What is the price of renting a LinkedIn account, and what else does it cost?

01 Why people look for a rented LinkedIn account

Almost everyone who searches for an account rental price has the same problem. One LinkedIn account sends about 100 connection requests per week, and they need to reach more people than that each month. The weekly invite limit page explains where that number comes from.

LinkedIn's help page says all members, Basic and Premium, are subject to invitation limits and that you cannot buy or acquire more invitations ³. So a second account looks like the obvious fix, and renting one looks faster than building one. That is a fair line of thought. The question is what it really costs and what else could do the same job.

02 What a rental provider's price page says

Prices differ by provider, so read each one's own page. Here is what MirrorProfiles' pricing page says about its accounts, in its own words where it matters ¹.

• Europe: 100 € per profile per month, with a European dedicated IP ¹.
• North America: 150 $ per profile per month, and the page says the price is higher because data is more expensive in the United States ¹.
• Replacement: the page lists accounts as replaced within 24 hours ¹.
• No trial period: the page says temporary access to a LinkedIn account is risky and impractical ¹.
• Refunds: the page says it does not offer refunds once you have accessed the account, unless the error was caused by them ¹.
• Sales Navigator: the page says accounts are rented without it by default ¹.

03 The costs that come on top of the monthly fee

The rent is the line you see first. A rented account does nothing by itself, so the real monthly cost is the rent plus everything it takes to use it.

• A tool to send from it. MirrorProfiles' pricing page itself offers automation tool subscriptions to add to the rental ¹.
• Sales Navigator, if you want it. It is not included by default, so it is a second subscription on each account.
• A list worth sending to. Someone has to find the right people and check their details.
• Writing and replies. Messages have to be written, and every reply has to be read and answered by a person.
• Downtime. When an account is replaced, its conversations and its network go with it. You start that account's outreach again.

04 What LinkedIn's terms say about renting

LinkedIn's User Agreement is plain on this. It says members will not share their account with anyone else ². Among its list of things members agree not to do, it names using another person's account, such as by sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies ².

MirrorProfiles' page is open about who carries that. It says clients remain solely responsible for the use of their accounts and for complying with LinkedIn's terms of service ¹.

In practice that means three things to plan for. An account can be restricted or lost, and LinkedIn decides when. You never own the network the account has built, so nothing carries over when you stop paying. And your prospects are talking to a profile that is not you or your team.

05 Other ways to reach more people each month

Renting is one way to add capacity. These are the others, each with what is good and bad about it.

• More senders from your own team. Colleagues' real profiles in rotation add capacity with no rent, but each one needs time and a person behind it. See multiple LinkedIn senders.
• InMail to people with Open Profiles. No connection needed. It costs a paid plan and you need a good list. The guide to LinkedIn InMail explains it.
• Comments and events as touchpoints. Warm people up before you ever send a request. Slow to build, but comments are not invitations, so they do not use up the weekly limit.
• Email follow-up. A second channel for people who do not accept. It needs verified addresses.
• Hire an agency or an SDR. Someone else does the work. Quality and cost vary widely.
• Have the outreach run for you. You pay for a volume of prospects, not for accounts.

06 Where LinkedNav fits

LinkedNav is a done-for-you LinkedIn outreach service. You buy a monthly prospect volume, and the team builds the list, writes the sequences, runs the outreach and handles the replies. Dedicated sending infrastructure is included, so you are not renting, managing or replacing accounts yourself.

The price is one monthly figure set by the volume you choose, on the pricing page. How it works covers what happens after you start.

07 How to choose between renting and the other options

A few questions sort most cases quickly.

• Do you already have people to run the outreach? Renting adds accounts, not people. Without someone to write and reply, extra accounts sit idle.
• Do you want to own the result? Connections made on your team's own profiles stay with you. Connections on a rented profile do not.
• How much risk can you take on? If losing an account mid-campaign would hurt, plan for it or pick a way that does not depend on it.
• What is the full monthly bill? Add rent, tools, data and time before you compare it with an agency or a done-for-you service.

08 Who renting fits, and who a done-for-you service does not

Renting can suit a team that already runs its own tools and people, wants more accounts fast and has weighed the terms and the risk of losing them. The post on renting an account for lead generation goes deeper on that choice.

A done-for-you service like LinkedNav does not fit a team that wants to run every message itself, or one that only needs a few dozen more conversations a month. Adding a colleague as a second sender may be enough there.

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