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HeyJinni Overview

HeyJinni allows users, who sign-up for free profiles, to connect with friends, work colleagues or people they don’t know, online. It allows users to share pictures, music, videos, and articles, as well as their own thoughts and opinions with however many people they like.

Users send “friend requests” to people who they may – or may not – know. Once accepted, the two profiles are connected with both users able to see whatever the other person posts. “Jinnies” can post almost anything to their “timeline”, a snapshot of what is happening in their social circle at any given time, and can also enter private or group chats with other friends who are online.

Jinnies with profiles list information about themselves. Whether it be what they work at, where they are studying, ages, or other personal details, many users post lots of information which is easily accessible to their friends and others. On top of this, users can “like” other pages which interest them. For example, a Manchester United supporter can follow the club by linking up with its HeyJinni page. There, the user can post comments and receive club updates, pictures etc.

Additionally, users can promote their business by advertising it, post and fill vacancies, create groups, blogs, and join forums.

People from any walk of life can create a HeyJinni profile. You could be a lawyer, doctor, freelancer, web developer, carpenter, builder, student, taxi driver, preacher, fashion enthusiast, etc. You can use HeyJinni’s private and group chat functionalities to securely communicate with your friends, family or business clients.

 

HeyJinni is free for every single user and anyone can signup any time. However, please see the section on ads because if you are a business or ad agency then you might to have pay for certain ad features.

Yes, you can. Heyjinni is open to use and visit from users anywhere in the world. But you may face some or full restriction if we detect any unusual activity from your IP, Device.

Yes, you can search for any person on our platform, provided the person or business has a HeyJinni account.

Getting Started

Simply visit HeyJinni and there you will find a signup button. Signup is free for every single user. Watch our a quick sign up tutorial video.

Navigate to profile and then use the edit option to make any changes to your profile.

Yes, we inspire everyone to invite friends to join HeyJinni. You can use our invite a friend link to invite friends, family, businesses, and business colleagues to join HeyJinni. 

Names on HeyJinni

To make sure that people know who they’re connecting with, we ask everyone to use the same name on HeyJinni that they use in everyday life. This will make it easier for family and friends to quickly find and connect with you on HeyJinni. Make sure that your name contains at least a first name and last name. 

Your name can’t include:
  • Words or phrases that go against our Community Standards (example: slurs, representing dangerous individuals).
  • Words or phrases that represent organisations instead of persons.
  • Symbols, numbers, unusual capitalisation, repeating characters or punctuation.
  • Characters from multiple languages.
  • Titles of any kind (e.g. professional, religious).

You can only change the name on your HeyJinni account once every 60 days. We may ask you to submit proof that you are the account holder if we detect suspicious activity on your account. 

Privacy Management

What information is public?
Information you share is always public, unless and subject to what is listed below, you limit visibility to certain groups only such as private (visible only to you) or friends: Some of the information you give us when you fill in your profile is public, such as your age range, language and country. We also use a part of your profile, called your public profile, to help connect you with friends and family. Your public profile includes your name, gender, username and user ID (account number), profile picture and cover photo. This info is also public. Some of the ways that this helps us connect you are:
  • Your name, profile picture and cover photo help people recognise you.
  • Gender helps us describe you (e.g. “Add her as a friend”).
  • Listing your networks (e.g. school, workplace) allows others to find you more easily.
  • Username and user ID (e.g. your account number) are in the URL of your profile.
  • Age range helps provide you with age-appropriate content.
  • Language and country help us provide appropriate content and experiences.
When you choose to share something with the Public (e.g. when you select Everyone from the audience selector), it’s considered public information. If you share something and you don’t see an audience selector or another privacy setting, that information is also public.
Stuff other people share: If other people share info about you, even if it’s something you shared with them but didn’t make public, they can choose to make it public. Also when you comment on other people’s public posts, your comment is public as well.
Posts on Heyjinni Pages or public groups: HeyJinni Pages and public groups are public spaces. Anyone who can see the Page or group can see your post or comment. Generally, when you post or comment on a Page or to a public group, a story can be published to the News Feed as well as other places on or off Heyjinni.

