Account Rules
Overview
Account connection rules protect user privacy and ensure compliance with Instagram's terms of service. Only authorized account owners or authorized representatives may connect accounts.
Key Features
- Ownership verification required
- Client consent documentation
- Administrative access requirement
- Authorization compliance
- Zero-tolerance violation policy
How to Account Rules
Account Ownership
You may only connect Instagram accounts that you personally own. This means you must be the registered owner of the account or have legal authority to manage it.
Client Account Authorization
For client accounts, you must have explicit written consent from the account owner. This consent should clearly authorize you to connect and manage the account through Inflowave.
Administrative Access Required
You must have administrative or full access permissions to any account you connect. This ensures you have the necessary authority to manage the account.
Documentation Requirements
Maintain documentation of authorization for client accounts. This may include signed agreements, email confirmations, or other written proof of consent.
Violation Consequences
Connecting accounts without proper authorization results in immediate account termination without refund. This includes accounts you do not own or lack consent to manage.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the account connection rules on Inflowave?
You may only connect Instagram accounts that you own or client accounts for which you have explicit written consent. You must have administrative access to any account you connect. Connecting accounts without proper authorization is strictly prohibited and results in immediate account termination without refund.
Why Account Rules matters
Account Rules sits inside the Rules workflow inside Inflowave, and the way you configure it shapes how the rest of the platform behaves. Account connection rules protect user privacy and ensure compliance with Instagram's terms of service. Only authorized account owners or authorized representatives may connect accounts. Inflowave was built so the building blocks - accounts, automations, calendars, campaigns - connect cleanly without you having to glue together a third-party stack.
The fastest way to get value out of this is to treat the steps above as a checklist on your first pass, then come back and tune the details after you've seen real traffic flow through. Most teams using Inflowave at scale (agencies running 10–50 client accounts, creators with multiple profiles, businesses with several brand handles) find that the initial setup takes 15–30 minutes per account and pays back within the first day of saved manual replies.
If you run into anything unexpected, the support team replies inside business hours via the in-app chat and the documentation here covers every rules feature in the same level of detail. The Rules section also has companion articles that walk through related workflows - the "Related articles" links at the bottom of this page point at the most-used ones in this category.
Finally, every rules feature in Inflowave is included in the Basic plan. There is no upsell gate to access account rules or any of the steps described above. If your account is missing a button you see in this article, it's almost always because a workflow or permission needs to be enabled - not because it's a paid add-on. Reach out and the team will point you to the toggle.