Onboarding on Telegram
Create your Subscriby creator account, link your Telegram account, and connect your first bot.
By the end of this page you'll have a Subscriby account with your Telegram account linked to it, and be ready to launch your first project.
Creator accounts are email-first: the registration form alone creates one, with an email address and a password. Telegram is one of the ways to sign up and sign in, and the account you link there is what the Telegram connector uses to recognise you inside bots and to reach you with alerts.
Two ways to start
- Continue with Telegram — click the Telegram button on the registration page. Telegram confirms who you are, the form comes back pre-filled with your name and marked as vouched for by Telegram, and you add an email address and a password to finish. Your Telegram account is linked the moment the account exists.
- Register with email — fill in the form and verify your email. Link Telegram later from Settings → Security → Linked accounts, or by opening our platform bot, @TrySubscribyBot, and following its prompt to link the account you are signed in with.
Both paths end in the same place: one creator account, one linked Telegram identity.
Step-by-step
Open the registration page.
Go to app.subscriby.net/register. Choose Continue with Telegram to start from your Telegram account, or go straight to the form.
Fill in the form.
- Name — pre-filled from your Telegram profile when Telegram vouched for you; edit it if you want a different display name.
- Email — a real inbox you can check. Alerts that must reach you (billing, security, recovery) go here as well as to Telegram.
- Password — 8+ characters, mix of upper/lower/numbers.
Click Create Account.
The Telegram account you link is the one the bots recognise you by and the one your alerts go to. Choose it carefully; you can add a backup account later under Settings → Security → Linked accounts and switch to it if the first is ever lost.
Verify your email.
Open the verification email from Subscriby and click the link. Until verified, some actions are restricted.
Secure your account.
Before creating your first project, head to Settings → Security and set up either:
- Two-factor authentication — TOTP via Google Authenticator or any compatible app.
- Passkeys — FIDO2 passwordless sign-in.
Either layer is a big upgrade over password-only protection. Details in the Account & Security section.
Install the Telegram connector on your first project.
Create a project, open its Connectors page and install Telegram. The connector asks for the token of a bot you created with @BotFather; paste it and the bot is yours. Connect your bot walks through the modal step by step.
Launch.
Head to the Creator's walkthrough and follow the launch path. The whole flow, from fresh account to first paying subscriber, is typically a single afternoon's work.
Why link a Telegram account at all?
Telegram is where your members live, and the Telegram connector needs to know which Telegram user is you:
- Continue with Telegram works as a sign-in method next to email/password and passkeys.
- The platform bot recognises you, so you can manage projects, plans and payments from inside Telegram.
- Alerts you route to Telegram arrive in the chat you linked; critical ones go to your email too.
- If that account is ever lost, the Disaster Recovery Program relinks a new one through a handshake, and a backup account you registered ahead of time takes over at once.
See Signing in with Telegram for how the Telegram sign-in path works day-to-day.
Commands the platform bot answers
Type these in your chat with @TrySubscribyBot, or pick them from Telegram's command menu next to the message box:
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/start | Your home screen: every project with its connection status, plus the buttons to create a project, switch alerts and change language. |
/projects | The same project list, whenever you want it back. |
/newcode | Generates access codes: straight into the wizard when you have one project, a project picker when you have more. |
/subscription | Signs you into the dashboard's billing page to change your Subscriby plan or payment method. |
/invoices | Signs you in and opens the billing portal, where every invoice and receipt for your Subscriby subscription is. |
/help | Links to this documentation and the news channel, and names the support address. |
/donate | Supports Subscriby's development by card or with Telegram Stars. |
/language | Changes the language the bot speaks to you. |
/cancel | Abandons whatever wizard is in progress. |
Related
- Creating an account — the same sign-up flow from the account-management perspective.
- Connectors — install, connect, verify and remove a connector on a project.
- Connect your bot — wire up your first project's Telegram bot.
- Telegram advantages — why run memberships on Telegram.
- Telegram integration — the platform-level mechanics.
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