How to get Facebook Instant Articles approved- October 2018

Instant articles for Facebook pages are good way for earning revenue for the people who have good number of fans on Facebook or are planning to do that with new page. But Facebook has become strict for the approval process of Instant Articles. In 2017, Facebook used to approve the articles in 2-3 days. But now the process has become bit complicated and some people get confused whatever they need to do to get approved for Facebook Instant Articles.

Are you Eligible for Facebook Instant Articles?

You should have page which is 3 months or more old to start instant articles. However the new websites can be used to apply for instant articles. The website should have Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Contact Us pages. Your website should have published posts. If you don't have website, you can create it here for cheap rates- Create a Website

Steps to get approved Instant Articles for Facebook Page-

• First you need to Sign up for Instant Articles for your page.
• Go to publishing tools of your page.
• Under the instant articles section go to Configuration.
• Now try to add your website in the section Connect your site on Configuration Page.
• Most of the people will get the minimal readership error. You can read this post to get this problem solved- How to Fix Minimal Readership error for Facebook Instant Articles
• After your website has cleared the minimal readership, you can add your website or domain there.
• But it will be reviewed by Facebook and will show pending URL status.
• Keep on giving traffic to your website from Facebook for few days.
• Your URL, domain or website link will be approved within few days.
• After the URL get approved, publish at least 10 instant articles in the production library.
• Then submit for review.
• Hopefully you will get a positive reply within 2-3 days from Facebook.

Facebook usually do not send notification when the page is approved fro Instant Articles. You will have to manually check by going to Configuration in Instant Articles section of your page. If you have any problem, you can contact us on our Facebook Page.