Is there anyway to tag products on instagram without coming from available country

divergentami · September 30, 2019, 6:03am

Hello,
I am from Vietnam. I have a few instagram accounts that target to US market. I wanna turn them into shopping business accounts. Is there anyway to tag products on instagram without coming from available country? Please help

Ryan_Duck · September 30, 2019, 7:53am

Hi Yes there definitely is. Im from South Africa, and i have a Shopify store which i target people from USA and UK and i can use shopping on my Instagram account. What are you using to pull through your products, Shopify or Wordpress/Woocommerce?

omarialex · September 30, 2019, 7:54am

Could you please share the trick. I have a shopify store and would love to tag products as well.

Ryan_Duck · September 30, 2019, 8:03am

Sure, so firstly you have to setup Instagram and Facebook as a sales channel:

Then i have a little trick i use which is kinda greyhat, but doesnt hurt anyone. Setup a Fake USA Address in your account as the shipping address. So it looks like it is being shipped from USA. That way Instagram thinks its being shipped from USA and therefore wont mind you advertising to the USA Market on your Account. Also possibly change your store to be in US Dollar currency, i think that also played a role in getting accepted from Instagram. Hope this helps!

divergentami · September 30, 2019, 8:12am

I find that I can use Facebook Catalogue Product on fb business, I set up but when I connect instagram, they said as below

Ryan_Duck · September 30, 2019, 8:16am

Try also changing the region of your Instagram account’s profile to USA. As my Instagram account looks like its from USA. That could also help.

divergentami · September 30, 2019, 8:19am

I changed :(, but IP log in from Vietnam, is it the reason? If I changed IP, is it at risk of getting banned?

Ryan_Duck · September 30, 2019, 8:27am

I dont think so no, as i use my Home Wifi and thats in South Africa. Have you changed all the settings in your Shopify Store as well to USA? Make sure that everything looks like you are based in USA, your store, your Facebook Page and your Instagram Account. Once all this is done, delete the Instagram Sales Channel and apply for it again. It wont automatically change to accepted, so you have to delete it and reapply for it once you have done your changes. It took me awhile too, but after trying all these different things i mentioned, i got accepted after my 4th try.

Daenerys_Insta · September 30, 2019, 7:19pm

@Ryan_Duck Thanks for sharing these tricks

Ryan_Duck · October 1, 2019, 5:20am

Pleasure, hope it helps people