If your sender profile shows a higher number of connection requests sent than the daily limit you configured in GetSales, this is almost always because the counter includes manual activity performed directly on LinkedIn, not only what GetSales automation sent.
How the counter works
GetSales is connected to your LinkedIn account through a sender profile, so it sees every connection request the account sends — regardless of how it was sent. That means the daily counter on the sender profile is the sum of:
Automated requests — sent by GetSales according to your configured limits (e.g. 30/day).
Manual requests — sent by you (or anyone with access to the LinkedIn account) directly from LinkedIn's native UI: profile pages, Sales Navigator, search results, "People You May Know," etc.
Your daily limit in GetSales only caps automated requests. Manual ones go through LinkedIn directly and don't pass through our limit, so they aren't blocked or counted against the cap.
Example: you set a 30/day limit, and the counter shows 63. That typically means GetSales sent 30 automated requests and 33 more were sent manually from LinkedIn — adding up to 63 total visible on the account.
Why this matters
Manual requests still count toward LinkedIn's own daily and weekly limits, even though they don't pass through ours. If automation + manual activity combined pushes the account past LinkedIn's invisible cap, the account can be hit with a connection-request limit, a security checkpoint, or a temporary restriction — exactly the same way a pure-automation overage would.
How to keep the numbers clean
Don't send connection requests from LinkedIn directly while a campaign is running. Let automation handle outreach, and reserve manual sends for one-off cases.
If you do need to send manually, lower the GetSales daily limit to leave headroom (e.g. drop from 30 to 20 if you're planning ~10 manual invites that day).
Coordinate with anyone else who has access to the same LinkedIn account — including a VA or assistant — so no one is sending in parallel without you knowing.
Track total LinkedIn invite activity (automated + manual) against LinkedIn's account-specific weekly cap to avoid triggering an account-side restriction.
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