"Comment LINK" Automation: Send Your Link to Everyone Who Comments (2026 Setup Guide)

You’ve seen it under every big reel: “Comment LINK and I’ll send it to you.” A few seconds after you comment, the DM arrives. It isn’t the creator typing — it’s comment-to-DM automation, and you can set the same thing up in about a minute.

The full setup in 90 seconds. Open it with chapters to jump to any step.

Why “comment LINK” works so well

• It’s one word. Nobody has to type an email or tap a link in bio. Lowest possible effort.
• The link lands in a DM, where it’s clickable — Instagram captions aren’t.
• Every comment pushes the post. Comments are an engagement signal; a keyword post collects hundreds of them.
• You get a list of interested people. Everyone who commented asked for your thing.

The four parts of a “comment LINK” post

1. The caption and the on-screen text

Say the keyword clearly, twice: on screen in the video, and in the caption. “Comment LINK and I’ll DM you the free guide 👇”. Use the same spelling everywhere.

2. The keyword

In the builder, choose “Only comments with my keyword” and type LINK. One short word — not your caption, and not your DM. It matches as a word anywhere in the comment and ignores capitals, so “link please 🙏”, “links” and “linkkk” all count.

If you want everyone who comments to get the DM (a giveaway, a launch), choose “Every comment” instead.

3. The DM

This is what lands in their inbox. Tap a ready line or write your own:

Hey {{username}}! Here’s the guide you asked for 👇 https://yourbrand.com/guide

• {{username}} becomes their name automatically.
• Paste the link under “Your link” so it’s added to the end of the DM — or show it as up to three link buttons.
• A line ending in 👇 needs something after it. yudochat warns you if the link is missing.

4. The public reply (optional)

A short line under their comment — “Sent you a DM, {{username}}! 📩” — tells everyone scrolling that the DM is real. Keep it short; the real answer is in the DM.

Test it properly

1. Go live.
2. Comment LINK from a different Instagram account (a friend’s, or your second account). Comments from your own account are ignored — that’s the number-one “it’s not working” report.
3. The DM should arrive within seconds.

Not arriving? Work through the 10 fixes.

Make it convert better

• Ask them to follow first. Turn on the follow check and the link only goes to followers — the DM asks non-followers to follow and tap again. Included on the Free plan.
• Write three versions of the DM so your inbox doesn’t look copy-pasted.
• Match the word to the offer — GUIDE, PRICE, PDF often beat a generic LINK. See 40+ trigger words.

Same trick on Facebook and YouTube

• Facebook Page posts: identical — a public reply plus one private Messenger message. (Facebook guide)
• YouTube videos and Shorts: YouTube has no DMs, so the link goes in a public reply under the comment. (YouTube guide)

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