How Do Instagram Reposts Work? The Mechanics, Step by Step
An Instagram repost takes somebody else's public post and puts it on your profile with their credit still attached. It collects in a Reposts tab of its own rather than mixing into your grid, anyone who can see your profile can scroll that tab, and the account you reposted can see that you did it. Nothing about a repost is anonymous or private. The original post is untouched: it keeps its own likes, its own comments and its own audience, and the person who made it loses no credit, which is the difference between reposting and downloading a post to upload as your own. InstaBoost is a UK service that sells Instagram reposts, followers, likes, views, saves and shares, priced in pounds and paid through PayPal. The minimum reposts order is 50, the lowest minimum of anything we sell. Delivery starts within minutes, orders complete within 0-24 hours, no password is ever requested, and the account must be public for delivery to work.
What this costs on InstaBoost
| Reposts | Price | Per 1,000 | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | £0.79 | £15.80 | Order 50 reposts |
| 100 | £0.99 | £9.90 | Order 100 reposts |
| 250 | £1.79 | £7.16 | Order 250 reposts |
| 500 | £2.49 | £4.98 | Order 500 reposts |
| 1,000 | £3.99 | £3.99 | Order 1,000 reposts |
| 2,500 | £8.99 | £3.60 | Order 2,500 reposts |
| 5,000 | £16.99 | £3.40 | Order 5,000 reposts |
| 10,000 | £31.99 | £3.20 | Order 10,000 reposts |
What happens the moment a repost is made
The post is copied onto the reposting profile with the original creator's name still on it, and it starts appearing to that profile's followers. No file is downloaded, nothing is re-uploaded, and no caption is rewritten unless the reposter adds a note of their own alongside it.
The original stays exactly where it was. Its like count, comment count and audience are unaffected by being reposted, and the creator does not lose any engagement to the copy. This is why reposting is treated as a compliment rather than as theft, and why creators generally prefer it to a screenshot.
Only public posts can be reposted. A post from a private account cannot be passed along to a wider audience, which means nothing hidden is ever exposed by the feature.
Test the signal at the lowest minimum we sell
Fifty reposts is the smallest order on any service here. Post link only, paid in pounds through PayPal, with the price in the table at the top of this page.
Where a repost lives on your profile
Reposts gather in a Reposts tab on your profile, separate from your own grid. That separation is deliberate: your grid stays a record of what you made, and the Reposts tab becomes a record of what you chose to pass along. Both are visible to the same people.
The tab is cumulative and it stays that way until you remove something from it. People trying to understand an account often read the Reposts tab more carefully than the grid, because what somebody amplifies says more than what they publish about themselves.
There is no setting that keeps a Reposts tab private while the rest of a public profile stays open. If you would rather keep a post without anyone knowing, saving it to a private collection is the tool for that, because saves are invisible to everyone including the creator.
Make a good post look widely passed on
A repost count is read as a stronger endorsement than a like, because it costs the reposter a slot on their own profile. Delivery completes within 0-24 hours.
Who can see a repost, and who gets told
A repost is exactly as public as the account doing the reposting. On a public profile, anyone can see it. On a private profile, only accepted followers can see it, and it never reaches anyone outside that list. The repost inherits your privacy setting, not the setting of the account you reposted.
The original creator can generally see which accounts have passed their post along, so reposting is a public credit rather than a quiet copy. Most creators welcome it, and reposting a business or a creator you want to work with is a reasonable way to introduce yourself to them.
Your own followers may see the repost in their feed as well as on your profile. That is the point of the feature: it is a way of putting something in front of your audience without pretending you made it.
For a launch post that has to travel
A thousand reposts suits a campaign post rather than an ordinary weekly one. Paced delivery, public account required, 30-day refill on every order.
Reposts, story shares and saves are three different things
The three get confused constantly, and they behave very differently. A repost is public, carries your name, and stays until you remove it. A story share is public but expires after 24 hours. A save is completely private, visible only to the person who saved it and to the creator as a number in their insights.
That difference decides which one is worth buying on a post. Reposts make a post look like it travelled and stayed somewhere. Shares make it look like it is being passed around right now. Saves make it look like a reference people wanted to keep.
