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Hello, guys! Recently I was trying to scale a lot of child accounts with Instagram automation, however my biggest struggle is that 50-70% of the accounts that i profile and start the actions on them with the automation - they get disabled within 2-3 days. So i thought i could describe here on this forum how i do everything so maybe you guys could see any fingerprint/tracking that i leave. Because i tested different accounts providers, even good quality aged ones, so the issue seems not in the accounts that i purchase to run with the automation. Same for the proxies - i use a trusted 4G proxy provider for my Instagram accounts.

Here is what I do:

Day 1 - I add 5 accounts for 1 4G proxy. Manually verify and email verify them one-by-one, not all 5 at once. So basically 5 accounts on 1 4G proxy gets verified in 15-20 minutes. Then on each account i purchase 1000-1500 fake followers from a SMM panel(i’ve heard this does not affect instagram accounts getting banned at all…?). Then i rest these 5 accounts for 24 hours without any action or profiling at all.

Day 2 - After 24 hours I profile accounts one by one.

Here is how i Profile:

1.I change basically everything at once: Fullname, Bio, Username, , account’s status from “public” to “private” and a profile picture, sometimes even a gender. For the profile picture i use https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ or use sites like pexels etc…

After an account is profiled, I immediately start the actions for it, without any pause like 1 hour. I do this straight away.

I start to follow, like, comment, send DM and even post pictures with the accounts asap. So basically in ~5 minutes an account gets both: fully profiled + lots of different actions started. If i do this for 5 accounts one-by-one at the same time, maybe that triggers the issue? Because imagine, 5 accounts were resting for 24 hours on a new proxy, then after 24 hours straight away full profiling , lots of actions started and this is done for all ~5 accounts in a ~20-30 minutes period on the same 4G proxy?

Also, important : As soon as i’ve profiled and started the tools on these 5 accounts , I add +5 more accounts on the same proxy in the same way as I’ve done with the previous 5 accounts + I purchase the followers. The same procedure. I usually add +5 new ones right after profiling and starting the tools for the first 5 accounts, so let’s say in 10-30 minutes or sometimes I even do this before even profiling+starting the tools for the first 5. But it always goes pretty much together, without any big pause. I repeat this same procedure until I reach 20 accounts per 1 4G proxy, however as you can see guys, i get lots of accounts banned, so i don't even reach 10 good working accounts, most of them get banned, or at least half of them.

However , I’m thinking, maybe it’s a red flag that i add +5 more accounts on the same proxy right after i’ve profiled+started the actions on the previous +5 accounts? Because for the same 4G proxy it seems like a big burst at once: 5 accounts get fully profiled and with lots of actions started in a short period of time, like in 20-30 minutes, then almost immediately after that i add +5 more accounts on the same proxy, just dont start any actions like follow and don't profile, once again - rest them for 24 hours as i've wrote before.

Accounts providers: I’ve tested different accounts providers , even more expensive, quality ones, but still get the same issue, sometimes even worse. I get 60-70% of the accounts disabled in 2-3 days from when i’ve profiled+started doing actions for them.

Another important thing : just to give you extra details, I also include some of the BIO + the list of usernames of accounts who got disabled, so you can check if I’m not leaving any footprint in my bio/username text:


Accounts usernames and bios:

1.

Username:
nicolehedrickrad

Biography:
We need much less than we think we need
Pepperoni

2.

Username:
ginapriceivj

Biography:
“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” ~ Roger Babson
Sushi is the best food!


3.

Username:
virginiarollinsdpm

Biography:
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it – Confucius
Chorizo addicted


4.

Username:
ashleycamplar

Biography:
Whatever you are, be a good one!
Team building and business management


+1 thing: One person has told me maybe i'm trying to run too many accounts per 1 proxy and that i should try to run 2-3 accounts per 1 4G proxy, but I just can’t afford that, because 4G proxies are too expensive for 2-3 Instagram accounts… Idk if that’s somehow related to my issue.

Also, I can confirm that my profile pictures and images that i post are unique too, not the same. So not only my usernames/bios are unique, but also the images/profile pics too.

Will be waiting for your feedback guys!
 
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After an account is profiled, I immediately start the actions for it, without any pause like 1 hour. I do this straight away.
Too soon, I will take a rest before doing that, and if you do that, I will have targe low limits of actions

Then on each account i purchase 1000-1500 fake followers from a SMM panel(i’ve heard this does not affect instagram accounts getting banned at all…?). Then i rest these 5 accounts for 24 hours without any action or profiling at all.
that's a trigger, not one to ban you on point, but one to put "a target mark on your account's back"
I start to follow, like, comment, send DM and even post pictures with the accounts asap
I won't do more than 2-5 follows, 2-5 likes, 2-5 DMs, and some story views
However , I’m thinking, maybe it’s a red flag that i add +5 more accounts on the same proxy right after i’ve profiled+started the actions on the previous +5 accounts?
Why don't you rotate the IP so you're like a new IP per account.
 
