How to change consumer connection to business connection?

This article explains migrating your account and widgets from the Consumer connection to the Business connection.

Step 1 – Determine if your Instagram account is already a Professional account.

If your Instagram account is already a Professional type (business or creator), proceed to Step 2.

If your account is personal, you must convert it to a creator or business account. The instructions are in Instagram’s help article, Convert to an Instagram Business Account.

The process is simple and only takes a few steps, so follow the instructions before continuing to Step 2 of this guide. The article linked above also includes a FAQ section to address common questions about professional Instagram accounts.

Step 2 – Connect your Instagram account using a business connection.

Go to the list of your Instagram accounts. Connect a new account using one of the available business connection options:

• Business connection with Instagram Login
• Business connection with Facebook Login

Step 3 – Verify that the script migrated widgets to the business connection.

After successfully connecting your Instagram account using the business connection, our script will attempt to migrate all widgets previously using the consumer connection to the business connection.

It’s essential to verify that the migration was successful. In some cases, the script might not upgrade certain widgets due to insufficient data from the business connection.

Visit your widget list and check the “Username” column. Ensure that widgets associated with your newly connected Instagram account display one of the following annotations:

• Business connection IG
• Business connection FB

Here is how the account in the username column looked like before the migration:

And here is after the migration:

If everything is correct, congratulations! You’ve successfully migrated your account and widgets to the business connection.

Step 4 (optional) – Manually migrate widgets to the business connection.

If the migration script didn’t complete the process, you’ll need to migrate the widgets manually:

1. Click the Show more button next to the widget in your widget list.
2. Click Edit widget button to enter edit mode.
3. Expand the Content section of the widget editor.
4. Select the account with the “Business connection IG/FB” annotation from the dropdown under the Instagram account option.
5. Click Save changes to apply the update.

Repeat this process for any other widgets that didn’t migrate automatically.

Step 5 (optional) – Resend invitations to developers.

Suppose you had previously sent developer invitations to manage your account and widgets. In that case, you must resend them for the newly connected account. Please follow these instructions to resend the invitation:

1. Go to the list of your developers.
2. Fill out the “Invite a new developer” form, ensuring you select the account with the “Business connection” annotation.
3. Click the Send invitation button.