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Weā€™re so excited to have you join us on this journey to explore TikTok automations. While the TikTok and Manychat teams are diligently working to enhance the TikTok channel with more capabilities, we're excited to welcome you as our superhero testers. You are among the first users globally to experience and help shape TikTok on Manychat.

Hereā€™s a quick rundown of what you can do with TikTok (beta) on Manychat:

šŸ’” Beta features:

  • Available triggers: currently, the only way you can trigger an automation for TikTok is whenever someone sends you a direct message (DM). You can:
    • Set up specific keywords to trigger an automation
    • Configure default replies from Settings
    • Coming next: being able to trigger automations from comments
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  • Available content blocks in messages:
    • Text: add text to your messages
      • Coming soon: adding buttons/sharing links
    • Images
      • Images can be sent everywhere except USA
    • Delays to control the timing between your messages
    • Data collection to gather details like phone numbers and email addresses directly through DMs
    • System fields, custom fields and bot fields
      • Coming soon: field to check if someone is a follower
  • Available automation steps
    • AI Steps
    • Conditions
    • Actions
    • Smart Delays
    • Randomizer

šŸ’”Ā Pro tip: you can replicate your current automations for TikTok by using the ā€œConvert Channelsā€ feature. Once you have replicated it, all you need to do is change the trigger. Learn more on the Convert Channels feature here

Feel free to explore, ask questions, and share your feedback with usā€”this community is all about learning together!

Welcome aboard,

The Manychat Team

Hi @NamiFromManychat! I sent you an email earlier; my manychat account I submitted doesnā€™t have TikTok as a channel option yet. Can you take a look? Thank you! :)Ā 


HeyĀ @Mackensie! Done! Place check on your end :)


What other triggers can we expect soon? Aside from comment triggers, will features like story replies, QR codes, Tiktok ads, and referral links be available soon as well?


Hey there!

Yes, more triggers are coming soon. We will support them as soon as they are available on TikTok side. Please remember that this Closed Beta is work in progress on all sides and it is being built as we speak :)

We will update you here in the Closed community on any new product releases :)

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hey @Natalie EvseyevaĀ :) Iā€™m having the same issue as Mackenzie. I received the acceptance email, but the tiktok channel hasnā€™t populated under my settings yet,


Ok I set up my automation and it does work. But what is not working is when you add your link to that same text box that your are telling them to grab the freebie people are unable to click on that link or itā€™s just to much to try to copy and paste it into the browser. They should be able to get the link, click it and go straight to the product.Ā 

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Can you give me some kind of clarity?

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  1. I created the trigger to let them know Iā€™m sending the freebie (but having the link and the freebie information is too much and it wonā€™t let them just copy the link. They would need to copy the whole thing and split it up just to get the link.Ā 
  2. So, I created a second trigger with just the link.Ā 

I think thatā€™s to many steps


HiĀ EricaĀ @chatbotswithburkie! Could you please try one more time now? Should be available now!Ā 


HiĀ EricaĀ @chatbotswithburkie! Could you please try one more time now? Should be available now!Ā 

Yes, itā€™s there now thanks Natalie :)


I didnā€™t realize there wasnā€™t the option of having buttons. Is that planned to be an option in the near future?


Hey @Mackensie! Yep, this is in development by TikTok team, we hope to support it very soon. Keep an eye on the updates!


Canā€™t see the TikTok account on manychat yet. Just FB and IG.Ā 


Hey @Vanessa JoyĀ Vanessa!

Sorry for the delayed reply :)

I can see you are successfully connected your TikTok to Manychat already. Great to see you onboard!Ā 


Good morning @Natalie EvseyevaĀ ! Still canā€™t see TikTok here.


Hi guys!Ā 

Iā€™ve got the e-mail but the tiktok channel is not showing for meā€¦Ā can I get some help here?Ā 
Thanks!Ā šŸ˜


Hi there @NamiFromManychatĀ & @Natalie Evseyeva!

We were accepted into the TikTok Beta last week, but there is no TikTok under Channels, so Iā€™m not able to connect. Are you able to assist with this?

Thank you!
~Liza


Hi @Vanessa Joy! Please go to your account > Settings > TikTok to connect?

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Hi @dunia! Could you DM your account ID or email associatedĀ with the account?


@Hip2SaveĀ could you please let me know yourĀ account ID or email associatedĀ with the account?


@Hip2SaveĀ could you please let me know yourĀ account ID or email associatedĀ with the account?

Just DMā€™d you, thank you Natalie!


Good morning ā€‹@Natalie EvseyevaĀ ! We can now see that TikTok is connected but thereā€™s no option for us to create our automation. It does not show the account here:Ā 

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This is only for FB and IG. Weā€™d love to start creating automations but we canā€™t.Ā 


Heyā€¦Ā Sorry to ask a dumb questionā€¦Ā But Ive linked my TikTok account, can still only see FB and Insta accounts to create automations in? Can I only change things for tiktok in the settings?


Hey ā€‹@Unstuck initiative!Ā 

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There is an option to create an automation by using a DM Keyword trigger. And also there are features that are availableĀ under TikTok settings section: e.g., you can set up a Welcome message to greet your new follower in DMs, or Default Reply that can be sent to pick up any question people ask you in DMs :)

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Please let me know if youā€™d like an onboarding session, we can set up a call with you!

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Thank you Nami and team for working so hard to get this across the line. How can I best support this beta group as a foodie content creator? From my brief reading, it looks as though someone could potentially DM me a keyword (for example, NOODLE) and I could reply to them with a text based recipe? Would a link work, or is this being worked on currently?Ā 
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I use ManyChat on Instagram with a ā€œcomment ā€˜recipeā€™ and Iā€™ll send the recipe to your DMsā€. This has increased engagement and website traffic exponentially. I just wanted to say thank you for that!Ā 


Hey ā€‹@ashleigh.cooks!

Thanks for your question! Exactly: automation right now power DM automation.Ā That being said, anyone who will DM you a specific keyword that you set up, will be able to receive your automation. Manychat also supports different DM entry points, such as Welcome message, Suggested questions, and Default Reply.Ā 

Comment automation (the one you refer to on IG) is not supported as of right now, but TikTok team is working hard on making it available.

What we suggest doing as a workaround for the time being, is asking your followers to DM you a keywords (instead of commenting).

Let me know what your thoughts are! And, again, thank you for being the Beta super hero šŸ¦øā€ā™€ļøĀ 


Hi ā€‹@Natalie Evseyeva!

I have one of my clients Iā€™m trying to get connected to TikTok. I see TikTok as an option in Manychat settings, but when he goes to connect his TikTok to it, it is not an option. Is there something I need to do from my end to allow him to connect his TikTok account to his Manychat?


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