Can I connect Shopify to Instagram without selling product but just post?

Shopify Apps

Topic summary

A user wants to automatically post Shopify products to a personal Instagram account with images, titles, and descriptions—but without prices or selling functionality.

Key limitation identified:

  • Instagram’s API only allows automated posting to Business or Creator accounts, not personal accounts
  • Any service claiming full automation for personal accounts violates Instagram’s terms and risks account suspension

Suggested workarounds:

  • Export product data from Shopify (CSV or files with images, titles, descriptions)
  • Use Instagram’s native in-app scheduling tool to manually upload and schedule posts
  • Consider apps like Instafeed or Elfsight Instagram Feed for manual post creation from exported data

Status: No automated solution exists that’s both safe and compliant with Instagram’s policies for personal accounts. Manual or semi-manual workflows are the only viable options.

Summarized with AI on October 24. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I need to connect Shopify to personal - not business - Instagram account to post on Instagram every Shopify product without price and without selling. Just one post (manually or scheduled post) for each product with images, title and description. Flux is from Shopify product to Instagram post. Are there apps to do this without use Instagram shops and using personal Instagram account? Thanks

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Hi @creationmanidifata

Unfortunately, for a fully automated solution, there are no official or safe workarounds that will work with a personal Instagram account. This is a strict limitation from Instagram’s API, which only grants auto-posting permissions to Creator or Business accounts in order to prevent spam and protect account security.

Any service that claims to offer full automation for a personal account is using unofficial methods that violate Instagram’s terms and could put your account at risk of being banned.

Hope this helps!

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Hi @creationmanidifata ,
Yes, you can post Shopify products to a personal Instagram account without prices or selling, but full automation isn’t possible due to API limits.

  1. Export product data (images, title, description) from Shopify Admin > Products > Export CSV or Files.
  2. Use Instagram’s native scheduling (free, in-app) to manually upload images, add title/description as captions (no price), and schedule one post per product.
  3. Or use apps like Instafeed (free) or Elfsight Instagram Feed (free) to manually create/schedule posts from exported data to your personal account.