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How It Works

Section titled “How It Works”

Get started in 7 simple steps

  1. Sign in and connect TikTok

    Section titled “Sign in and connect TikTok”

    Sign in to Posty5 and connect your own TikTok account through TikTok OAuth.

  2. Upload authorized video

    Section titled “Upload authorized video”

    Upload a video that you created or have the rights to publish.

  3. Confirm TikTok nickname

    Section titled “Confirm TikTok nickname”

    Open the TikTok publishing screen and confirm the connected TikTok nickname.

  4. Review preview

    Section titled “Review preview”

    Review the video preview before publishing.

  5. Edit caption

    Section titled “Edit caption”

    Edit the caption and hashtags manually.

  6. Select privacy

    Section titled “Select privacy”

    Select a privacy option manually from the available options returned for your TikTok account. Posty5 does not preselect a privacy value.

  7. Choose interactions

    Section titled “Choose interactions”

    Choose comment, duet, and stitch settings where available. These options are not enabled by default.

  8. Complete disclosure

    Section titled “Complete disclosure”

    Complete commercial content disclosure if the video promotes yourself, a brand, product, or service.

  9. Confirm declaration

    Section titled “Confirm declaration”

    Review TikTok’s posting declaration and explicitly confirm publishing.

  10. Submit and track status

    Section titled “Submit and track status”

    After confirmation, Posty5 submits the video to TikTok and displays the processing status.

TikTok Direct Post

Section titled “TikTok Direct Post”

TikTok publishing in Posty5 is always creator-controlled. The connected TikTok account owner reviews the video, confirms the connected TikTok nickname, edits the caption, manually selects privacy and interaction settings, completes disclosure options when needed, and explicitly confirms publishing before any content is sent to TikTok.

Original or authorized content

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Users must only publish videos they created or have the rights to publish. Posty5 does not use TikTok Direct Post to copy arbitrary third-party videos from other platforms.

What Posty5 does not do for TikTok

Section titled “What Posty5 does not do for TikTok”

For TikTok Direct Post, Posty5 does not automatically repost videos from other platforms, does not publish without user confirmation, does not choose privacy settings by default, does not enable comments, duet, or stitch by default, and does not add watermarks or forced promotional text to the uploaded video.

Post Status

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Track your post status across all social platforms.

Pending

Section titled “Pending”

Your post is queued and waiting to be published.

Processing

Section titled “Processing”

Your post is being processed and prepared for publishing.

Processing on Platform

Section titled “Processing on Platform”

Your post is currently being processed on the platform.

Done

Section titled “Done”

Your post has been published successfully.

Error

Section titled “Error”

An error occurred while publishing the post.

Failed by Platform

Section titled “Failed by Platform”

The platform rejected or failed to publish this post.

Needs maintenance

Section titled “Needs maintenance”

This post needs maintenance before it can continue. Review the issue and update the post settings or connected account.

Canceled

Section titled “Canceled”

This post was canceled before publishing.

Invalid video URL

Section titled “Invalid video URL”

The video URL is invalid or cannot be reached. Check the link, make sure the file is accessible, and try again.

Best Practices

Section titled “Best Practices”

Optimize your content for maximum engagement

Video Optimization

Section titled “Video Optimization”
  • Use MP4 format with H.264 encoding
  • 9,16 vertical aspect ratio (1080x1920)
  • Check each platform’s current video limits before submitting.

Content Strategy

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  • Tailor captions to each platform’s audience
  • Use only content you created or have the rights to publish.
  • Review TikTok captions, disclosure options, and privacy settings before submitting.

Posting Schedule

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  • TikTok, 6-10 PM, Tuesday-Thursday
  • YouTube, 2-4 PM weekdays
  • Instagram, 11 AM-2 PM, 7-9 PM

Engagement Tips

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  • Monitor platform-specific analytics
  • Check comments and platform notifications separately for each connected account.
  • Test different posting times for your audience

Publishing a long video

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Long video follows the same flow as a short one. The two differences are that Posty5 measures the length of your file, and that not every connected account accepts a video of any length.

