Instagram counterfeit sellers live and die by their bio link. Reporting the account works far better when the filing targets the trademark use in the profile itself.
A single post removal barely slows a counterfeit shop. Account-level trademark reports, with your registration number and examples of brand misuse in the bio and highlights, are what get profiles disabled.
Most Instagram counterfeit sellers funnel to a standalone site or a messaging app. Capture the destination before filing. A report that includes the linked storefront gives the platform a fuller picture and gives you the next target.
Sellers move product through stories because they vanish. Screen-record the story, the profile, and the linked checkout in one session before you file anything.
Disabled accounts respawn under near-identical names. Keep a running list of handle patterns, follower counts, and linked domains. Filing against the pattern, not the account, is what eventually raises the cost of coming back.