Messaging

  • Message, voice call or video call your friends.
  • Send photos, videos, stickers, GIFs and more.
  • Know who’s seen your message and who hasn’t.
  • Active status
If you’re receiving messages that seem like spam or make you uncomfortable, you can block messages from the person.
If a profile sends you a message on Heyjinni that makes you uncomfortable, you can:
  • Block the user. This specific profile won’t be able to contact you (e.g. send you messages or call you) in Jinnikonnect or message you with Heyjinni chat. 
  • Report a threatening message. 
  • Ignore the conversation.
  • Delete the conversation. Bear in mind that this won’t delete the conversation from the other profile’s Chats list. If you want to report the conversation, take a screenshot before you delete it.
  • Block the profile on Heyjinni. 

Security

Login to your account then go to General Setting.  Click on Security then go to Privacy. Change your privacy options then click on Save.

Login to your account then go to General Setting.  Click on Security then go to Password. Enter your current password, then enter New Password also Repeat New Password. Click on Save.

Login to your account then go to General Setting. You can see the Level of Email. Change your email and then click on Save.

Login to your account then go to General Setting.  Click on Security then go to Manage Sessions. You can remove devices from here or you can log out of all devices by one click.

Login to your account then go to General Setting.  Click on Delete Account. Type your password for confirmation then click on Delete. This will permanently delete your account and information associated with it. 

Use your privacy settings to manage your digital footprint. Social media is a great way to stay in touch with family, friends and keep up to date on the latest news. However, it’s important to know how to manage the security and privacy settings on your accounts, so that your personal information remains inaccessible to anyone but you. 

Use 2-step verification (2SV) to protect your accounts

2-step verification (often shortened to 2SV and sometimes called two-factor authentication) provides a way of ‘double checking’ that you really are the person you are claiming to be when you’re using online services, such as social media, banking or email. Even if a criminal (or someone simply looking to cause mischief) knows your password, they won’t be able to access any of your accounts that are protected using 2SV.

 

 

 

Use 2-step verification (2SV) to protect your accounts

2-step verification (often shortened to 2SV and sometimes called two-factor authentication) provides a way of ‘double checking’ that you really are the person you are claiming to be when you’re using online services, such as social media, banking or email. Even if a criminal (or someone simply looking to cause mischief) knows your password, they won’t be able to access any of your accounts that are protected using 2SV.

It’s worth exercising some caution when using social media. Not everyone using social media is necessarily who they say they are. Take a moment to check if you know the person, and if the friend/link/follow is genuine. 

Less obviously, you should think about your digital footprint, which is a term used to describe the entirety of information that you post online, including photos and status updates. Criminals can use this publicly available information to steal your identity, or use it to make phishing messages more convincing. You should:

  • Think about what you’re posting, and who has access to it. Have you configured the privacy options so that it’s only accessible to the people you want to see it?
  • Consider what your followers and friends need to know, and what detail is unnecessary (but could be useful for criminals).
  • Have an idea about what your friends, colleagues or other contacts say about you online.

It is easy to sign-up with a false date of birth. For expert advice about how to keep children safe online, please, in addition to reading our policies carefully, refer to: 

 

 

 

 

Notifications

Login to your account then go to General Setting.  Click on Notification Settings.  Make required changes and then click on Save.

Blocking

Login in to your account then go to the profile you want to block. Click on the options and then click on Block User.

Login to your account then go to General Setting.  Click on Blocked Users. Unblock the target user by clicking on Unblock beside his name..

Information Download

You will find all instructions pertaining to your information download under settings in your profile. 

