# Instagram and Facebook DM automation

> Instagram and Facebook DM automation at ellul.ai: £149, a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts, never charged by the hour. A business getting more DMs than it can answer by hand

- Price: £149 (one-off)
- Time: 1 week
- Page: https://ellul.ai/services/manychat-dm-automation

## What is included
- Comment-to-DM replies on the posts and keywords you choose
- Answers to your ten most common questions in DMs
- Lead details captured and sent to your CRM or inbox
- Hand-over to a person when the conversation needs one

## What other providers charge
Other providers publish a median of £150 across 3 comparable prices (middle half £112.50 to £200). Every price with its source: https://ellul.ai/services/manychat-dm-automation/readings.json

## How many people are asking for it
60 posts on Reddit asked to hire someone for Instagram and Facebook DM automation between November 2025 and November 2026, 22 of them in the last 90 days, most on r/freelance_forhire, r/slavelabour, r/B2BForHire.

## Paid separately, at cost
- Your ManyChat Pro plan, paid to ManyChat directly
- Any CRM plan the leads are sent to, paid to its provider

## What the buyer supplies
- Admin access to your Facebook Page and Instagram professional account
- Your ten most common questions and their answers
- Access to the CRM or inbox that leads go to

## What the price does not cover
- Answers cover your ten most common questions; more are quoted
- Meta decides whether the account stays in good standing
- No bulk DMs, follows or likes to people who never contacted you

## Rules that apply
- Meta's Messenger Platform policy opens a standard messaging window, usually 24 hours, after a person's action; outside it, only approved options such as message tags may be sent. Source: [Meta for Developers: Messenger Platform policy overview](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/policy/policy-overview/)

Get a written fixed quote: https://ellul.ai/services/manychat-dm-automation#quote