Fansly: Send Direct Message
Published 31 Jul 2026
Send a private Fansly message to a viewer when an alert fires. Useful for thanking a tipper personally, or sending a link only the buyer should see.
What You Need
- A Fansly account connected in TipLink (Platforms page → Fansly).
Quick Start
- Create or edit an alert, for example one that fires on a tip.
- Add the Fansly: Send Direct Message action. It is under Chat Messages.
- Choose your Fansly Account.
- Set the Recipient to
{{ username }}to message whoever triggered the alert. - Write your Message.
- Save and test.
Configuration Options
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Select Fansly Account | The account the message is sent from. |
| Recipient Username or User ID | Who receives it. Accepts placeholders, so {{ username }} targets whoever triggered the alert. |
| Message | What to send. Accepts placeholders and multiple lines. |
| Enable Random Messages | Send one of several variants instead of the same message every time. |
| Random Message Variants | Your list of variants, each with a percentage chance. Shown when the toggle above is on. |
Random messages
Turn on Enable Random Messages and add several variants with weights. TipLink picks one each time the alert fires, so repeat tippers do not get the same wording twice in a row.
Weights are percentage chances. Three variants at 50, 30 and 20 means the first is picked about half the time.
Writing the Message
Use the {{ }} button next to the field to insert placeholders. Common ones:
Thank you so much for the {{ value }} tip, {{ username }}! 💖
Multiple lines are supported, so you can lay a message out properly:
Thanks for the tip, {{ username }}!
Here's the link I promised: https://example.com
Common Uses
Personal thank-you for a big tip
- Trigger: Fansly, Tip/ Donation, minimum
20 - Recipient:
{{ username }} - Message: a warm thank-you with
{{ value }}
Delivering something after a purchase
- Trigger: the tip amount you use as a price
- Message: the link or code
Pair it with a Stream Overlay action so chat sees the sale happen without seeing the link.
Welcome message for new subscribers
- Trigger: Fansly, User Resubscribed or a subscription event
- Message: your welcome text
Things to Know
Recipients are looked up by name. If a viewer has just changed their display name, or is brand new, the lookup can fail. Using a user ID is more reliable when you have one.
Do not send too many. Fansly rate-limits messaging. Put a cooldown on the alert if it can fire rapidly, for example during a tip spree. See Cooldowns & Rate Limiting.
This is a private message. Nothing appears in your public chat. If you want chat to see it too, add a Fansly: Send Chat Message action alongside.
Troubleshooting
Messages are not arriving
Check the account is connected on the Platforms page, and that the recipient name is spelled exactly as Fansly has it.
The recipient came out blank
{{ username }} is only present on events that have a sender. Open the event on the Activity page to confirm which fields it carried.
Only some messages send
You are likely being rate-limited. Add a cooldown to the alert.
Related
- Fansly: Send Chat Message - post publicly instead.
- Using Event Data in Actions - the placeholder guide.