Website button
Label it “Ask about the program,” not “Click here.”
Create an Instagram direct message link
An Instagram direct message link is https://ig.me/m/ plus your username (Meta ig.me links (opens in a new tab)). Enter yours to get it.
Instagram DM link generator
Your Instagram DM link
https://ig.me/m/
Your username goes at the end, without the @.
Free, no login: it runs in your browser and doesn’t check that the account exists. Test it on another device before sharing.
Use it
Where to put your DM link
Put it where people have a reason to write. Pair it with your profile link for desktop visitors.
Email signature
One line under your name: “Questions? DM us.”
Link in bio
A clear “Message us” button on your link‑in‑bio page.
Campaign page
When the offer needs a question answered first.
A link isn’t an automation
DM link or Manychat Ref URL?
A plain link sends no message and starts no flow. Per Manychat and Meta docs, checked September 28, 2026, not tested hands-on.
Opens a chat
Plain ig.me link
- Built from your username
- Opens the chat in the Instagram app
- No Manychat needed
Starts a flow
Manychat Ref URL
- Routes the click into one Ref URL flow (opens in a new tab)
- One Ref URL per placement tells you where each click came from
- Copied from your Manychat trigger, never built by hand
- Instagram mobile app only
- New contacts need Conversation Starters (opens in a new tab) on
After the click
What happens when the lead replies?
The link only opens the chat. Point ManySetter at every new Instagram conversation in Manychat: it answers whoever writes, qualifies them and books the right calls.
Lead: Hi! How much is the coaching program?
AI Setter: It’s $1,500 for 12 weeks, or 3 × $550. How many clients do you coach?
Lead: Four, all from referrals.
AI Setter: Then it’s built for you. Want a 20‑minute fit call this week?
Qualified · booked only when the calendar confirms
Why this reply?
- Script step
- 5. Invitation to the call
- It knew
- 4 clients (fits 2 to 10)
- It used
- Offer doc: $1,500 for 12 weeks
Before you share it
Test it before it goes in your bio
- 01
Open it on another phone
In the Instagram app. Check it opens the right account.
- 02
Try desktop and a private window
Meta doesn’t support ig.me on Instagram Web. Add your profile link as a fallback.
- 03
Send a real message
An open isn’t a conversation. With Manychat, check the flow runs.
- 04
Test where it lives
Click it from the real button, email or link‑in‑bio page, not the URL bar.
Troubleshooting
When the link doesn’t behave
- How to fix it
Check for a typo or an old username, generate it again and retest from another account.
- How to fix it
Meta says ig.me links aren’t supported on Instagram Web (Meta’s ig.me documentation (opens in a new tab), checked September 28, 2026). Test on mobile and give desktop visitors your profile link.
- How to fix it
Opening the chat runs nothing. Once the person writes, a keyword or your Default Reply (opens in a new tab) answers. To start a flow on the click itself, use a Ref URL and turn on Conversation Starters for new contacts.
- How to fix it
Overlapping automations or apps. Give the conversation one owner.
FAQ
Instagram DM link questions
It’s https://ig.me/m/ followed by the username, without the @. Test it on the devices your audience uses.
No. This tool builds a plain ig.me link with no message, and Meta documents no message option. For a guided first step, use a Manychat Ref URL.
Not with a plain link. A click isn’t a message or an opt-in. Meta documents (opens in a new tab) one exception: an ig.me link with a ref parameter resets an existing thread’s messaging window (opens in a new tab).
No. The plain link comes from your username. Manychat matters when a specific automation should handle the conversation after the person writes.
From a DM link to a qualified conversation
Keep your link and your Manychat flows. ManySetter answers from your offer and books the call when the lead fits.
Build and test free · Manychat billed separately