Improving Commercial Relationship Transparency on Instagram

In the coming weeks, you’ll see a new “Paid partnership with” sub-header on posts and stories when a commercial relationship exists between a creators such as influencers or publishers and a business.

Strengthening Relationships through Shared Experiences

The relationships people form on Instagram drive our community and make it so unique. Partnerships between community creators and businesses are an important part of the Instagram experience, and a healthy community should be open and consistent about paid partnerships.

“Paid partnership with” Tagging and Insights Tool

The new tool will allow a creator to quickly tag the business they have a relationship with. The post or story will appear with a sub-header that reads “Paid partnership with,” followed by a tag to the business partner’s account. This makes the nature of the relationship more transparent for the community. When the tool is used, both the creator and business partner will have access to Insights for that post, making it easier to share how followers are engaging with these posts.

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More to Come

This is the first step in a journey as we learn how the community engages with this new tool – and our focus is on gathering feedback. We’re initially partnering with a small number of creators and businesses and we will make these tools widely available in the coming months along with an official policy and enforcement guidelines.

To learn more about today’s updates, visit our Instagram Business Blog.