Switch on one setting in the reel's comment automation. Then anyone who sends you that reel in a DM gets the same DM as the people who comment on it. It works on every plan, including Free.
Use it when your reel says "Send this reel to my DMs and I'll send you the link."
Turn it on
- Log in and open Automations.
- Open the comment automation for that reel, or build one. It has to run on one specific post or reel.
- On the Setup tab, under Optional, switch on Also reply when someone sends you this reel. On a photo or carousel it says post.
- Make sure the automation is Live.
To test it, send the reel to your account from a second Instagram account. Instagram doesn't let an account DM itself.
What they get
They get the automation's normal DM, sent as a regular message:
- Your text with its link button, or your card reply.
- On Pro, the same extras a commenter gets: follow to unlock, the email ask, DM variations and their name.
- On Free, the small Waveloop line at the end, like every Free DM. If follow to unlock is on, the DM and link go out without the follow step.
If Instagram refuses the button message, Waveloop sends your message as plain text with the link, straight away. With follow to unlock on, only people who already follow you get the link. Anyone else is asked to follow you and send the reel again.
Like commenters, they're saved as a contact. Each DM counts under Sent on the automation's Results card.
The rules
- Your own reel. Only a reel or post from your account, with its own automation and the switch on, gets a reply.
- Once a day. Each person gets the DM once a day for each reel, however many times they send it.
- One post or reel. The switch isn't on Any post or Next post automations.
- No guessing. If Waveloop can't tell for sure which of your posts was sent, it sends nothing rather than the wrong link.
- One reply, not two. Your DM keyword automations don't also answer the shared reel.
Common problems
- I can't see the switch. The automation is set to Any post or Next post. Pick one post or reel and the switch appears.
- They shared someone else's reel. Nothing is sent. Only your own reels are answered.
- They already got it today. Sending the same reel again within a day doesn't send a second DM.
- Still nothing? Check the usual reasons an automation stays quiet.
Say it in the reel and in the caption: "Send this reel to my DMs and I'll send you the link." Keep your comment keyword too, so people can do either.