Guides

Before you buy

• What “real” means when you buy followers
  The word in our name, explained without spin.
• Is it safe to buy followers?
  Platform rules, account security, payment safety and the FTC rule for businesses.
• Will buying followers get me banned?
  Bans, restrictions and shadowbans on Instagram and TikTok, and how to check your account status.
• Does buying followers work?
  What a bigger number changes, what it doesn’t, and how to judge it after 30 days.
• How much do followers cost?
  Every price on both platforms, the per-unit maths and budgets by account size.
• Cheap vs quality followers
  What a higher price can buy, and what “quality” claims usually mean.
• Free followers: what they really cost
  Follow-for-follow apps, coin schemes and “free trial” sites that want your login.
• How to buy followers on TikTok
  Step by step, with a username and nothing else.
• Instagram or TikTok first?
  Where a bigger number does the most good.

Understanding your numbers

• Engagement rate explained
  The formulas, worked examples, and what bought followers do to the rate.
• How to spot fake followers
  Audit your own account, or one pitching you as an influencer.
• How the Instagram and TikTok algorithms work
  Only what the platforms have said publicly, and what it means for you.
• How to grow followers without buying
  What works on Instagram and TikTok, with a 30-day plan.

Who buys, and which size

Package pages for particular situations: new accounts, businesses and musicians. Size pages for Instagram (100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10K) and TikTok (500, 1,000, 10K followers; 1,000 and 10,000 views).

Free tools

Seven tools that run in your browser, including the Instagram and TikTok engagement rate calculators, a money calculator and a bio generator. See them all in free tools.