LinkedIn Invitation Limit
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Did you know that there is a limit to the number of invitations you can send out on LinkedIn ?
I just learned that a while ago when a friend of mine told me that she can no longer send out connection requests with the default “Friend” selection. Each time she wanted to do that, LinkedIn required that she also added the e-mail address of this person.
Since I didn’t know why this was happening either (yes, that’s why I don’t call myself LinkedIn Guru), I researched theLinkedIn Answers platform about this.
And this is what I found out:
LinkedIn has an Invitation Limit
In a life time you get 3000 invitations to use.
Why such a limit ?
To prevent abuse from people who think quantity trumps quality and just send out random invitations. LinkedIn encourages all users to connect to their trusted professional contacts, and to others who welcome connections with new contacts. If you stick to these two groups, or even better use private messages to ask users if they would like to be connected, then your acceptance rates will be high.
What can you do if you have reached the limit anyway ?
Once you have used all your invitations, it is possible to request more and LinkedIn will release them in bundles of 100 if they feel that you have been using your invitations wisely and got high acceptance rates.
So what’s the moral of this story ?
In order to increase your acceptance rate, ALWAYS include a personal note in your invitation. Tell the person how you found out about him/her, and why you would like to connect.
I guarantee that your responses will be 90% positive.
Has anyone reached their invitation limit ? What happened ? How did LinkedIn respond? Please share with us in the comments below.
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Awesome article, very helpful and informative.
Thank you Charise, glad it was helpful !
Sarah, I think if you are not business suscriber (just basic), means if you are not paying a fee to Lkdin, you always have to provide an email address if you want to send an invitation as a friend. As soon as you are a paying member you can send a numbef of in-mails (3-10-25) per months.
Cheers, Michel
Hi Michel,
Another way to connect with people without having to pay for a membership, is to connect with them through Groups. Read more about groups here: http://bit.ly/wjta9m
thanks very much for your comment !
true, I have a basic account. But you can send out invitations as a friend even with a basic account. Up to the 3000 limit
Thanks for the RT as well, Michel, much appreciated