I forgot to write my actions guys. So as i've mentioned, from day first i only add accounts on 4G and rest them for 24 hours.


Then from Day 2 i start the actions:

Follow: 20-30 follow / a day , 3-4 follow a hour. And then i increase the actio5-10 follow actions / a day.

Like: I always do likes straight away after follow action for each user that i follow. 1-2 likes per user, so it's basically the same speed for the liking tool as for the follow tool

Comment: I always do comments straight away after follow action for each user that i follow. 4-6 comments / per day , 1-2 comments / a hour, increase by 4-6 comments daily.

Sending DM: I send 1 DM / a hour, 2-3 DM / a hour, increase by 2-3 DM / a day.

Posting pictures: I post 5 pictures a day spread through 24 hours.


Please moderators put this message in my first post if you can thanks
 
Too soon, I will take a rest before doing that, and if you do that, I will have targe low limits of actions


that's a trigger, not one to ban you on point, but one to put "a target mark on your account's back"

I won't do more than 2-5 follows, 2-5 likes, 2-5 DMs, and some story views

Why don't you rotate the IP so you're like a new IP per account.

Thanks for your reply! Appreciate your help!

1. Can you tell me if i need a resting after i've added +5 accounts on 4G? If yes, then do i need to rest for 24 hours, or i can wait for few hours?

Same for the actions. Once i've profiled the accounts, how many hours do you recommend waiting before i start the actions on accounts? Let's say if i waited 5 hours, can i start the actions on all 5 accounts one by one? Or its like 1 account started, i wait 1 hour, then another started , i wait 1 hours etc?


2. Should i buy fake followers like 2-3 days later from when i started the actions or when? It's a must cause i really need them for my childs..

3. Please take a look at my settings from the first day and if i add extra followers/likes etc daily in a good way, i just made a second post, maybe its still too fast from what you've wrote

4. Do you mean i can add +5 new accounts every rotation? Or how many new child accounts i can add per 1 4G / per each rotation? Any advise?

Thanks a lot!
 
1. Can you tell me if i need a resting after i've added +5 accounts on 4G? If yes, then do i need to rest for 24 hours, or i can wait for few hours?
Yes, I would wait 24 after profiling then start actions
Same for the actions. Once i've profiled the accounts, how many hours do you recommend waiting before i start the actions on accounts? Let's say if i waited 5 hours, can i start the actions on all 5 accounts one by one? Or its like 1 account started, i wait 1 hour, then another started , i wait 1 hours etc?
24h
2. Should i buy fake followers like 2-3 days later from when i started the actions or when? It's a must cause i really need them for my childs..
I would wait 1 week or at least 5 days
3. Please take a look at my settings from the first day and if i add extra followers/likes etc daily in a good way, i just made a second post, maybe its still too fast from what you've wrote
Yeah, just warm up a bit the accounts and then add some followers. Or: profile -> add followers -> start actions
4. Do you mean i can add +5 new accounts every rotation? Or how many new child accounts i can add per 1 4G / per each rotation? Any advise?
Yes, +5 accounts every rotation. I would start with 3 accounts per rotation


*As a thumb rule, if your accounts are banned right of the bat, then you're doing either something wrong/too fast/bad proxy quality/bad accounts quality, or a mix of all of these.
 
I agree with @MR.Spuf that you're going way too fast and your accounts per proxy are way too high. In addition though, your automation might be garbage. Are you using a custom bot?
 
Yes, I would wait 24 after profiling then start actions

24h

I would wait 1 week or at least 5 days

Yeah, just warm up a bit the accounts and then add some followers. Or: profile -> add followers -> start actions

Yes, +5 accounts every rotation. I would start with 3 accounts per rotation


*As a thumb rule, if your accounts are banned right of the bat, then you're doing either something wrong/too fast/bad proxy quality/bad accounts quality, or a mix of all of these.

So as i understood, i should do like this:

1. Add 3 accounts / per each rotation. I can keep doing this even 3-5 times a day if my proxy will rotate let's say every 1-3 hours? So i can add even 20 accounts / per 1 4G if i add 3 accounts per each rotation? In other words, 24 hours or else hours doesn't matter, what matters is if a proxy has rotated or not , correct? Then in this case, if i use manually rotate proxy, i can even add 10-20 accounts / a day per 1 4G? And for the rest of days i won't need to add more accounts, but only profile them, start actions etc..

