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How to sell ebooks on Instagram, while you sleep.

Stop sending buyers to a checkout page they abandon before paying. Ask followers to comment BOOK, and okan replies to each of them, sends the ebook with a Buy button, takes the payment over UPI or card, and delivers the file.

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your.handle

Instagram

a.follower BOOK please!

your.handle Check your DMs 💌

your.handle replied to your comment

The Salary Negotiation Playbook is ₹199 — 60 pages, instant download. Tap Buy 👇

The Salary Negotiation Playbook

₹199 · PDF

Buy ₹199

Payment done

✓ Paid ₹199 · UPI

Payment done

The-Salary-Negotiation-Playbook.pdfTap to download
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The setup

Selling ebooks from your comments, step by step

About ten minutes, once. After that it runs on every matching comment.

  1. 01 · The ask

    Ask for “BOOK”

    Say it in the reel and the caption: “Comment BOOK and I’ll send it to you.” Post a reel teaching one idea from the book, and offer the rest for the keyword.

  2. 02 · The product

    Upload what the buyer gets

    The ebook as a PDF, up to 25 MB. Compress large images first if you are close to the limit.

  3. 03 · The automation

    Write the reply and the DM

    Choose the post, set the keyword to BOOK, and write the DM. For example: “The Salary Negotiation Playbook is ₹199 — 60 pages, instant download. Tap Buy 👇”

Questions

Selling ebooks: what people ask

Can I sell an EPUB?
okan delivers PDFs. Most ebook buyers on Instagram read on their phone, where a PDF works everywhere.
Will buyers be able to download it again later?
Yes. Paid download links stay valid for a year, and buyers can use them several times.
How do buyers pay?
The Buy button in the DM opens a Razorpay checkout. They can pay with UPI or card.
When do I get the money?
Buyers pay okan through Razorpay. You ask for a settlement whenever you like, and it is paid out within 72 hours on Free or 24 hours on Pro.

Your next ebook sells itself.

Free to start. okan only takes a small fee when a buyer pays.

Instagram Business or Creator account · no Facebook Page needed