Connect your account

About 10 minutes. You never share your password: Meta lets you give a partner access to run ads, and you can remove it any time.

Have your order ID from the confirmation email ready. Stuck at any step? Reply to that email or write to hello@cedarfollow.com.

1. Switch to a professional account

Skip this if you already have a Business or Creator account.

  1. In Instagram, open your profile and tap the menu (☰), then Settings and activity.
  2. Go to Account type and tools and tap Switch to professional account.
  3. Pick a category and choose Creator or Business. Both work for ads, it's free, and you can switch back later.
  4. Make sure your profile is public; ads can't promote a private account.

2. Connect a Facebook Page (if needed)

Meta runs Instagram ads through a Facebook Page linked to your Instagram account. If you already have one linked, skip this.

  1. In Instagram, go to Settings and activity → Accounts Center and add your Facebook account if it isn't there yet.
  2. On Facebook, create a Page for your brand or creator profile if you don't have one (it can be simple).
  3. In Meta Business Suite, open Settings and connect your Instagram account to that Page.

3. Add Cedarfollow as a partner

This lets us create ads that appear as your account, paid from our ad account out of the ad budget in your order. You don't need to add a card to Meta.

  1. Open Meta Business Suite and go to Settings (your business portfolio settings).
  2. Under Users, choose Partners, then Add → Give a partner access to your assets.
  3. Enter our business portfolio ID: we'll send it in your order email.
  4. Select your Facebook Page and your Instagram account, and allow ad creation (advertise / create ads). We don't need access to messages, payments or anything else.
  5. Confirm. That's it: we get a notification and start setting up.
Meta renames menus from time to time. If a label looks different, search for "partners" in Business Suite settings, or email us a screenshot and we'll guide you.

Prefer not to share access?

You can boost your posts yourself. Reply to your order email and we'll send a targeting plan: which posts to promote, the audience (interests, ages, locations), daily budget and schedule. You then boost from the Instagram app and pay Meta directly, so we refund the ad budget part of your order. The management fee covers the plan, a creative review and your end-of-campaign check-in.

What happens next

  1. We launch within 1–2 business days after access. Meta reviews each ad first, usually within a day.
  2. You get an email when your campaign is live, then your reports.
  3. When the campaign ends, you can remove our partner access in Business Suite (Settings → Partners). We'll remind you.

Full refund any time before launch. After launch, ad budget already spent is not refundable; see the refund policy.

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