How to avoid restrictions on LinkedIn?

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Using LinkedIn can offer an extremely positive return on investment if you master the subtleties of the tool and apply certain basic rules to avoid restrictions on LinkedIn .

But beware: intensive use without a framework will result in restrictions from LinkedIn. Or worse, a permanent ban from your account.

If you’re looking for a solution, check out our Waalaxy tool, which is not affected by LinkedIn restrictions. Otherwise, in this article, we explain all the different LinkedIn restrictions and our tips for getting out of them. 👊

In this article, we go over these basic rules you need to know to avoid this kind of situation.

 

Restrictions on LinkedIn: share quotas

LinkedIn wants you to use their tool, but they don’t want you spamming people in the network all day long. On LinkedIn, there are 4 types of direct interaction (excluding likes and comments) with users:

  • Profile visit
  • Profile follow-up
  • Connection request
  • Messages

Each type of action has a maximum daily “quota” that must not be exceeded, at the risk of suffering restrictions from LinkedIn.
This quota is different for each type of action, and also varies according to specific criteria associated with your account.
For example, your quotas will be slightly higher if you have a premium account. And if you have an older account with a large network.

Unfortunately, these quotas are a “black box” (LinkedIn doesn’t reveal how they are determined).

At Waalaxy, thanks to extensive in-house testing, we have determined the maximum quotas that can be reached without putting your account at risk in the long term:

The invitation limit is 200 per week (without notes) for the majority of accounts, and 30 to 100 per week for certain restricted accounts (new account type).

  • Connection request: between 80 and 100 per day (within the limit of 200 per week).
  • Sending messages: between 100 and 150 per day,
  • Profile follow-up: between 80 and 100 per day,
  • Profile visit: between 100 and 150 per day,
  • This number is 3 for the Freemium plan.

It is possible to momentarily (and to a limited extent) exceed these quotas for a day or two. Your account will not necessarily be restricted if you send 101 connection requests on a given day.

But, if you exceed this quota too frequently, LinkedIn will eventually apply restrictions to your account.

You won’t be able to send connection requests for a number of days, and you’ll receive a warning.
If you do it again after a warning, LinkedIn may suspend your account permanently.

 

Restrictions on LinkedIn: Search quotas

On LinkedIn, you can perform searches to access certain people, whether to generate lead lists or search for candidates, you’ll need to use the search function.
As you’d expect, you can’t perform an infinite number of searches with LinkedIn’s standard (free) subscription. Yes, it’s also in their interest to make you pay!

Here too, LinkedIn sets a maximum search quota for free users. It’s a black box too, of course, but we at Waalaxy can tell you that if you consult more than 200-300 search pages per day.

You’ll no longer have access to search results, and you’ll need to take out a paid subscription to continue. Nevertheless, we’ve found a step-by-step guide to using Sales Navigator without paying for it.

 

Suspicious behavior and risky tools

LinkedIn doesn’t like “suspicious” behavior – that is, behavior that appears to be carried out by robots, not humans.

Some tools are riskier than others. LinkedIn doesn’t like it at all if an account is used in a certain country (France, for example). Only to be used on the other side of the world (in the USA, for example) a few hours later.

We therefore strongly advise against the use of cloud solutions (such as Meet-Alfred, we-connect, Phantombuster or Neodeal).

These solutions have the advantage of being able to send actions from your LinkedIn account without you having your computer on with a LinkedIn tab open.

But it won’t take long for LinkedIn to detect the use of such a tool and suspend your account, or apply restrictions.

So, LinkedIn doesn’t like fake accounts, and usually spots them easily, while getting better every day. So it’s getting harder and harder to fool the LinkedIn algorithm.

But, with the right process and precautions, it’s still possible to create fake accounts undetected.

Finally, LinkedIn doesn’t like multi-accounts. We strongly advise against disconnecting from one LinkedIn account and reconnecting to another in the same breath. If you use several LinkedIn accounts, you’ll need to use dedicated Chrome sessions.

 

Account reputation

Once again, the LinkedIn algorithm that detects these behaviors is a black box, so there are no exact rules.

Rather, there is a set of “best practices” that guarantee, with a high confidence index, that your account will not be restricted.

To sum up, we can imagine the algorithm as a robot that assigns you a “score” according to certain criteria and actions you perform on LinkedIn. The higher this score, the less likely you are to be restricted, and vice versa.

Among the factors that come into play are :

  • The acceptance rate of connection requests: be careful, if this rate is too low (<20%), LinkedIn might think you’re sending requests to people you don’t know and who have no interest in accepting your request, and this will pass for spam.
  • The size of your network and the number of people sending you connection requests (the greater the number of people sending you connection requests).
    The more “quality” your account is in LinkedIn’s eyes, the less “at risk” you’ll be of being restricted). An account that has over 10,000 connections and receives several dozen connection requests a day won’t have much to fear.
  • The ability to verify your account with ID. An account that has been verified with ID is much less likely to be restricted than one that has not, since the verified account rules out the possibility of the account being a fake.
  • The number of people following you. If a large number of people follow you but don’t have you in their network. You’ll be identified as an influencer by LinkedIn, which will considerably reduce your chances of being restricted.
  • The age of your account: an older account will be less at risk than a newer one.

To avoid restrictions on LinkedIn, it’s important to know all these tips, especially if you prospect a lot.

 

Bonus

If you want to further reduce the chances of your account being restricted, avoid sending actions on weekends, and outside office hours 😉

If you’re looking for a solution, check out our Waalaxy tool, which isn’t affected by LinkedIn’s restrictions. Otherwise, in this article, we explain all the different LinkedIn restrictions and our tips for getting around them. 👊

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Amandine

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