Uploading Photos/Videos

  • To share photos on Heyjinni:
    • At the top of your jinnieed or profile, click Add Photo/Video.
    • Select the photos you want to upload.
    • It will be uploaded when you select it
  • To share videos on Heyjinni:
    • At the top of your jinnieed or profile, click Add Photo/Video.
    • Select the video you want to upload.
    • It will be uploaded when you select it

Ad Clicks & Impressions

  • Ad Clicks, or simply Clicks, is a marketing metric that counts the number of times users have clicked on a digital advertisement to reach an online property.
  • Ad Impressions (IMPR) is a count of the total number of times digital advertisements display on someone’s screen within the publisher’s network.
  • Cost by Clicks is cost per click and cost by view is cost per impression.
  • You can select any option. For CBC your wallet is automatically charged 0.05 per click, and for CBV your wallet automatically charged 0.5 per View.
  • You must have funds in your wallet to place ads.
  • Cost by Clicks is cost per click and cost by view is cost per impression.
  • When you create an ad, you can check your ad analytics on your dashboard.
  • Activate the refund request. If the sum is disputed, we will put it on hold until the dispute is resolved.
  • No, your HeyJinni account does not get suspended. Unlike other platforms we recognise mistakes can be made. We do not punish users for raising refund requests.

Ad Campaign Credit & Wallet

Your wallet is your account. When you add money to your account or HeyJinni adds ad credit to your account, they all go to your wallet (account). We use wallet instead of account since the wallet may contain earned points (which can be redeemed or transferred) or a user’s own money (which can be used to run ad campaigns).

At HeyJInni a distinction is made between user “Wallet Ad Credit” (WAC) and user “Funded Wallet Credit” (FWC). WAC is non-monetary ad credit gift earned by a user through a HeyJinni ad credit special promotional programme, which can be redeemed to run ad campaigns. FWC is where a user adds own money to their wallet to run ad campaigns or use some other HeyJinni premium feature.

An ad or ad campaign credit is a form of payment for your ads on HeyJinni.

You can receive a HeyJinni ad campaign credit in five ways:

  • Through special HeyJinni promotions/offers.
  • Through HeyJinni Earn Points Programme (see section on Earn Points Programme).
  • Through HeyJinni Affiliate Programme (see section on HeyJinni Affiliate Programme).
  • Through adding funds to your wallet.

Currently, you can’t add ad credit to your wallet or purchase or request ad credit directly from HeyJinni. However, you should be able to add ad campaign credit to your wallet in the near future.

When you redeem an ad credit (mon-monetary gift), it’ll pay for all advertising costs that you accrue on your account. This includes every ad running on your ad account, in addition to the one you created to redeem your ad credit. As long as you’re running an ad, your ad credit will be charged daily until it runs out or expires.

If you have WAC, your campaign will draw from this balance first. If your ad is still ongoing when the WAC is used up, it will draw from your FWC (primary payment method). Note: This feature might not be available to you at the moment.

Yes, you can but the recipient cannot convert it to money to withdraw. Different rules apply to our Affiliate & Points Programmes. 

No, you cannot withdraw WAC as it is a non-monetary gift to run ads, not an Earning from our Affiliate or Points Programmers. It can never be converted into money but only redeemed to run ads.

No, you cannot transfer your FWC to anyone. It is for your sole use only. HeyJinni takes money laundering regulations seriously.

No, you cannot withdraw your FWC. It is your responsibility to add such amount as is deemed necessary to run your ad campaigns on HeyJinni.

Currently, this is not available to users. HeyJinni will introduce this feature in November 2022. We will update this space when we launch this programme.

Pages

  • A HeyJinni Page is simply a mini version of a business website page. Anyone with a HeyJinni account can create as many Pages as they wish or help manage one, as long as they have a new role on the Page. It is ideal for businesses that want to promote a business or product. You must have a Page before you can take advantage of HeyJinni ad features. No Page, No Ads. 
  • You can like or follow a Page to get updates from businesses, organisations and public figures. 
  • Login to your account then click on My Pages from left menu bar. Click on Create and fill up all required section. Give a page name(e.g: My Blog), Next input a page url(e.g: my_blog), Choose a page category and click Create.

