Guides
Guides for selling
from Instagram.
12 min
How to sell digital products on Instagram
Instagram does not check out digital goods. The bio URL is the store. It must complete payment and delivery inside the in-app browser.
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Written for Instagram checkout, UPI, and switching from Stan, Gumroad, or Linktree.
10 min
Store-in-bio vs link-in-bio: when you need checkout
Link in bio is a category people search. Store-in-bio is the job: the bio URL is a shop with checkout, not a directory of destinations.
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11 min
How creators get paid on Adfluence
Funds settle to your merchant account. Adfluence is software next to checkout, not a wallet or merchant of record.
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11 min
Moving from Stan Store to Adfluence
Stan charges $29–99/month with no permanent free plan. Adfluence Starter is free with 5% of sales. Relist one-time products; do not expect member billing to copy over.
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14 min
Sell digital products in India from Instagram
Indian buyers pay with UPI. The bio link has to accept GPay, PhonePe, and Paytm in the Instagram browser — not a US card form and not a personal UPI ID in DMs.
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10 min
How to add UPI to your Instagram bio
A UPI ID in the bio is not a store. A Razorpay checkout on a store-in-bio maps each payment to a product, a buyer, and a file.
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11 min
Instagram in-app browser checkout (Apple Pay and Google Pay)
The in-app browser is not Safari. Wallets, cookies, and downloads misbehave unless the store is tested there. Escaping to Chrome is a different product.
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9 min
Deliver digital files on the confirmation page
The most common failure in creator commerce is “check your spam”. The file has to exist on the page the buyer is already looking at.
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9 min
How to sell Lightroom presets on Instagram
The Reel is the demo. The bio is the till. A preset pack is a digital file with a cover, a price, and a zip.
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9 min
Connect Stripe to sell on Instagram
The bio URL is the store. Stripe is the merchant account. Adfluence is the software in between — not a processor.
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9 min
Moving from Gumroad to a store-in-bio
Gumroad is a marketplace with a product page. Adfluence is a store-in-bio for audience-led sales. Choose based on where the buyer comes from.
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8 min
Linktree alternative for selling: switch to a store-in-bio
If the first button is already a product, you do not need a directory in front of the shop.
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8 min
Stan Store pricing vs a free store-in-bio
Stan’s model is a monthly floor. Adfluence’s Starter model is a percentage until you want 0% and pay Pro.
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