- Repost: public, credited, permanent until removed, sits in a Reposts tab.
- Story share: public, expires after 24 hours, no permanent record.
- Save: private, invisible to everyone but the saver, counted in insights.
- Send in a DM: private, seen only by the people it was sent to.
- Minimums here: reposts 50, shares 100, saves 100.
How to undo a repost, and what that does not fix
You remove a repost the same way you made it, through the menu on the repost itself. It leaves your Reposts tab immediately and stops appearing in feeds from that point onwards.
What removing it cannot do is unsend it. Everyone who already saw it has already seen it, and a screenshot outlives any button. Treat the decision to repost as the permanent one and the removal as tidying up afterwards.
If you bought reposts on one of your own posts and then deleted the post, the order cannot be redirected to a different one. Keep the post up until delivery has finished.
What buying reposts does, and what it does not
Buying reposts raises the repost count on one specific post you name, and that is the whole of the effect. Because passing a post along costs the reposter a slot on their own profile, the number reads as a stronger endorsement than a like, and a post that looks like it travelled makes the next reader more willing to pass it on.
It does not bring followers, it does not put the post in front of a chosen audience, and it does not make Instagram show it to more people by itself. Anyone describing bought reposts as a growth strategy is overselling them. They are a credibility signal on a single post, most useful on a launch or a pinned post.
Nobody can promise Instagram will leave every repost in place. Some drop is possible, which is why every order carries a 30-day refill window: if the count falls inside that month we top it back up at no extra cost, and after 30 days the refill no longer applies.
How a reposts order works on this site
The minimum reposts order is 50. You give the link to the post you want reposted, choose a quantity, and pay through PayPal in pounds. There is no account to create on this site, no password is ever requested, and delivery happens entirely from outside your profile.
Delivery starts within minutes of payment clearing and completes within 0-24 hours, paced rather than dropped in one block. The price for every quantity sits in the table at the top of this page, drawn from the same list the checkout charges from.
The account must be public for the whole delivery, because a private profile cannot receive anything from outside. If an order appears to have stalled, the first two things to check are whether the account was switched to private and whether the post was archived or deleted.
Questions people ask before ordering
How do Instagram reposts work?
A repost copies somebody else's public post onto your profile with their credit still attached. It collects in a Reposts tab separate from your grid, anyone who can see your profile can scroll it, and the original creator can generally see that you reposted them. The original post keeps its own likes, comments and audience.
Where do Instagram reposts appear?
In a Reposts tab on your own profile, alongside your grid rather than inside it. Your followers may also see the repost in their feed. The tab is cumulative and stays that way until you remove an entry, so it works as a record of everything you chose to pass along.
Does the original creator know when you repost them?
Yes. Reposting is a public credit rather than a quiet copy, and creators can generally see which accounts passed their post along. Most treat it as a compliment, which is why the built-in repost button is better manners than downloading a post and re-uploading it as your own.
Are Instagram reposts public?
A repost is exactly as public as the account doing the reposting. On a public profile anyone can see it; on a private profile only accepted followers can. The repost inherits your own privacy setting, not the setting of the account you reposted.
How do I delete a repost?
Open the repost on your profile and remove it through its own menu. It leaves your Reposts tab and stops appearing in feeds from that moment. Anyone who already saw it has already seen it, so treat the original decision to repost as the permanent one.
What is the difference between a repost and a story share?
A repost is permanent until removed, carries your name, and sits in a Reposts tab on your profile. A story share is public but disappears after 24 hours and leaves no record behind. That is why a single repost usually carries more weight than several story shares.
What is the minimum reposts order here?
Fifty reposts, the lowest minimum of anything sold on this site. You give the link to the post, choose a quantity, and pay in pounds through PayPal. There is no account to create and no password is ever requested, because delivery works from outside your profile.
Can I buy reposts for a private account?
No. The account must be public for the whole delivery, because reposts are delivered from outside your profile and a private account cannot receive them. Keep the post live until the order finishes, since an order cannot be moved to a different post once placed.