2. I add 3 accounts, i wait 24 hours, then i profile them and i wait 24 hours more to start all the actions on each account? Can i start actions on all 3 accounts pretty much at once? And can i start all actions at the same tike: follow, like, comment, DM , posting etc..? Is it really safe starting so many different actions at the same time?

3. 3 accounts per rotation is totally safe or i can do even 2 accounts to make is less suspicious? 1 acc per rotation would be too slow i'd say..

4. Can you take a look at the settings that i use in my message above and tell me if they're good for the first day of actions? Also, if my actions speed increasement is not too agressive too?


Thanks a lot for your help, you're very helpful and i'm sure other members of this forum can benefit from this thread too!
 
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I agree with @MR.Spuf that you're going way too fast and your accounts per proxy are way too high. In addition though, your automation might be garbage. Are you using a custom bot?
Thanks for your reply! Do you suggest to go with +3 accounts / per rotation or how?

Could you get in a bit more details what do you mean by too fast? What would you change in my case from what i've wrote?

I'm using a private one, cannot mention the name publicly, but it's a very good one though.
 
Thanks for your reply! Do you suggest to go with +3 accounts / per rotation or how?

Could you get in a bit more details what do you mean by too fast? What would you change in my case from what i've wrote?

I'm using a private one, cannot mention the name publicly, but it's a very good one though.
Just making sure you aren't using a basic selenium bot or something like that. I personally rotate my proxies for every account. 3 per rotation is probably fine though.

I wouldn't DM anyone for a long time on the account and just be much slower with all the actions you're doing. The best advice I can give you is to have your bots act like a real person. Is a real person coming on IG and following people 3 per hour for 24 hours? ;) Act like like a person and use quality bots and proxies.
 
Just making sure you aren't using a basic selenium bot or something like that. I personally rotate my proxies for every account. 3 per rotation is probably fine though.

I wouldn't DM anyone for a long time on the account and just be much slower with all the actions you're doing. The best advice I can give you is to have your bots act like a real person. Is a real person coming on IG and following people 3 per hour for 24 hours? ;) Act like like a person and use quality bots and proxies.

Ok, let's say i start like this:

Day 1 - I add 20 Instagram accounts to proxy, 3 accounts per rotation. Cause i've heard 20 is the max you can use, is you use more than 20 per 1 4G, not really safe. Other people tell max 10 accounts or even 5. I'm on a budget, so prefer 20.

Day 2 - Profile all accounts.

Day 3 - Start very slow actions:

3-5 follow a day / 1 follow a hour. Increase by 3-5 follows daily. Same for the likes.

1-2 comment a day / 1 comment a hour. Increase by 1-2 comments daily.

Posting 3 pictures a day without any increasement. I'll post post ~50 pictures in ~15 days.

No DM action for 5 days or so, after 5 days - 1 DM / daily, increasing by 1 dm per day.

Does it look good?
 
Ok, let's say i start like this:

Day 1 - I add 20 Instagram accounts to proxy, 3 accounts per rotation. Cause i've heard 20 is the max you can use, is you use more than 20 per 1 4G, not really safe. Other people tell max 10 accounts or even 5. I'm on a budget, so prefer 20.

Day 2 - Profile all accounts.

Day 3 - Start very slow actions:

3-5 follow a day / 1 follow a hour. Increase by 3-5 follows daily. Same for the likes.

1-2 comment a day / 1 comment a hour. Increase by 1-2 comments daily.

Posting 3 pictures a day without any increasement. I'll post post ~50 pictures in ~15 days.

No DM action for 5 days or so, after 5 days - 1 DM / daily, increasing by 1 dm per day.

Does it look good?
Looks better. Still probably a bit too fast, but you'll find the sweet spot for your set up if you refine from there. :) Bans are a reality, but those actions should lower your banrate a ton. I also recommend only DMing people who follow you back. Until the account is a lot more aged.
 
Looks better. Still probably a bit too fast, but you'll find the sweet spot for your set up if you refine from there. :) Bans are a reality, but those actions should lower your banrate a ton. I also recommend only DMing people who follow you back. Until the account is a lot more aged.
Thanks a lot, buddy, if i lower 2x more maybe its good? Though after 3-5 days or so i'd increase the daily increasement speed, otherwise it willl take so much time to get to lets say 100 follows / a day. I'm better getting few accounts banned from time to time rather than waiting for month or more to hit the max.

