Find Brands That Pay Creators: Instagram Goldmine
4:52 walkthrough · published July 28, 2026 · recorded inside the app, narrated start to finish
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Who is paying?. The easiest brands to pitch are the ones already paying creators like you. Instagram Goldmine finds them: it starts from a few creators in your niche, follows Instagram's suggested-for-you trail, and collects every post tagged as paid.
Power User feature. Quick note on plans. Instagram Goldmine is a Power User feature. On the Beginner plan it is hidden from the sidebar. Upgrade any time in Settings, under Subscription.
It only looks. It reads public profiles and posts. No follows, no likes, no messages. Sign in to Instagram once here and every Instagram butler shares that session.
Seeds. Seed usernames: three to ten creators whose audience overlaps yours. Handles or profile links both work.
Run mode and size. Run mode decides how wide it goes, min followers sets the floor, and max suggested per seed and max profiles per run cap the walk. Keep the first run small.
What counts as paid. What counts as paid: posts with hashtag ad disclosures, posts with the paid partnership label, or posts with tagged or mentioned brands. Tick the ones that matter to you.
Safe mode. Safe mode doubles the human delays. Slower, and far less likely to get the session blocked. Leave it on.
Harvest emails. Harvest tagged brand emails pulls the contact email from each brand it finds, and Also check the bio-link website chases the email one step further. Slower, but that is the pitch list.
Watch it run. Watch it run in the top bar keeps the browser on screen. It applies to every butler.
Start Discovery. Start Discovery opens Chrome and walks the graph. It takes a while, so start it and come back. Not pressed today.
Qualifying posts. The qualifying posts table: the creator, their followers and engagement rate, the post, why it qualified, the brands mentioned, and the brand email when it found one. Search it, or filter by pitched status.
Send it on. Tick rows and Send to Pitch Butler carries the brand, the creator and the post across, or send the creators to Group Invite Butler. Export CSV keeps the lot.
Next step. Your next step: three seeds, twenty-five profiles, safe mode on, harvest emails on. Run it once, then pitch the brands that show up twice.
Instagram Goldmine finds the brands already paying creators in your niche, and hands you the email address to reach them. This walkthrough covers signing in, picking your seed creators, how the...