- How do I add a shop link to my Instagram bio?
- Open your Instagram profile, tap Edit profile, and add your store address in the links field. If you do not have a store link yet, create one first: with SmolBusiness you sign up with your phone number, add your products and get an address like yourname.smolbusiness.in to paste in.
- Can I put a product catalogue in my Instagram bio for free?
- Yes. You can create a store, list products and start taking orders without entering a credit card, and the link is yours to paste into your bio immediately. There is no commission on any sale. You get a one-time grant of 50 credits at signup, and a paid order spends a few of them based on its value.
- How many links can you put in an Instagram bio?
- Instagram gives your bio one link area, which is why what sits behind it matters so much. Rather than spending it on a page of buttons, point it at a catalogue where every product already has its own page and price. Instagram has changed the exact limit before, so check the field in Edit profile for what your account currently allows.
- What is the difference between a link in bio store and a link tree?
- A link tree is a list of URLs, so the visitor still has to choose where to go and usually ends up in your DMs asking the price. A link in bio store is the destination itself: products, prices, variants, live stock and a checkout that takes the payment. One sends people onward, the other completes the sale.
- Do my customers need an account to buy from my bio link?
- No. Buyers check out as guests. They confirm their phone number with a one-time code so the order is tied to a real number, but there is no password or profile to create, which is the step that loses most first-time buyers.
- Can I link a single product from a post or Story?
- Yes. Every product has its own page and its own link, so a drop post or a Story link sticker can go straight to that item rather than to your homepage. Your bio keeps the full catalogue link.
- What should my bio link say if I sell more than one kind of thing?
- Keep one catalogue link in the bio and organise inside the store with categories, then use Story and post links to send people to a specific product or drop. Splitting your bio across several destinations sends part of your traffic to a page that is not selling that day.
- Can I use my own domain instead of the subdomain?
- Yes, on a paid plan. You claim the domain, point its DNS, and once it verifies it becomes your store address everywhere, including the link you share. Until then your subdomain link works exactly as it does now.
- Is “DM to order” in my bio really a problem?
- It works, up to a point. The ceiling is that it caps your sales at the hours you are awake and replying: someone watching a reel at 1am can either order or wait for you. A catalogue link takes the order at 1am and shows you a record of it in the morning.
