Instagram automation tools for group-buy hosts

Scheduled sending

1. Send auto-DMs in bulk at a set time

Handy for announcing the moment a group buy or event opens.

When someone comments to request a launch reminder for the group buy or event, the auto-reply posts instantly. Set an auto-reply like “I’ll DM you when the group buy starts.”
The auto-DM content is what gets sent in bulk once the group buy or event opens. Prepare something like “The group buy is open — here’s the purchase link: ooo.”
You must send the DM within 7 days of receiving the comment request.
If the auto-DM has already started ‘sending’, any reminder requests after that receive the auto-DM immediately.

Detects follow status

2. Grow your follower count

Reveal the purchase link on the condition of a follow, and grow your followers.

When the group buy opens you send the DM in bulk, but the message inside the DM can be shown based on follow status.
Put the link to the group-buy page in the DM so only followers can see it,
and show non-followers a message requesting a follow.
When they tap the button again, followers see the content; if they still haven’t followed, a follow is requested again.

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Diversify messages with AI

3. Safer auto-DMs - AI variation

Sending slightly different auto-DMs to each person is safer under Instagram's spam policy than sending the exact same message.

OpenAI's AI sends a slightly different version of the message to each person.
The original content and links stay intact, while words, line breaks, emojis, and more are varied.
Enter [username] and the follower's name is inserted there — or their username if no name is available.

🎈 To try the demo, tap the button below and type 'balance' on the post that appears. *If you don't follow, the DM may land in “message requests.”

Go to the ‘AI variation’ demo → Learn more

Auto-DM & reply delay

4. Safer auto-DMs - time delay

Use the right volume and timing for auto-DMs & auto-replies to run automation more safely.

Settings for safe auto-replies:
1. The range of delay between auto-replies
2. Auto-replies allowed per hour, per Instagram post
For auto-DMs, set the number allowed per hour and the delay between each auto-DM is set to match.

🎈 This system’s auto-reply delay also follows the settings on the ‘Auto-reply’ page.
🎈 If you turn off the switch on the ‘Auto-reply’ page, the group-buy system’s auto-replies also stop.
🎈 The max number of DMs sent per hour in the group-buy bulk send follows the settings on the ‘Group-buy auto-DM’ page.

Instagram restriction warning system

5. Safer auto-DMs - early warning

Kittychat detects Instagram restriction risk in advance and notifies you by email.

If a large volume of auto-replies is posted in a short time, Instagram may treat it as spam, which risks blocking the auto-DM feature too.
Kittychat detects Instagram's risk signals in real time 🚨, notifies you, and immediately raises the delay between auto-replies to 600 seconds.
On the third risk signal, it stops the auto-reply system immediately.
Even if the auto-reply system stops, the auto-DM system keeps working normally, so DM requests continue without issue.

Prompt action now

6. Bulk DM sending

Send a bulk DM to people who interacted with you through the features above in the last 24 hours.

You can send a bulk DM for 24 hours to followers who clicked a button in a message, asked a question, or tapped the FAQ button in a DM.
It reads like a personally sent DM, not a mass email.
Messages land in the “Primary” folder, so recipients get a phone notification.