Comment to DM in Arabic for Instagram

ChattyFlow team · Updated

A keyword in an Instagram comment triggers a private reply with your link or offer within seconds, built on Meta's official API with an Arabic admin UI. Meta allows one private reply per comment, within 7 days of it. On TikTok, comment-to-DM works only in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

How comment-to-DM works

Someone comments your keyword under a post or Reel, for example بكم or رابط. Meta notifies ChattyFlow the moment the comment arrives, and ChattyFlow sends that person a private reply from your account within seconds: the answer, a button that opens your link, or the first question of a conditional flow. It can also reply publicly under the comment, rotating between variants you write, so others see the answer went to DMs.

The person doesn't need to follow you or to have messaged you before: the comment itself is what allows the private reply. That permission has clear limits.

Meta's rules, in plain words

  • One private reply per comment. If you, or another tool, sends it first, it is used up.
  • Within 7 days: after that, a comment can no longer get a private reply.
  • 24-hour window: once the person replies, you can keep the conversation going for 24 hours from their last message.
  • After 24 hours, only a human agent can reply, for up to 7 days, with Meta's HUMAN_AGENT tag.
  • No bulk DMs: nobody who hasn't commented or written to you can be messaged.

Keywords in every dialect

Instagram matching works on whole words and ignores upper and lower case, but it treats every spelling as different: سعر does not catch السعر, and بكم does not catch بكام. List every form your audience types, separated by commas (the Arabic comma works too), without diacritics:

MeaningGulfEgyptLevant and IraqMaghreb
How much?بكم، بچمبكامقديش، شكدبقداش، بشحال
I want itأبغى، ابيعايز، عاوزبدينحب، بغيت

Before you publish: a short checklist

  • Say the keyword in the video and in the first line of the caption.
  • Write a first DM that works alone: the answer, a link button, or one question.
  • Prepare three or four public reply variants so the same text doesn't repeat.
  • Turn on link tracking if the link is the goal: clicks are counted per person.
  • Test from a second account, and run only one tool on the post.
  • Collecting comments for a later launch (a Drop, on Growth plans)? Release within 7 days of the first comments.

And TikTok?

TikTok opens comment-to-DM only to accounts in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia; there, ChattyFlow replies publicly, invites the person to message you and sends your DM when they write. In Arab countries, TikTok public replies and DM auto-replies work, but a comment cannot trigger a DM. In the US, the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, TikTok offers no DM automation at all. TikTok replies land within a few minutes.

Why this works

Genuine interest

Users who type the keyword have shown explicit interest.

Reply within seconds

On Instagram the DM goes out automatically within seconds, instead of a manual reply hours later.

Inside Meta's rules

Official API from day one: one private reply per comment within 7 days, then a 24-hour window.

Setup

  1. Connect your Instagram Business or Creator account through Meta's official login.
  2. Pick a post and write your Arabic keywords, separated by commas.
  3. Write your DM — the answer, a link button, or a conditional flow — and the public reply variants.
  4. Publish and ask viewers to comment the keyword.

FAQ

Business account needed?

Yes: an Instagram Business or Creator account, and a TikTok Business account for TikTok.

Can I DM people who commented weeks ago?

Only within 7 days of the comment; that is Meta's rule for every tool. After that, reply publicly and invite them to message you.

Can I add several keywords in different dialects?

Yes, in one field separated by commas; the Arabic comma works too.

Does comment-to-DM work on TikTok in my country?

Only if your account is in Vietnam, Thailand or Indonesia. That limit is TikTok's.

Cost?

Free plan with no volume cap, and a 14-day trial. Paid from 49 per month in your local currency (TND 49 / EUR 49 / USD 49), VAT included, priced by qualified leads, not by messages.

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