Telegram Bot for Paid Access to a Private Channel

For private channel owners, clubs and creators of premium content who sell subscriptions by hand and track dates in a spreadsheet. The bot accepts Telegram Stars with no payment provider, counts the period from the moment of payment and reminds members to renew. The admin only approves join requests and removes people tagged “Did Not Renew” from the channel.

Who it's for

Private channel, club, premium content

Level

Advanced — Includes payments or your own service — about 20–30 minutes.

What to connect

Needs: channel

How it starts

The bot's main flow: it answers /start and any message that a command or keyword flow didn't catch.

Blocks in the flow

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1. Bot

   🔒 Private channel “channel name” what's inside the channel

2. Bot

   Choose your access period (paid in Telegram Stars):

   • 1 Month — price ⭐
   • 3 Months — price ⭐
3. Customer

   1 Month — price ⭐

4. Bot

   ✅ Payment received! Your access (1 month) starts today — join the channel with the link below. If the link uses join requests, an admin will approve you within a day; you don’t need to tap anything else. We’ll remind you 3 days before the period ends.

   • 🔗 Join the Channel
5. Bot

   ⏳ Your access to “channel name” ends in 3 days. On the last day we’ll send you renewal buttons.

6. Bot

   ⌛ Your access to “channel name” has ended. Renew?

   • 1 Month — price ⭐
   • 3 Months — price ⭐
   • No, Thanks

1. What’s inside the channel.
2. Plan: 1 month or 3 months.
3. An invoice in Telegram Stars — no payment provider needed.
4. The “Paid Access” tag and the invite link; the period starts at payment, no extra taps needed.
5. Three days before the end — a reminder.
6. On the last day — the “Did Not Renew” tag and “Renew?” buttons.
7. A repeated /start: the channel link and a “Renew Access” button.

• Make the bot a channel admin and set the channel ID: that’s how the bot tells current members (they get “Access is active”) from new ones (they get the join link). Either way the period starts at payment.
• Create an invite link with join requests in the channel and put it into the bot fields — then the link can’t be shared without your approval.
• The bot can’t remove people from the channel — an admin does it by the “Did Not Renew” tag: the bot adds it by itself on the last day if access wasn’t renewed.
• Telegram requires bots to answer /paysupport: create a scenario started by the paysupport command.
• If a member taps /start mid-period, the bot stops tracking their period and adds the “Period Not Tracked” tag — check that member manually. The tag is removed when they renew.
• A new period starts from the payment: whoever renews early starts the new period that day.
• While the bot waits for the period to end, it doesn’t answer the member’s regular messages — connect the Helpdesk to see them.

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