How it works
From comment to conversion in five minutes.
The full path from connecting your account to your first automated DM — no code, no browser extensions.
1. Connect your Instagram
Sign in at app.commentfor.com and connect your Instagram professional account (Business or Creator) through Meta's official login. If you're on a personal account, switching to a professional one is free and takes about a minute in the Instagram app — Meta's API requires it. CommentFor never sees your password; Meta issues the platform a scoped, revocable connection instead.
2. Create your first automation
Pick the post or reel you want to automate — or a story, on the paid plans — choose a trigger keyword — "LINK", "GUIDE", "PRICE", anything — and write the DM that should go out, with the link you want delivered. Starter templates cover the common plays if you'd rather not start from a blank box.
3. Add gates if you want them
Two optional gates sit between the comment and the link:
- Follow-gate (paid plans) — the DM asks the commenter to follow you first; the link is delivered once they do.
- Email gate (paid plans) — the DM asks for an email address; when they reply with one, the lead is captured (and forwarded to Kit or Flodesk if connected) and the link goes out.
Gates chain in order: follow → email → link.
4. Followers comment, CommentFor delivers
From the moment the automation is live, every matching comment gets its DM within seconds. On the paid plans, story replies do too, and an optional public reply goes up under the comment. Instagram permits one private reply per comment, within 7 days of it; CommentFor enforces both automatically and paces every send safely under the official 750-private-replies-per-hour limit, so comment spikes queue up instead of putting your account at risk.
5. Watch what converts
The dashboard tracks every delivered link — clicks and CTR per campaign — and collects your captured leads, with one-click CSV export on the paid tiers. Double down on the posts and keywords that actually convert.
What you need
- An Instagram professional account (Business or Creator)
- A post or reel to attach the automation to, or a story on the paid plans
- The link you want delivered
That's it — the Free plan is free forever with unlimited DMs a month, each carrying a short CommentFor line. See Pricing for the full ladder.