Congratulations on being invited to authenticate your account!
In your collaboration email, you most likely received an invitation to link your social accounts. Clicking on the Linked Accounts button will populate a new page – your authentication headquarters. Here, you can manage all the authentication statuses of your social accounts.
⚠️ Prerequisites to authenticate your Instagram account
Before we dive in, the following items must be set.
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Your Instagram must be set to a Business or Creator account.
To learn how to switch your account type, visit How-To: Change to a Professional Instagram Account for details.
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A public-facing Facebook Page must be linked to your Instagram account.
To learn how to link a Page to your Instagram account, visit How-To: Link a Facebook Page to an Instagram Account for a step-by-step guide.
Authenticate Your Instagram Account
- Click on the Linked Accounts button in your collaboration email.
- Under Social Accounts, hover over Instagram or your username.
Note: If your username is not listed on the page, hover over the Instagram section to see an ADD ACCOUNT option appear. Click this option to add your account's username.
- Click
or CONNECT. After, a new window will appear.
- In the new window, you'll receive a request to input your Facebook login credentials – not Instagram. This is because Meta acquired Instagram.
• After logging in, as an extra security measure, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) may be requested by Facebook. Your 2FA credentials must be entered in to successfully connect with CreatorIQ.Warning: After logging into your Facebook account, you'll have the option to review third-party permissions. All permissions must be enabled to successfully authenticate.
While we request for all permissions to be provided, our Privacy Policy ensures we're only collecting read-only data (e.g. posts and metrics that are related to the campaign you're participating in). - After signing in, you will receive the following confirmations to signal a successful authentication:
• A
and 
will appear next to your account's username.
• A green notification will appear confirming your account's successful connection.
We take security seriously at CreatorIQ. Because of this, we want to be transparent in the ways we protect and collect your data. View our Authentication: Benefits & Security article for full details on our privacy practices.
Additional authentication guides:
- Authentication: Benefits & Security
- Authentication: TikTok
- Authentication: Twitter
- Authentication: Blogs / Google Analytics
- Authentication: Facebook Page
Troubleshooting guides:
- How-To: Change to a Professional Instagram Account
- How-To: Create a Facebook Page
- How-To: Link a Facebook Page to an Instagram Account
- How-To: Link Instagram Account Through a Facebook Page
- How-To: Connect Facebook Page and Instagram Account on a Mobile Device
Have questions? Don't hesitate to contact us!