  1. Choose Long Video

    Section titled “Choose Long Video”

    Open Post New and pick Long Video as the content type.

  2. Choose where it goes

    Section titled “Choose where it goes”

    Publish to a workspace, which posts to every account connected to it, or to a single account.

  3. Add your video

    Section titled “Add your video”

    Upload the file, or point Posty5 at a direct video URL you already host. A large upload takes a while — if a Pause control appears you can stop and resume it, and if it does not, keep the tab open until the upload finishes.

  4. Check the length and the price

    Section titled “Check the length and the price”

    Once the upload completes, Posty5 reads the video and shows its exact length and what the post will cost. This is measured from the file itself, so it is the number you will be charged. A video over 60 minutes is refused here, before anything is created.

  5. Check which accounts accept it

    Section titled “Check which accounts accept it”

    Platforms disagree about how long a video may be. Posty5 shows which of your connected accounts will take this one before you publish.

  6. Write the caption and per-platform settings

    Section titled “Write the caption and per-platform settings”

    Exactly as for a short video — one caption, plus anything you want to change for an individual platform.

  7. Publish now or schedule it

    Section titled “Publish now or schedule it”

    Send it immediately, or choose a time. A scheduled long video sits in the queue exactly like a short one, and you can move it before it goes out.

  8. Follow the status

    Section titled “Follow the status”

    The status page reports each platform separately. A long video takes longer to reach the platforms than a short one, so expect it to sit in progress for a while.

Connecting your accounts

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Open Accounts in the dashboard menu and connect a new account. The Connect Account page lists every platform Posty5 publishes to.

  1. Pick the platform

    Section titled “Pick the platform”

    Choose Facebook Pages, Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok or YouTube. On the Free and Starter plans the X card shows a Pro badge, because connecting and publishing to X need the Pro plan or higher.

  2. Approve access on the platform

    Section titled “Approve access on the platform”

    You are sent to the platform to sign in and approve access, then brought back to Posty5, which verifies the connection.

  3. Review the connected account

    Section titled “Review the connected account”

    The new account appears with its name and picture. From here you can create a post, add default comments or change its default settings.

Two ways to connect Instagram

Section titled “Two ways to connect Instagram”
  • Choose Instagram to connect a Business or Creator account directly with Instagram Login. No Facebook Page is needed.
  • Choose Facebook Pages to connect your Pages. Every Instagram account linked to one of those Pages is connected with it.
  • Each Instagram account card says how it was connected, via Instagram or via Facebook. The account details page shows the same under Connected through.

Publishing now or scheduling for later

Section titled “Publishing now or scheduling for later”

Every post form ends with a choice between Publish now and Schedule for later. Publishing now works on every plan. Schedule for later needs the Pro plan or higher, and it shows a Pro badge on the Free and Starter plans.

  • Choose Schedule for later, then pick the date and time in Select Date & Time. The time is in your own time zone and must be at least 5 minutes ahead.
  • Until a scheduled post starts publishing, open it and use Re-schedule. Pick a new time on the Pro plan or higher, or clear the time to publish it right away on any plan.
  • Posts you scheduled before changing your plan still go out at the time you chose.

Publishing a text post

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A text post carries words only. It is available on every plan and goes to Facebook Pages, Threads and X.

  1. Choose Text

    Section titled “Choose Text”

    Pick Text as the post type in Post New, or in Create Post on a workspace or an account.

  2. Write the text

    Section titled “Write the text”

    Write the post in Text. Threads takes up to 500 characters and X up to 280, so each has its own section that shows what it will carry.

  3. Section titled “Add a link for Facebook”

    Link (Facebook) is optional. Facebook shows it as a preview under the post.

  4. Add a poll or a quote on X

    Section titled “Add a poll or a quote on X”

    For X you can add a poll with 2 to 4 choices of up to 25 characters, or quote another X post by its link. One post cannot carry both.

  5. Publish or schedule

    Section titled “Publish or schedule”

    Publish it now, or schedule it for later on the Pro plan or higher.

