Overview
Platform-level Telegram mechanics — bot setup, resource linking, admin commands, deep-linking, and how the webhook stays in sync.
Telegram is the first connector Subscriby shipped, and the one with complete coverage today. A project that installs it connects one Telegram bot, and that bot is what actually admits, removes and bans members as their subscriptions change. Other connectors sit beside it on the same project (see Connectors); this section is about Telegram's own mechanics.
This section covers the platform-level mechanics. What you sell and who you sell it to lives in For Creators; what your members experience lives in For Subscribers.
You need your own bot
Subscriby drives a bot you create with Telegram's @BotFather and connect with its token. That is what makes the bot yours — your name, your handle, your branding — rather than subscribers interacting with something that says Subscriby.
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Advantages
Why Subscriby is Telegram-first, and what the platform gives you that others don't.
Onboarding
Register your creator account through Telegram — the only route in today.
Integration
How your bot, your channels and groups, and your plans fit together.
Running it
Bot features
Everything your bot does for you and for your subscribers.
Admin commands
Project-owner-only commands in the chat with your bot — /check and /ban.
Operations
Launching your bot, activating plans, and driving it all with deep links.
How the bot stays connected
The webhook that keeps your bot in sync with Telegram, and what to do when it drifts.
What Telegram supports
| Capability | Limit or note |
|---|---|
| Channels | Supported |
| Groups and supergroups | Supported, up to 200,000 members |
| Automatic add / remove | Driven by subscription status, including expiry and cancellation |
| Bans | Supported, both manual and automatic |
| Broadcasts | Targeted at a chosen audience of your subscribers |
| Native payments | Telegram Stars (XTR), alongside every other supported provider |
Related
- Platforms overview — what else is planned, and when
- For Creators — projects, plans, resources and members
- Payment methods — per-provider setup, Telegram Stars included
- Webhooks — outbound events for your own automation, distinct from Telegram's own webhook
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