How To Connect Bumpa to Instagram Account & enjoy the Meta integration feature

Hi there!

Have you been trying to connect your Instagram account to Bumpa, to help you manage and process Instagram sales faster?

Or you've heard of our Instagram Connection (Meta Integration) feature on Bumpa and you want to understand how it works so you can use it for your business or join a Bumpa subscription plan?

This article is going to explain the problems this connection solves and the opportunities it brings for your business and it finishes off with a step-by-step guide on how to connect your Instagram and Bumpa account.

Article Overview.

• What is the Bumpa-Meta integration all about?

• What benefits does connecting your Instagram and Bumpa account give to your business?

• To-Do List Before Connecting to Instagram

• How to Connect to Instagram (Step-by-Step Guide)

The Bumpa + Meta Integration: What is it?

In 2022, Bumpa announced a never-before-seen partnership with Facebook in a drive to improve e-commerce for business owners who sell on Instagram and Facebook.

Instagram sales have influenced 60% of purchasing decisions for most people between the ages of 18 and 35.

In its over 1 billion users, Instagram business statistics have shown that 130 million Instagram users click on shopping posts every month.

So for every business serious about growth or using one of the easiest, non-rent paying means to make more sales, selling well on Instagram is crucial.

What we have done with this integration is to find a way to connect the sales tools on Bumpa, like sending invoices, products, receipts, and order details to your Instagram account.

Benefits of Connecting to Bumpa to Your Instagram Account

So you might be wondering

"Why can't I just process my orders the same I usually do in my Instagram DM by myself?"

"What extra benefit could Bumpa possibly give me for Instagram, is it not just to respond to DM?"

I will list for you the top benefits of connecting Bumpa to your Instagram account:

1. You don't have to record orders twice: Upon connection, all Instagram orders will be automatically recorded saving you the stress of having to record Instagram sales after a long day.

2. Inventory Management: One of the problems that face business owners who sell on different platforms is how to manage their inventory.

This is because you can have 20 of a particular product on your website and 10 people may have ordered, 6 purchase through Instagram, 5 buy in your shop, and then 8 order on WhatsApp.

What now happens is you will have to be doing refunds up and down because you've oversold the product.

What this integration does is that every Instagram order automatically reduces your stock on your website and everywhere else, so you don't oversell a particular product.

3. Apply all your sales tools in your Instagram DM without stress: What happens in your connection is that your Instagram DMs enter the Bumpa app and you can send images, products, invoices, receipts, payment links and record the sale on Bumpa whilst your customer is getting it on Instagram

4. Protect your data privacy: This means that if your staff is using their Bumpa staff account, they don't need to have the password to your Instagram account anymore. They can simply help manage Instagram orders through the Bumpa app.

5. Get a backup plan for your Instagram account: One benefit of the Meta integration we came to discover later came from the review of a customer.

Instagram banned her business account and she had pending orders with payments she had received but she couldn't reconcile their addresses, names, handles & products they'd paid for.

However, because she had connected Bumpa to her Instagram account before it was banned, she was able to retrieve all her old messages, process her pending orders and find the handles of her customers to follow them back on her new page.

To-Do List Before Connecting Your Bumpa Account to Instagram.

Connection is very simple and takes less than 5 minutes if you've completed all the tasks listed below.

PS: It's important that you've done all the items in the list below before connecting. If just one item isn't done, you'll always encounter an error.

1. Switch your Instagram account to a Professional account.

2. Connect your Instagram account to your Facebook account.

3. Enable Instagram & Bumpa notifications on your phone settings.

4. Grant access to messages on Instagram.

5. Connect Your Business Facebook Page to Your Instagram Account.

How to Connect Your Instagram Account to Your Bumpa App.

• Ensure you've done everything required to connect as listed above.

• Open your Bumpa app.

• Click on the More button at the bottom of your screen.

• Scroll down and click on Connected Apps.

• Click on Continue

• Toggle on the Meta button

• Click on Connect to Meta

• Click on Continue to sign in to Facebook.

• Select the professional Instagram account you want to use with Bumpa (You can only choose one)

• Select the Facebook Page you want to link with Bumpa (you can only select one)

• Grant Bumpa permission for all the requests.

• Click on done and that's it!

Your Bumpa account is now connected to Instagram!

To get your first message on Bumpa, wait for your messages to load (this shouldn't take more than 2 minutes) send a DM to yourself, and wait for the message to show on your Bumpa app! Now you can start to processing Instagram sales 5 times faster.

NB: If you've done everything required and are still unable to connect Meta, please send an email to [email protected] and we'll fix the issue for you as soon as possible.

Tip: For more tips on how to make more sales with Instagram, click here.