Instagram is a fabulous app for promoting your artwork, marketing your business, or simply sharing your life and gathering followers! Today everyone from top celebrities to your next-door-neighbor is making the most of Instagram!
Instagram, along with its numerous features, also allows you to get a verified batch. Having your Instagram account verified increases the credibility of your account and works at keeping pseudo accounts at bay.
In this article, we guide you on how to get your account verified through a step-by-step process. We also detail the various requirements needed for a verified Instagram profile. Read on to learn more about this.
Request for a Verified Batch
To have a verified Instagram profile, you will have to be a public figure, celebrity, or brand and must meet certain account and eligibility requirements. Follow the steps listed below to go ahead and request a verified batch.
The first step is to log in to your Instagram account to begin the request process. You can then go ahead and tap on your Instagram-user-profile, or your profile picture at the bottom right of the page to go to your profile.
Next, you can tap on the Settings option on the top right corner of the page, and then tap on Account. Here you will find the Request Verification option. You can go ahead and tap on it.
Next, you will be asked to enter your full name and proof of identification, like a government photo ID. Please make sure that all the information you provide is authentic. After giving your details, you can click on submit to request the verification.
Submitting Your Request
After you request for the verification of your account, Instagram reserves the right to give you the batch or not. The team at Instagram will review your request and notify you shortly. If accepted you will receive the verified batch and if denied, you can request for the verification again after 30 days.
It is important to note that Instagram may take away your verified batch at any time and can disable your account if you transfer, sell, or advertise your verified batch or use it to promote other services. You must also not attempt to verify your Instagram account through a third party.
Requirements for a Verified Instagram Profile
To apply for a verified batch you will need to meet certain requirements besides following Instagram’s Terms of Use and Community Guidelines. Let’s take a look at these requirements.
Your account needs to be authentic and must represent a real person, registered business, or entity, and it should be the unique presence of that person or business. More so, the account must represent a well-known or highly searched for person, brand, or entity.
To be verified, your account needs to be complete with a bio, profile picture, and at least one post and must be public. Keep in mind that Instagram does not verify more than one account per person or business, and false accounts are weeded out.
Instagram also does not provide verified batches to general interest accounts. For example, accounts on interests like hiking, fishing, pets, and so on do not get verified.
Takeaway
If Instagram approves your request and grants you a verified batch, it works well to prove your credibility. Make sure to consider this information in this article if you think you qualify for Instagram verification.
However, if your request is declined, you can always let people know that your account is authentic by linking your Instagram account to your official website and other accounts like your Facebook page, YouTube, and Twitter account.