I'd better hit the max in 7-10 days, some accounts banned(not like now ofc), then i hire va to rebuild, instead of waiting 1 month or more and lowering my profits..
 
Thanks a lot, buddy, if i lower 2x more maybe its good? Though after 3-5 days or so i'd increase the daily increasement speed, otherwise it willl take so much time to get to lets say 100 follows / a day. I'm better getting few accounts banned from time to time rather than waiting for month or more to hit the max.

I'd better hit the max in 7-10 days, some accounts banned(not like now ofc), then i hire va to rebuild, instead of waiting 1 month or more and lowering my profits..
Yeah there's no exact numbers anyone can give you sadly. It all depends on the quality of your bot and proxies as well as your personal appetite for bans. Play around with it and see what works best for you. :)
 
1. Can you tell me if i need a resting after i've added +5 accounts on 4G? If yes, then do i need to rest for 24 hours, or i can wait for few hours?
If the accounts were generated using the same proxy, it may not really be necessary. Only necessary to wait if you're switching from one geo to another.
2. Should i buy fake followers like 2-3 days later from when i started the actions or when? It's a must cause i really need them for my childs..
I personally wouldn't. Slave accounts can be utilized in more ways than follow + DMs. You can actually grow them into decently sized accounts and use story shouts for your mother to catch any stragglers or anyone who didn't outright followback the slave. Having a piss poor engagement rate will ruin your chances of incorporating those other strats.

3. 3 accounts per rotation is totally safe or i can do even 2 accounts to make is less suspicious? 1 acc per rotation would be too slow i'd say..
Three accounts is fine imo

4. Do you mean i can add +5 new accounts every rotation? Or how many new child accounts i can add per 1 4G / per each rotation? Any advise?
Do not have more than three running at the same time. That should be your max. Just be more efficient with your actions and pass the proxy around more frequently if you wanna cut down on proxy costs.
 
Hello guys! Do you really think i should wait 24 hours before profiling the account after i added it to a proxy? And 24 hours after i've profiled before enabling accounts? Maybe it would be possible to make these 48 hours somehow faster?
 
If the accounts were generated using the same proxy, it may not really be necessary. Only necessary to wait if you're switching from one geo to another.

I personally wouldn't. Slave accounts can be utilized in more ways than follow + DMs. You can actually grow them into decently sized accounts and use story shouts for your mother to catch any stragglers or anyone who didn't outright followback the slave. Having a piss poor engagement rate will ruin your chances of incorporating those other strats.


Three accounts is fine imo


Do not have more than three running at the same time. That should be your max. Just be more efficient with your actions and pass the proxy around more frequently if you wanna cut down on proxy costs.
Thanks a lot for your answer! What do you think about purchasing followers from smm panel on the same day i added accounts to a proxy? I make the accounts on private after profiling, so i must purchase the fake followers before profiling , if i dont do that i wont be able to purchase followers once accounts get on private, unless i want to go to public , then to private again, but this could trigger block as well, dont you think so?

Also, once i added acc on proxy, do you think its necessary to wait 24 hours before profiling? Maybe better to add on proxy, then profile and only then wait 24 hours before the actions start?

How many follow/like/comment/dm/posting would you do from the first day you enable actions and by how many you increase daily, what would be your suggestion on this?
 
Also, wouldn't it be beneficial to do story views with the automation in those 48 hours before starting the actions? Maybe that would raise the trust score? And even once i started follow, like, coment etc, maybe keep doing story views in the warmup phase?
 
You need to look as natural and organic as possible. Having 10 accounts on one 4g is not recommended. 1 per 5 it’s safer. Also after 24 hours of resting, you start actions at all accounts at the same time. That does not look natural. Usually when a user makes the account adds his bio and name in the first 30 minutes. Then do some actions and then have a break. Also, I would recommend not having all accounts do actions at the same time. Randomize your log-in and log-out times between the accounts.
 
You need to look as natural and organic as possible. Having 10 accounts on one 4g is not recommended. 1 per 5 it’s safer. Also after 24 hours of resting, you start actions at all accounts at the same time. That does not look natural. Usually when a user makes the account adds his bio and name in the first 30 minutes. Then do some actions and then have a break. Also, I would recommend not having all accounts do actions at the same time. Randomize your log-in and log-out times between the accounts.
And most importantly go slow. Have only very few actions per account per day. In this era, Instagram automation is much slower than it was a couple of years ago. The results that you d have in 2-3 months then you have now in 8-10 months. That does not mean it’s not effective or profitable anymore. It just takes longer to build up. Stay patient and grow steadily.
 
Bro you need to take a rest. Of course accounts gonna be disabled after these too much actions.
 
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