# Using cloaked links for instagram DMs **URL:** \ **Category:** Instagram Marketing\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422 "2019-06-04T09:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/1 "2019-06-04T09:33:39Z")
Ssup good people, I’m grateful for all the value I have garnered from this community in the past one month alone (when I joined). 🙏🏽🙏🏽 So I have in inquiry for those using cloakers to send IG links. So a friend of mine helped me cloak a couple of links I was sending to new followers. I tried sending the message to my personal page and realized that the links show previews of totally unrelated articles. I assume this is how cloakers work. Here is a picture of the same. ![edited%20image](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/d/dd85b46320f1cd665b0da807f6d6ce58ec085138.jpeg) So my worry is, will this affect the CTR since I am targeting people in the fashion niche and the preview shows them sh\*t about Trump? ---
**Author:** ![mithrandir](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/mithrandir/32/35041_2.png) [@mithrandir](https://mpsocial.com/u/mithrandir)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/2 "2019-06-04T09:50:30Z")
That’s for sure 😂 ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/3 "2019-06-04T10:04:16Z")
Haha, I had sent several messages since yesterday. I bet the recipients are probably wondering what kind of links those are.🤣🤣 Do you use cloaked links as well? ---
**Author:** ![sairos](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/sairos/32/31783_2.png) [@sairos](https://mpsocial.com/u/sairos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/4 "2019-06-04T13:40:02Z")
> [@omarialex](#): > > So my worry is, will this affect the CTR since I am targeting people in the fashion niche and the preview shows them sh\*t about Trump? ngl this is so funny 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Bartholomeo](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/bartholomeo/32/30923_2.png) [@Bartholomeo](https://mpsocial.com/u/Bartholomeo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/5 "2019-06-04T14:03:34Z")
Didn’t you know that all cloacked links are automatically replaced by “instagram spidermans” and redirected all to advertorial on Trump? ---
**Author:** ![mithrandir](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/mithrandir/32/35041_2.png) [@mithrandir](https://mpsocial.com/u/mithrandir)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/7 "2019-06-04T15:34:24Z")
I don’t sorry. I don’t spam ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/8 "2019-06-06T22:08:09Z")
Haha, I honestly had no clue man… Lol! But now I know, guess I’m gonna test it and see how my CTR is ---
**Author:** ![igshopify10](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8baadc/32.png) [@igshopify10](https://mpsocial.com/u/igshopify10)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/9 "2019-06-06T22:44:06Z")
Perhaps you could have the traffic redirected to a fashion/fitness blog post that’s a safe site . The user still will still be redirected to the money page . Instagram will show the preview of what it can fetch from it’s own IP. So probably you could link to a page very similar to money page so user doesn’t feel it’s deceptive. Can you share which cloaker your friend used specifically. ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/10 "2019-06-08T14:47:22Z")
Sure! I guess that will work. Will try that. About the cloaker used. I’m honestly not sure. Lemme ask him and I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![funniestpokemon](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/funniestpokemon/32/29253_2.png) [@funniestpokemon](https://mpsocial.com/u/funniestpokemon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/11 "2019-06-10T06:57:58Z")
Are you also using cloakers through link in bio? ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/12 "2019-06-10T07:28:32Z")
Yes, I am having the links in my bio as well… I actually want to test using them solely in bio and tell the DM recipients to click it in bio, so that it avoids the funny previews I get when sending directly as message. ---
**Author:** ![funniestpokemon](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/funniestpokemon/32/29253_2.png) [@funniestpokemon](https://mpsocial.com/u/funniestpokemon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/13 "2019-06-10T17:14:11Z")
That sounds like a smart plan 🙂 How long have you been using the cloakers with the link in bio? Have you had any issues with the accounts? ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/14 "2019-06-13T22:46:14Z")
About 3 weeks now. No issues so far ---
**Author:** ![ethantole1](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/ethantole1/32/36059_2.png) [@ethantole1](https://mpsocial.com/u/ethantole1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/15 "2019-10-04T17:05:14Z")
which cloacker service you are using? thanks ---
**Author:** ![Mr.BTC](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mr.BTC](https://mpsocial.com/u/Mr.BTC)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/16 "2019-10-07T08:08:06Z")
your claocker trash my links dont have any previews ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/17 "2019-10-07T12:30:43Z")
Which cloaker are you talking about man? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.BTC](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mr.BTC](https://mpsocial.com/u/Mr.BTC)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/18 "2019-10-07T12:31:47Z")
your one is trash ---
**Author:** ![omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/omarialex/32/30917_2.png) [@omarialex](https://mpsocial.com/u/omarialex)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/using-cloaked-links-for-instagram-dms/68422/19 "2019-10-07T12:43:58Z")
I stopped using it, which one are you using now?