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A Whop alternative for selling access in Telegram

Selling access is two jobs: taking the money and managing who is inside. Tools that do the first well often leave you to do the second by hand.

A Whop alternative for selling access in Telegram

BotLaunch sells access from inside Telegram: paid memberships to a private channel, handled by the same bot that moderates it. On the Business plan the memberships and your own branded bot are included, so the joining, the removal and the moderation are one system rather than a payment tool bolted to a group you police yourself.

The job is membership, not checkout

Taking a payment is the easy half. The work is what happens afterwards, every day: letting the right people in, removing the ones who stopped paying, and keeping the channel usable for everyone still there. A tool that stops at the receipt leaves you with the hard half.

One bot for the door and the room

Because the paid membership and the moderation modules sit on the same bot, the member who joined through a payment is the same record the moderation sees. Anti-spam, CAPTCHA, warnings and bans run in the channel you are selling access to, from the same dashboard.

That matters most when a channel gets big enough to attract people who are not there for the content.

What you can sell besides access

The Mini App storefront runs on the same bot, so a channel that sells membership can also sell a physical product, a digital file with automatic delivery, or a one-off session, without a second tool. Courses are a common pairing; see Sell courses on Telegram.

Prices, plainly

Paid memberships and your own branded bot are on the Business plan at $99 a month, which also covers unlimited channels and priority support. The Mini App ladder is separate and starts free, then $19, $49 or $99. Both tables are on Pricing.

Where the money goes

Card payments inside Telegram run through your own Stripe account, so the revenue is yours directly. Digital goods can also be sold for Telegram Stars, which settle to your own bot balance. In both cases BotLaunch is not in the payment path and takes no cut of the sale.

Frequently asked questions

Which plan includes paid memberships?

Business, at $99 a month, which also includes your own branded bot and unlimited channels.

Does BotLaunch take a cut of sales?

No. Card payments go to your own Stripe account, and Telegram Stars settle to your own bot balance.

Can the same bot moderate the channel it sells access to?

Yes. The membership and the moderation modules run on the same bot and the same dashboard.

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