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Instagram automation

Turn Instagram comments into WhatsApp customers.

Auto-reply to every comment, DM and story mention — then capture the person as a real CRM lead and close them on WhatsApp. Built on Meta’s official API. India-priced in ₹, with no per-contact fees.

Rolling out via Meta’s official API — activates on approval.
What it does

Every kind of Instagram trigger, automated.

Comments, DMs, story replies, story mentions — each becomes an action, a reply, and a lead.

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Comment → auto-DM

Someone comments your keyword on a post or reel — they get an instant DM with your link, offer or product. Match on exact, contains, starts-with, or every comment.

Rolling out — activates on Meta approval
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Auto comment reply

Reply publicly under the comment at the same time — so everyone scrolling sees you’re responsive, not just the one who commented.

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Story-mention UGC

When a customer tags you in their story, auto-DM a thank-you and ask permission to repost. We archive the story before it expires so you never lose the content.

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Story-reply keywords

Turn story replies into triggers — reply “PRICE” to your story and get the price list in DM automatically.

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Ice-breakers & menu

Set the tappable question prompts and a persistent menu on your Instagram DM — posted via Meta’s official Graph API, so new chats start with the right options.

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Follow-to-unlock & guards

Send only to non-followers, require a follow to unlock the DM, cap one DM per person, and limit DMs per hour — real safety controls on every campaign.

The difference

It doesn’t dead-end in the DM.

Other tools trap the conversation inside Instagram. Ours turns it into a customer.

💬 IG comment🤖 Auto-DM👤 CRM lead📊 Sales pipeline💚 Closed on WhatsApp
Why cthe.link

Not another US chat bot.

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It doesn’t dead-end in the DM

Every other tool traps the chat inside Instagram. Here, a comment becomes a real Contact and a pipeline card — then continues on WhatsApp, where India actually replies. Instagram is the top of the funnel; WhatsApp closes it.

No per-contact tax

ManyChat and Chatfuel bill per active contact in dollars — your cost balloons as you grow. cthe.link is flat ₹ pricing. Get 10,000 DMs a month without a surprise bill.

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One inbox, both channels

Instagram DMs and WhatsApp land in the same ConneXus inbox, on the same customer record — with full history, not two disconnected apps.

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Built on Meta’s official API

Signed, replay-guarded webhooks; per-campaign send limits, one-DM-per-user, follow gating, monthly caps and a viral-spike pause. Automation that respects the rules, not grey-hat bots.

How it works

From comment to customer in four steps.

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They engage

A follower comments your keyword, replies to a story, or tags you.

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You auto-respond

They get the right DM instantly — link, offer, price list or product card.

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It becomes a lead

That person is saved as a Contact in your CRM and dropped into your Instagram sales pipeline.

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You close on WhatsApp

Continue the conversation on WhatsApp — with bookings, UPI pay and invoices behind it.

Questions

Straight answers

Is the comment-to-DM automation live?

It’s built and rolling out via Meta’s official Instagram messaging API — it activates for your account the moment Meta App Review approves our messaging permissions. Everything else (story-mention capture, ice-breakers, persistent menu, the IG sales pipeline, CRM lead capture) works today.

Will my Instagram account get restricted?

We only use Meta’s official Graph API — no unofficial automation. Every campaign has guardrails: one DM per person, an hourly send limit, follow-to-unlock, monthly caps, and an automatic pause if a post goes viral. That’s the opposite of the grey-hat bots that get accounts banned.

What happens to the people who DM me?

Each one becomes a Contact in your CRM tagged as an Instagram lead, and is auto-added to a 9-stage Instagram sales pipeline at the “Enquiry” stage — so no lead slips through the cracks. You can then reply from the unified inbox or continue on WhatsApp.

How is this different from ManyChat or Chatfuel?

Those are US-priced, per-contact chat tools where the conversation stays inside Instagram. cthe.link is WhatsApp-first and India-native: Instagram feeds a real CRM, the lead continues on WhatsApp, and behind it sit bookings, UPI payments and invoices — the whole business, not just a DM bot. Flat ₹ pricing, no per-contact fees.

Do I need a developer?

No. Connect your Instagram professional account, pick a trigger (comment keyword, story reply, story mention), write the DM, and publish. Ice-breakers and the persistent menu are point-and-click too.

Let Instagram do the talking.

Turn today’s comments into tomorrow’s WhatsApp orders — for one flat price in ₹.