Getting Your Online Shop Started

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Decide what you want to sell. Think about items that will attract Instagram users, and research what’s already out there – remember that you’ll want your items to stand out as something fresh or different.

Most of the items being sold on Instagram fall into the Beauty and Fashion categories. These kinds of items are likely to be most successful, as long as you are offering something unique.

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Look for inspiration. Find a successful online store on Instagram, and note how it runs and what makes it work so well. Don’t copy its style or use its exact ideas, but let it serve as your inspirational example.

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Sign your shop up on Instagram. Choose a username that’s unique and memorable, but nothing too long or difficult to understand. Make it easy to spell, and avoid using too many numbers. You want your potential customers to find you easily.

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Use your shop’s logo as your profile picture. Add your store’s logo to your new Instagram account, and then set it as your profile picture.
If you don’t have a logo and can’t make your own, contact a graphic artist. You want someone knowledgeable and creative enough to make you a memorable and professional-looking logo.

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Edit your profile. Write a brief, polished, professional-looking description of your shop, with information about the items or services you are offering, and post it to your profile. And be sure to include your contact information! Instagram does not provide direct messaging, so you’ll need to make your phone number or email address available.
You can also download a messaging application, which will allow you to send and receive messages associated with your Instagram account. This might help, but you should still have alternative contact information available.

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Upload items and relevant information. Upload high-quality pictures of your items one at a time (not as a set), so potential buyers can comment on the photo of a particular product. In addition, upload important information like your payment methods and shipping partners. Your online Instagram shop is now open and running!

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Sign in with your Instagram login and password.

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Add one additional tag to your Instagram pictures with items for sale. The hashtag is #inselly. All those pictures will automatically appear in your inSelly account, thus creating your own personal online shop

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Fill in the "Personal Information" form. Add PayPal email to receive direct payments from buyers.

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Add the price and shipping cost to each of your item for sale.

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Put a link to your inSelly shop as a website in your Instagram account. When posting new sales offers comment "To buy click the link in bio" to allow your Instagram followers to buy items in just one click.

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Share the link to your inSelly shop with your friends and followers in all other social networks. This will allow them to buy your items.