Navigate your page, Under the page name you will see a box “What’s Going On?”

Click on it and post image/videos or links whatever you want.

Navigate your page, Find out the post you want to delete. Click on right option button of the post and Delete Post.

Navigate the page you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Admin. 

Type the name of user you want to add as admin. Click on admin beside his name.

Navigate the page you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Avatar and Cover 

Upload the avatar and cover then click save.

Navigate the page you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Page Information

Then make required changes and save it.

Navigate the page you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Delete.

Confirm page deletion.

Groups

  • Groups are a place to communicate about shared interests with certain people. You can create a group for anything – your family reunion, your after-work sports team or your book club.
  • Login to your account then click on My Groups from left menu bar. Click on Create and fill up all required section. Give a Group name(e.g: Learning Camp), Next input a group url(e.g: learning_camp), Choose a group category and click Create.

Navigate the group you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Privacy

Then change the privacy to private or public and click save.

Navigate the group you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Privacy

From “Confirm request when someone joining this group ?” tab change it to Yes or No.

Navigate your Group, Under the Group name you will see a box “What’s Going On?”

Click on it and post image/videos or links whatever you want.

Navigate your Group, Find out the post you want to delete. Click on right option button of the post and Delete Post from the Group.

Navigate the group you want to make changes. then click on Edit under the group name. From the right page settings menu click on Members. 

Here you will see a list of members. You can select anyone as admin from here.

Navigate the group you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Avatar and Cover 

Upload the avatar and cover then click save. Or you can change them directly from Group home.

Navigate the group you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on General Settings

Then make required changes and save it.

Navigate the group you want to make changes. then click on Edit. From the right page settings menu click on Delete.

Input your password and Confirm page deletion.

Events

  • Events let you organise and respond to gatherings in the real world with people on HeyJinni.
  • Login to your account then click on Events from left menu bar. Click on Create and fill up all required section. Enter the name of event, location of the event, starting date & time, ending date & time, enter event description, add a photo of event. Then click Create.

Navigate your event, Under the event name you will see a box “What’s Going On?”

Click on it and post image/videos or links whatever you want.

Navigate your event, Find out the post you want to delete. Click on right option button of the post and Delete Post from the event.

Navigate the event you want to make changes. then click on Edit Event. 

Then make required changes and save it.

Navigate the event you want to make changes. Delete. Confirm event deletion.

Marketplace

  • You can use HeyJinni Marketplace to buy and sell items.
  • Login to your account then click on Market from left menu bar. Click on My Products. Then click on create. Add product name, price, location, description, category, type and photos. Then publish your product.

Navigate the Market then click on my products. Go to the product you want to update. Click on Edit Product.

Then make required changes and save it.

Jobs

  • You can find or post jobs in HeyJinni. HeyJinni came with a lot of free features. Jobs section is one of them. 
  • Login to your account then go to My Pages. Click on a page where you want to post the job. If you do not have one you can create a new page. Then click on create job. Again click on create job then add Job titles, Salary Range, Location, Description, Job Type Category and  photos. Then publish your job.

You can easily delete a posted job. For these just visit the page from where you posted the job. Then click on delete job near the options of posted job.

Navigate the page from where you posted the job. Click on options near the job posting and then edit job.

Then make required changes and save it.

Login to your profile then click on Jobs from left menu, You will a list of jobs there. You can sort them by job type, category, location.

HeyJinni Affiliate Programme

To be announced shortly

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We will be rolling out this programme in January 2023.

HeyJinni Earn Points Programme

HeyJinni is always looking for ways to give all Jinnies the ability to earn points from liking, sharing, commenting and posting.

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We will be rolling out this programme in January 2023. Please note all information in this section is subject to change as the programme is developed with the users in mind. 

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