diff --git a/config/args.py b/config/args.py
index ad81081..60cd154 100644
--- a/config/args.py
+++ b/config/args.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from errors import ConfigError
 from textio import print_debug, print_warning
-from utils.common import is_valid_post_id, save_config_or_raise
+from utils.common import is_valid_post_id, save_config_or_raise, get_post_id_from_request
 
 
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
         '--single',
         required=False,
         default=None,
-        metavar='POST_ID',
+        metavar='REQUESTED_POST',
         dest='download_mode_single',
         help='Use "Single" download mode. This will download a single post '
-            "by ID from an arbitrary creator. "
+            "by link or ID from an arbitrary creator. "
             "A post ID must be at least 10 characters and consist of digits only."
             "Example - https://fansly.com/post/1283998432982 -> ID is: 1283998432982",
     )
@@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ def map_args_to_config(args: argparse.Namespace, config: FanslyConfig) -> bool:
         download_mode_set = True
 
     if args.download_mode_single is not None:
-        post_id = args.download_mode_single
+        post_id = get_post_id_from_request(args.download_mode_single)
         config.download_mode = DownloadMode.SINGLE
         
         if not is_valid_post_id(post_id):
             raise ConfigError(
                 f"Argument error - '{post_id}' is not a valid post ID. "
-                "At least 10 characters/only digits required."
+                "For an ID at least 10 characters/only digits are required."
             )
 
         config.post_id = post_id
diff --git a/download/single.py b/download/single.py
index 885de79..65f9b14 100644
--- a/download/single.py
+++ b/download/single.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from config import FanslyConfig
 from fileio.dedupe import dedupe_init
 from textio import input_enter_continue, print_error, print_info, print_warning
-from utils.common import is_valid_post_id
+from utils.common import is_valid_post_id, get_post_id_from_request
 
 
 def download_single_post(config: FanslyConfig, state: DownloadState):
@@ -31,22 +31,23 @@ def download_single_post(config: FanslyConfig, state: DownloadState):
         )
 
     else:
-        print_info(f"Please enter the ID of the post you would like to download."
-            f"\n{17*' '}After you click on a post, it will show in your browsers URL bar."
+        print_info(f"Please enter the link or the ID of the post you would like to download."
+            f"\n{17*' '}After you click on a post, the ID will show in your browser's URL bar."
         )
         print()
         
         while True:
-            post_id = input(f"\n{17*' '}► Post ID: ")
+            requested_post = input(f"\n{17*' '}► Post Link or ID: ")
+            post_id = get_post_id_from_request(requested_post)
 
             if is_valid_post_id(post_id):
                 break
 
             else:
-                print_error(f"The input string '{post_id}' can not be a valid post ID."
-                    f"\n{22*' '}The last few numbers in the url is the post ID"
+                print_error(f"The input string '{requested_post}' can not be a valid post link or ID."
+                    f"\n{22*' '}The last few numbers in the URL are the post ID"
                     f"\n{22*' '}Example: 'https://fansly.com/post/1283998432982'"
-                    f"\n{22*' '}In the example, '1283998432982' would be the post ID.",
+                    f"\n{22*' '}In the example, '1283998432982' is the post ID.",
                     17
                 )
 
@@ -83,9 +84,9 @@ def download_single_post(config: FanslyConfig, state: DownloadState):
                 state.creator_name = creator_username
     
                 if creator_display_name and creator_username:
-                    print_info(f"Inspecting a post by {creator_display_name} (@{creator_username})")
+                    print_info(f"Inspecting post {post_id} by {creator_display_name} (@{creator_username})")
                 else:
-                    print_info(f"Inspecting a post by {creator_username.capitalize()}")
+                    print_info(f"Inspecting post {post_id} by {creator_username.capitalize()}")
 
             # Deferred deduplication init because directory may have changed
             # depending on post creator (!= configured creator)    
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ def download_single_post(config: FanslyConfig, state: DownloadState):
                 )
         
         else:
-            print_warning(f"Could not find any accessible content in the single post.")
+            print_warning(f"Could not find any accessible content in post {post_id}.")
     
     else:
-        print_error(f"Failed single post download. Response code: {post_response.status_code}\n{post_response.text}", 20)
+        print_error(f"Failed to download post {post_id}. Response code: {post_response.status_code}\n{post_response.text}", 20)
         input_enter_continue(config.interactive)
diff --git a/utils/common.py b/utils/common.py
index 6bd5cdb..71742f9 100644
--- a/utils/common.py
+++ b/utils/common.py
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ def is_valid_post_id(post_id: str) -> bool:
     )
 
 
+def get_post_id_from_request(requested_post: str) -> str:
+    """Strips post_id from a post link if necessary.
+    Otherwise, the post_id is returned directly
+
+    :param requested_post: The request made by the user.
+    :type requested_post: str
+
+    :return: The extracted post_id.
+    :rtype: str
+    """
+    post_id = requested_post
+    if requested_post.startswith("https://fansly.com/"):
+        post_id = requested_post.split('/')[-1]
+    return post_id
+
+
 def open_location(filepath: Path, open_folder_when_finished: bool, interactive: bool) -> bool:
     """Opens the download directory in the platform's respective
     file manager application once the download process has finished.