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Tagging Instagram Shop Products

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Tagging products in Vista Social is very simple. All you need to do is to have a connected Instagram profile in Vista Social and an setup Instagram shop with products on Instagram. 

In this article:

 

 

Important:

  • You can tag up to 5 products per media item, and up to 20 in a multi-photo (carousel) post
  • You can’t tag the same product twice in a media item
  • You can’t choose where a tag will be in videos. Your tag will appear in the bottom left corner of the video
  • You can’t tag gift cards or specific types of products (e.g. color) in posts
  • Vista Social does not approve products or review product appeals
  • You can’t appeal products in Vista Social

 

 

Note:

On August 2023, Meta announced that businesses without check-out-enabled Shops on Facebook and Instagram would no longer be able to tag products on third-party tools (like Vista Social).

If you don't have check-out with Instagram set up, you'll need to upgrade your shops to checkout with Instagram before being able to tag your posts on any scheduling tool like ours.

 

 

Tagging products on image and carousel posts

1. Start by connecting your Instagram business profile to Vista Social

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2. Once your Instagram Business Profile is connected, compose a new post and attach one or more images

3. Click anywhere inside the image in the IG Preview area, and choose Tag a product

4. Search for and select the product you want to tag and once you're happy, publish your post!

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Tagging Products on Video Posts

1. Attach a video to your post and change the "Publish as" setting to "Reel". 

 

Note: Instagram has now stopped accepting 'feed only' video posts. All posts have to go out as 'reels' now with an option of 'showing in feed'.

2. In the Preview area for Instagram click on the product tag icon and search for your product. Then, publish your post.

 

Note: Keep in mind that only approved products from live shops are available for tagging

 

Troubleshooting

Some users have reported this error when tagging products in their posts to Instagram:

"We couldn't add/update/delete product tags on your product. The product ID may be incorrect, the product may have been deleted, or the app user may not have permission to tag the product."

 

Here are a few things to check

  1. Log in to the Instagram app on your phone and make sure you can tag this same product through your Instagram application.
  2. If the product is not visible in your app, it may have been deleted.
  3. You may also see a message that looks like this "Not available"

 

 

If you click on "Learn more" you will find this error message:
This product does not use the domain you selected for your shop on Instagram

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The reason for this is the mismatch between the domain that is set on your shop a website link provided in your product. Here are the steps to troubleshoot this:

1. Find the website connected to your shop.

2. Confirm the website link for each of your products:

3. Once you update the website, the product will be available for tagging.

 

Need further help?

If you have any questions or need additional help, feel free to contact our awesome support team. We are here to assist you! 💙

 

Related Reading:

Scheduling Instagram Stories with Vista Social

Instagram user tagging

Instagram account types explained: Business, Creator, Personal. Which should you use?

 

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