Publishing images and carousels

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Image posts, carousels included, need the Pro plan or higher. One image is a normal image post, and two to ten images make a carousel.

  • Choose Image, then add each image by uploading a file or pasting a public image link. Use Add image for the next one, up to 10.
  • Carousels go to Facebook, Instagram and Threads. X takes up to 4 images, so it gets the first 4. TikTok and YouTube do not take image posts.

Publishing a story

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Stories need the Starter plan or higher. A story is one image or one video, sent to Instagram and Facebook Pages, and it disappears 24 hours after it goes out.

  • Choose Story, pick Image or Video, then upload a file or paste a public link.
  • A story has no caption, comments, hashtags or link.
  • Publish a story now, or schedule it on the Pro plan or higher.

Reusing hashtags with hashtag groups

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Hashtag groups are free on every plan. Save a set of hashtags once, then add it to any post instead of typing the tags again.

  • Open Hashtag Groups in the dashboard menu and create a group with a name and up to 30 hashtags. Turn on Pin this group for the groups you use most.
  • In the video, image or text form, pick up to 5 groups and add up to 30 more hashtags for that post alone.
  • Posty5 adds the hashtags to each platform up to what it accepts. Instagram takes 30, YouTube 15 and X 5. A hashtag that does not fit is left out and the post still goes out. On Threads the first hashtag becomes the post topic tag.
Section titled “Counting clicks with tracked links”

Tracked links need the Pro plan or higher. Turn on Track the links in this post, and each link in the post becomes a Posty5 short link for each platform, so you can see how many clicks every platform brought.

  • Each link gets UTM tags. The source is the platform, the medium is social unless you fill in UTM medium, and UTM campaign is yours to set. UTM tags already in your link are kept.
  • A post can track up to 10 links, and each one is charged as a short link. See the Credits page for the current price.
  • The post status page lists every tracked link with its platform, its click count and the time of its last click.
  • Instagram and TikTok do not make links in captions clickable, so few people will open a tracked link there.
  • Links are tracked once, when the post is created. Deleting the post later keeps its short links working.

Tracked links are Posty5 short links, the same kind the URL Shortener creates. Open the URL Shortener guide

Seeing your posts on the calendar

Section titled “Seeing your posts on the calendar”

Open Calendar in the dashboard menu to see a month of posts, day by day. The calendar is available on every plan.

  • A scheduled post sits on the day it was scheduled for, even after it goes out. Any other post sits on the day it was published, or the day it was created if it has not gone out yet.
  • Days follow the time zone of your profile, or of your browser when the profile has none, and the calendar names it.
  • Each day shows its scheduled, done and failed counts and its first few posts. Filter by post type or status. On a phone the calendar shows as a list of days.

Scheduling many posts from a CSV file

Section titled “Scheduling many posts from a CSV file”

Bulk scheduling needs the Pro plan or higher. It creates up to 50 text and image posts from one CSV file.

  1. Open Bulk Schedule

    Section titled “Open Bulk Schedule”

    Open Create Post on a workspace or an account and pick Bulk Schedule.

  2. Download the template

    Section titled “Download the template”

    Use Download template for a CSV file with the right columns. Every row needs a type, text or image, and a caption. An image row takes up to 10 image links, which make a carousel.

  3. Set a time for each row

    Section titled “Set a time for each row”

    Give a row its own time in scheduled_at, or leave it empty and use Spread, which schedules those rows one after another from a start time, 5 to 1440 minutes apart.

  4. Check the preview

    Section titled “Check the preview”

    Posty5 reads the file and shows every row. Rows with a problem are marked, and the batch cannot be sent until they are fixed.

  5. Schedule the posts

    Section titled “Schedule the posts”

    Before anything is created, Posty5 checks that your credits cover the whole batch. The results then show each row as created or failed, with a link to each post. Turn on Stop on the first error to stop at the first failure.

Engagement on Threads and X

Section titled “Engagement on Threads and X”

When a post is published to Threads or X, its status page adds an Engagement card with the numbers each platform reports, such as views, likes, replies and reposts, and the time they were read. Other platforms do not report engagement to Posty5.