What we do with your account, and what can go wrong

What does ExtraProfile actually do with your account?

One thing: outreach you have signed off. A specialist sends connection requests to a target list you approved, and replies inside direct messages using templates you approved. Meetings are booked into the client's calendar, never yours. Everything sent is logged and the log comes to you once a month.

That log covers the calendar month, and for that month it lists:

• Which campaign each message belonged to, and the client's sector.
• Every connection request sent, and which of them were accepted.
• Every direct-message thread opened, and which of them got a reply.
• Who was contacted — name, job title and company — and the date each was contacted.
• The message templates used, so you can read the exact wording that went out under your name.
• Any blocklist exclusions applied, so you can check your list was actually enforced.
• Meetings booked into the client's calendar.

If anything in the log is not what you approved, tell us and we stop that campaign.

The list of things we do not do is just as important, and it is written into the agreement rather than left to trust:

• We do not post, comment or react publicly as you.
• We do not change your headline, photo, summary or work history.
• We do not message your existing connections, colleagues or recruiters who approach you.
• We do not touch anything outside LinkedIn — not your email, not your banking, not any other account.
• We do not pass your access details to a client or any third party.
• We do not run gambling, crypto, adult, MLM or political campaigns from your profile.

What do you get to approve?

The target list and the message templates, before a campaign starts. You also set a blocklist at onboarding — your employer, competitors, anyone you would rather not appear in front of, entire industries if you want. It goes into your agreement, is enforced for the whole engagement, and you can add to it whenever you like. You can also tell us to pause: we stop, and your daily payments continue while the campaign is paused.

What a message template actually looks like

Approving templates is the main control you have, so here is one, written out. This is a worked example only — the client, the product and the person receiving it are invented, and nothing below is from a real campaign. Square brackets are the parts filled in per recipient.

1. The connection request. Short, in your voice, and it says why you are reaching out:

Hi [first name] — I work on the operations side of [your own field], and I keep running into the same forecasting problem you described in your post last month. I am helping a team that has built something for it. Happy to connect either way.

2. The first message after they accept. This is where the commercial intent is stated outright, rather than three messages later:

Thanks for connecting, [first name]. Being straight with you about why I got in touch: I am working with [client company], who build demand-forecasting software for manufacturers around [size band]. I thought of you because [specific reason from their role or company].

If that is not a problem you are carrying right now, say so and I will leave it there — no follow-ups. If it is, I can put twenty minutes in their team's calendar. I would not be on that call myself.

You read both before anything is sent, and you can change the wording, ask for a different angle, or refuse the campaign outright. Templates are also bound by rules we apply before one ever reaches you, the same ones published on our page for businesses: a template must not misrepresent who the sender is or what is being offered, and we do not run gambling, crypto speculation, adult, MLM or political campaigns from any profile. The templates actually used in a month are reproduced in full in your monthly log, so you can check what went out against what you signed off.

How is access handled, and what should you never share?

Our team signs in to your account and operates it directly. That is what sending outreach under your name requires, and there is no version of this where it does not happen — anyone describing it as something less than that is not being straight with you.

What we do not do is collect your password in an email or a chat. Access is set up with you on the onboarding call: you sign in yourself, we work inside that session, two-step verification stays on a phone you hold, and you can end the session yourself at any time from LinkedIn's own Where you're signed in screen without asking us first. The exact steps are written into your engagement agreement before you sign. If a LinkedIn sign-in later asks for a code, we ask you for it — it will only ever be a LinkedIn code, never a code for your email, your bank or any other service.

None of that makes the arrangement compliant, and we are not going to pretend it does. LinkedIn's Don'ts bar members from letting anyone else use their account, and name sharing log-in credentials and copying cookies specifically. How access is arranged changes how exposed your credentials are and how fast you can end it. It does not change LinkedIn's position. Whatever you agree with us, keep these rules for your own protection:

• Never send your password in a chat message or an email, to us or to anyone else.
• Never share a verification code for your email account, your bank or any service other than LinkedIn.
• Keep the email address attached to your LinkedIn account under your own control, with its own password.
• Change your LinkedIn password when the engagement ends, and revoke the session from LinkedIn's own settings.
• If anyone claiming to be ExtraProfile asks you for money, it is not us. Report it.

What does LinkedIn's User Agreement say?

It names this arrangement in two places, not one. Section 8 of the User Agreement is titled “LinkedIn Dos and Don’ts”, and its list of Don’ts (8.2) tells members not to:

“Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell or otherwise monetize the Services or related data or access to the same, without LinkedIn’s consent”

“use or attempt to use another’s account (such as sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies)”

An arrangement of the kind described on this site is inconsistent with both of those clauses, and we do not claim otherwise anywhere on this website. LinkedIn may restrict, suspend or permanently close an account it believes is shared, without warning or explanation.

