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Request post through comments

Step-by-step and best practices for requesting Instagram posts through comments

Erik Droh avatar
Written by Erik Droh
Updated over a year ago

There are two ways to request content rights through Cevoid: sending a direct message or leaving a comment under the original post.

This article explains how to request posts through comments. Click here to learn how to request rights through direct messages.

When sending a request through the comments field, you ask the creator to answer with a hashtag to approve your request.


Set up your comment request templates

When you send a request, you have access to your templates which includes all the necessary information for a message. We recommend that you set up at least one template for each language you plan to send requests in.

To set up a message template for comments,

  1. Navigate to Settings > Instagram

  2. Click Edit next to request message

  3. Select Comments

  4. Click New message

  5. Enter the following information

    1. Title - Used internally by your team

    2. Approve hashtag - The hashtag you want members to use for approval

    3. Website terms - Link to your Terms of Service

    4. Request message - The default message you want to use for this template

      1. Include the tags %{approveHashtag}% and %{terms}% to dynamically replace the text with your Approve hashtag and Website terms

  6. Click Create

Guidelines for terms of service can be found here


Send a request through the comments field

To request content rights through Instagram comments:

  1. Click Request

  2. Select Comment

  3. Select your template in the drop down

  4. Click Copy message

  5. Click Open post

  6. Paste your request message in the comment section and press send.

  7. Return to the Cevoid platform

  8. Click I have sent message

  9. Once you’ve received their approval, the post will be available in Library > Inbox

One click request for Mentions

If the post you want to request is a @mentioned post, you will see a Send message button, allowing you to send the request directly from the Cevoid platform automatically and skip step 3-6 mentioned above.


Auto-approve

If you want the post to display directly in your galleries when the user has approved your request, you can check the Auto-approve box.


Post status after you have sent a request

After you’ve sent your request, note that a post can have four different statuses.

Pending status means you’ve sent the request, and the creator has yet to respond.

Approved status means the creator has replied to your comment with the accepted hashtag, allowing you to use their content.

Declined status means the creator has rejected your request to use their content.

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