Instagram is now updating more phones with a built-in order system where businesses and creators can now promote their own products on their pages.
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How it works
- Find a post you would like to upload on Instagram
- Fill in the details & scroll down to ‘Get Orders’
- Fill in the Title of your product with pricing
- Click next
What happens next?
After you have uploaded your post and product, those who visit your profile or come across your post will see this:
Users can view the product to purchase. After they have clicked on ‘View Product’ this will appear:
Users can then send you an order request which will go straight to your inbox.
Once you get an order request
- After you have checked your inbox and seen your order request, you should get something that looks like an invoice with a customer order number.
- Accept the request
- Once payment has been sorted – confirm that you have been paid, again, on the form
- Once your item has been dispatched, finish the last step
Wait for your customer to get their order and you’re done!
Advantages & Disadvantages
This new feature that Instagram has introduced on the app gives opportunities for creators and businesses to sell a product. Influencers can now directly promote and sell items from brands from their own page, earning more money for these extra benefits.
From what was once just an app to post images on, has now become a hub for creators and businesses to flourish all in one place. However, the new order system is not fully developed as addresses are given through direct messages.
Have you been using the ‘Get Orders’ feature on Instagram? What do you think of it? Let us know by tagging us @itpliveme on X, and @itplive on Instagram.
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