this in mind and dig a little deeper.

chrsplmr said:

I’ve been in the IG game for 5 years. In that time I’ve managed over 2,500 different accounts on various freelance platforms and delt with every type of client alive.

Along with that I’ve ran every CPA offer imaginable and bought and sold accounts aged and new along with selling SMM services to.

I’m not the absolute best Instagram marketer by far, however I’ve came across tons of issues and have learned a ton along the way and I would love to help this community any way I could especially the noobs to steer them in the proper direction.

I’ve most certainly benefited from this forum more times that once and I've messed up and learned from my mistakes possibly 1,000's of times so I feel I could be of great service to a lot and give back to my #1 forum.

If you have a question regarding Instagram, automation , CPA anything Instagram related please ask away. And if any other pros can chime in please do.

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how can i successful do the child mother method?

What's the safest payment method to sell a shoutout ?