Instagram offers three profile types: Personal, Business, and Creator. All Instagram accounts start as Personal profiles by default. You can choose to convert a Personal profile to a Business or Creator profile at any time.
Due to limitations from Instagram, your profile type determines your access to the Instagram features available in Hire Shorts. Business profiles get full access, including post engagement, analytics, and direct publishing. Personal and Creator profiles have limited access to Instagram features in Hire Shorts.
For full access to the Instagram features in Hire Shorts, Business profiles must be connected to a Facebook Page.
How to check your Instagram profile type
If you’re not sure what type of Instagram profile you have, here’s how to find out:
- In the Instagram mobile app, go to your profile, and then select the profile menu in the top right.
- Select Settings from the list, and then select Account.
- On the Account page, scroll to the bottom. The options you see there tell you what type of Instagram profile you have.
- Personal profiles show the Switch to professional account option.
- Creator profiles show the Switch account type > Switch to personal account and Switch to business account options.
- Business profiles show the Switch account type > Switch to personal account and Switch to creator account options.
See Instagram’s help article About Professional Accounts to learn more about the different account types.
Available features with each profile type
The following table compares the Instagram features available in Hire Shorts to each profile type.
Important: If you add a Creator profile to Hire Shorts as a Business profile, it will be labeled Business, but due to limitations from Instagram, will not have access to direct publishing.
| Functionality | Business profile | Personal profile |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing method | Publish posts and reels directly to Instagram.Publish stories via mobile notification. | Publish posts and stories via mobile notification. |
| Content | Publish up to 10 images or videos in a post or story.Publish reels.Add product tags to create shoppable posts. | Publish up to 10 images or videos in a post or story. |
| Required setup | Get direct publishing, reels, product tagging, stream engagement, and analytics by adding an Instagram profile that’s connected to a Facebook Page.Turn on Instagram notifications in the Hire Shorts app to publish via mobile notification. | Turn on Instagram notifications in the Hire Shorts app to publish via mobile notification. |
| Available streams | My Posts View the published posts and reels for the profile. Engage with and moderate comments on your own content. Hashtag search Monitor hashtags relevant to your business, sorted either by most recent or most popular. Scheduled View the scheduled posts for the profile. | My Posts View the published posts and reels for the profile. Open the post in Instagram to view engagement. Scheduled View the scheduled posts for the profile. |
| Analytics | Access to Instagram analytics. | No analytics. |
| Profile display | Profile pictures display for easy identification in Hire Shorts. | Profile pictures are not available and display the default black Instagram logo. Profiles are identifiable only by handle. |