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Instagram for creators
Instagram changes what creators are allowed to do roughly every season. These guides say what works now, and carry the date they were last checked so you can tell when they went stale.
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What to check before you give a tool your Instagram login
Meta publishes 19 Instagram permission scopes and what each one lets an app do. We read them on 8 September 2026 so you can read the consent screen properly.
12 min read · Read the guide →Pinterest or Instagram for an evergreen product link?
We read what Pinterest, Instagram and Threads tell Google to crawl. Pinterest publishes 50 sitemaps of pins; Meta publishes profiles. Measured 3 September 2026.
10 min read · Read the guide →TikTok or Instagram for product discovery?
The honest answer is that it depends on how deep the linkable catalogue in your category is. Catalogue depth across twelve categories, and a decision test.
8 min read · Read the guide →Product tagging or affiliate links: who gets paid?
A tag is a platform permission; a link is a retailer relationship. Who each is open to, who sets the rate, and what happens when the product sells out.
6 min read · Read the guide →Instagram storefront vs link in bio vs Instagram Shopping
A link-in-bio page, a creator storefront and Instagram Shopping are three different tools. What each is for, which you need, and the cost nobody mentions.
6 min read · Read the guide →How to monetize old Instagram posts
A back catalogue can be linked because commission resolves at the destination. The four failure points, and the categories with no live retail behind them.
6 min read · Read the guide →How to add affiliate links to Instagram
Instagram makes links clickable in only a few places, and captions are not one. The placements that work, a structure that survives, and four costly mistakes.
6 min read · Read the guide →Do affiliate links hurt Instagram reach?
No published policy, no platform data, and creator experiments too confounded to settle it. What is actually known, and how to test it on your own account.
7 min read · Read the guide →