This is set out in full in section 4 of our Terms, which covers platform compliance and what you are acknowledging when you apply, and section 5, which lists the specific risks you accept. Please read both before you apply. We would rather lose an application than have someone find this out later.

What happens if your account is restricted?

Two outcomes are realistic. A temporary restriction is the common one: LinkedIn locks the account and asks for identity verification, and it usually lifts once you complete that. Permanent closure is less common, but it happens, and it takes your accumulated network with it.

If we see a warning signal we halt activity the same day and tell you. The measures we take to reduce the chance — conservative volume, a gradual ramp, no third-party automation tools, a consistent residential connection in your region — are listed in section 6 of the Terms. They reduce risk. They do not remove it, the risk rests with you, and we do not indemnify you against losing the account or the connections in it.

If your LinkedIn profile is how you find work or clients, if you are job-hunting now or expect to be within the year, or if losing the account would genuinely hurt you, our advice is not to apply.

What do you get if LinkedIn restricts or closes the account because of us?

This is the question worth deciding on, so here is the whole answer rather than a comforting part of it.

What you get:

• The month in progress is still paid in full: a restriction is a pause, and your daily payments continue until the end of that month — whether the pause came from us, from you, or from LinkedIn.
• We tell you the same day we see it, and we stop.
• You get the activity log for that month, so you have a record of exactly what was sent from the account and when.
• We walk you through LinkedIn's identity-verification process, which is what usually lifts a temporary restriction.

What you do not get:

• Nothing for the account itself, or for the connections in it. They are not ours to replace and we do not indemnify you against losing them.
• No payments after that month. If the account cannot be used, the engagement ends there.
• No compensation for work, clients or opportunities you lose because the profile is gone.
• No appeal we can win for you. We can help you file one; nothing we do obliges LinkedIn to reinstate anything.

If it ever came to a legal claim, our total liability to you is capped at the fees we paid you in the three months before the claim — section 11 of the Terms. That is the ceiling, and on a monthly fee it is a small number next to the value of an established network. Weigh the two against each other before you apply, not after. The same answer is written into section 5 of the Terms.

What happens to your data, and how do you stop?

Clients normally see a summary only — industry, seniority, region, rough network size, availability — with no name, contact details or profile link. A client sees the actual profile only if you have agreed first, and then through a private, expiring link for that one client. Campaign logs are kept for twelve months to settle any dispute, then deleted; application details are deleted on request at any time. The detail is in our privacy policy.

To leave, give thirty days' written notice any time after the initial three-month term. No penalty, no lock-in.

Common questions

Is renting your LinkedIn profile safe?

It is not risk-free, and nobody honest will tell you otherwise. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits this directly: its Don'ts (section 8.2) bar members from renting, leasing or otherwise monetising access to the service, and from using another member's account, including by sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies. LinkedIn may restrict, suspend or permanently close an account it believes is shared, without warning. What we can tell you is what we control: you approve every target list and template, we never post or comment as you, we keep activity conservative, and you can stop the whole thing. The full disclosure is in sections 4 and 5 of our Terms.

Can my LinkedIn account be restricted or closed?

Yes. A temporary restriction usually asks for identity verification and lifts once that is done. Permanent closure is less common but it does happen, and it takes your connections with it. That risk stays with you: no term in any agreement with us moves it, and we do not indemnify you against losing the account.

Do I hand over my LinkedIn password?

Our team signs in to your account and operates it directly — that is what sending outreach under your name requires. What we do not do is collect your password in an email or a chat: access is set up with you on the onboarding call, you sign in yourself, two-step verification stays on a phone you hold, and you can end the session yourself from LinkedIn's Where you're signed in screen. If a sign-in later asks for a code we ask you for it, and it will only ever be a LinkedIn code, never a code for your email or your bank. Change your LinkedIn password when the engagement ends. No access method makes this compliant with LinkedIn's rules.

Will my employer find out?

Outreach goes out under your name, so treat it as visible. You can block your employer, your competitors and whole industries during onboarding, and that list is enforced for the entire engagement. If your contract restricts commercial use of your professional identity, check it before you apply rather than after.

How quickly can I stop?

We pause campaigns as soon as you ask, with no explanation needed. To end the arrangement entirely, give thirty days' written notice any time after the initial three-month term. We log out, you change your password and revoke the session, and that is the end of it.

Where to go next

For a longer treatment of the risk — what enforcement looks like stage by stage, and who should not do this at all — read Is renting your LinkedIn account safe? For the mechanics, how account rental works covers eligibility and what sets your rate. For your own situation: students and freshers, working professionals, freelancers and consultants, job seekers, or retired professionals.

Last updated: 1 November 2026