If you have a successful profile and fear that other people may “cheat” your followers by pretending to be you, find out how to have the blue check on Instagram to formalize the account.
Your Instagram profile is having success and you have many followers, but are you afraid that some “crafty” could use your name to advertise at your expense and deceive your followers ?
Don’t worry, Instagram has recently changed its rules and you can ask to formalize your profile by adding a small blue check to your account.
Until now, in fact, Instagram independently decided who to grant this verification of their account. A treatment reserved mainly for VIPs. Now, however, we can submit a request to have a verified Instagram profile , even if it is not certain that Instagram will accept it and grant you the blue check. On the other hand, asking costs nothing!
So, make yourself comfortable and continue reading this article if you want to find out how to have a verified profile on Instagram .
- How to request the blue check on Instagram
- How to make our Instagram account official in an alternative way
- Report fake profiles
- Verify your account in an alternative way
How to request the blue check on Instagram
Getting your Instagram account official is a simple process that takes a few minutes. First of all, connect to Instagram from your smartphone (at the moment it is not possible to perform this request from a PC), go to the icon of the little man and with your finger push to the left so that the classic Settings wheel appears at the bottom right. Tap on the icon and scroll through the list of options, until you find the “Request verification” option .
A new screen will appear in which you will be shown what a verification badge is, that is the blue check that will allow you to have a verified Instagram account , and for whom it was designed (famous people, international brands, influencers, etc.) .
Finally, it will warn you that if you apply for account verification it is not certain that they will accept it. If you want to have the blue check on Instagram , then, proceed with entering your name and surname and your stage name, if you have one. Then you will have to attach a photo of your identity document (driving license, identity card, passport, etc.) and send. At this point you can not help but arm yourself with patience and hope that the social network accepts your request to verify the Instagram account .
If after a few days you see the coveted blue tick on Instagram , that’s it. If a couple of weeks go by and you won’t get any answers, then Instagram probably didn’t accept account verification.
Don’t despair! If you have come this far, you already know that the road to success is fraught with road accidents and certainly this will not stop you. However, we can put in place a few strategies to defend the official nature of our Instagram account and “verify” it in our own way. Let’s see together how.
How to make our Instagram account official in an alternative way
To defend your identity on Instagram and make your followers recognize your profile as the official one, you need to take two actions at the same time: the first is to report anyone who uses your name and brand inappropriately, or to deceive your potential followers ; the second is to enrich your Instagram profile in order to make it easily identifiable as an official account.
Report fake profiles
To report who pretends to be you, creating confusion and stealing followers, you have two ways:
- The first way, to be performed via PC, is to connect to the appropriate page of the Instagram help center and select the option “Someone has created an account that pretends to be me or a friend of mine” and then follow the procedure. You will need to add a photo of yourself with the identity document in hand, in order to show that you are the original one and send the request;
- Alternatively, from your mobile phone go to the fake profile you want to report, click on the three vertical dots at the top right, tap on “Report” and follow the instructions to complete the procedure. Instagram will do its checks and then proceed to remove the fake account.
Verify your account in an alternative way
Once unfair competition has been eliminated, we must now make our account as official as possible, even if it was not possible to put the blue check on Instagram.
To do this, simply add as much information to your account and coordinate , or simply convey, on Instagram all your information scattered on the web and on other social networks. By clicking on the little man on your Instagram page, in a few clicks, you can change your profile, adding your blog or website to your account. Furthermore, you can integrate other social networks (such as Facebook) with the Instagram page. You can also add a short story and change your nickname by simply entering the word “official” .
Whoever comes across your Instagram profile will see the site or blog, your Facebook, your story and the wording “official” accompanied by your name. In a few seconds, the user will understand that this is your original profile and not a fake, despite not having the blue check. Blue tick that maybe, the next time you ask for it, will be accepted!
