Quickstart

Set up your Telegram paywall in minutes

Open one bot, create a paid item, share the link. Buyers pay in Telegram Stars or by card and get it instantly. No bot token, no code, no signup form.

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Open the Gategram bot

Everything happens inside one official bot — @gategramapp_bot. There is no bot to build, no token to paste, and nothing to install. Tap below, hit Start, then tap Open Gategram to launch the app.

Opens directly in Telegram · Free to start · Keep 95% of every sale

Go live in 3 steps

From opening the bot to your first sale. No technical setup.

1

Open the bot

Open @gategramapp_bot and tap Start, then tap Open Gategram to launch the Mini App. That’s your whole account — no signup form, no bot token, nothing to configure.

2

Create your first paid item

Tap /create to open the form (or use the quick command /new price title | content). Set a title, a price in Telegram Stars (1 to 10,000), and your content: text, a link, a file (photo, video, or document), or a saved message.

3

Share your link and get paid

You get a buy link like t.me/gategramapp_bot?start=buy_ID. Post it in any channel, group, or DM. Buyers tap it, pay with Telegram Stars or by card in one tap, and receive the content instantly in chat. You keep 95% (5% fee).

What do you want to sell?

Same simple loop every time: create it in the bot, share a link, get paid in Telegram Stars or by card.

Sell a file, post, or guide

A PDF, video, photo, a private link, a chunk of text, or a forwarded message — anything you can send in Telegram, you can sell.

  1. 1In the bot, tap /create to open the form (or type /new 50 My guide | your content for a quick text item).
  2. 2Set a title, a price in Stars (1 to 10,000), and add your content: text, a link, or a file/photo/video.
  3. 3Copy the buy link the bot gives you and post it in your channel, group, bio, or DMs. Buyers pay in one tap and get it instantly.
Open the Gategram bot →

Gate a private group or channel

Charge for entry to a private group or channel by selling its invite link behind a paywall.

  1. 1In Telegram, set your group or channel to private and copy its invite link.
  2. 2In the bot, tap /create, set a price, choose the link content type, and paste the invite link as the content.
  3. 3Share the buy link publicly. When someone pays, the bot delivers your invite link instantly and they join.
Open the Gategram bot →

Sell ongoing community access

Run a paid community with tiers — each tier is its own paid item with its own invite link.

  1. 1Create one private group or channel per tier (for example Monthly, VIP) and copy each invite link.
  2. 2In the bot, create one paid item per tier — set its price and paste that tier’s invite link as the content.
  3. 3Share each tier’s buy link. Buyers pick a tier, pay, and receive the matching invite link instantly.
Open the Gategram bot →

How gating a group really works

Gating a private group or channel means selling your private invite link behind a paywall. You create a paid item whose content is the invite link; when a buyer pays, the bot delivers that link instantly and they join.

What Gategram does

  • Takes the payment (Telegram Stars or card) inside Telegram.
  • Delivers your private invite link to the buyer the moment they pay.
  • Lets you run multiple tiers, each with its own price and invite link.

What Gategram does not do

  • It does not auto-add buyers to your group or auto-kick anyone.
  • It does not track membership, expirations, or renewals for you.
  • It does not sync who is in the group with who has paid.

You stay in control of your group in Telegram. To limit reuse, use Telegram’s own invite-link controls (member limits, expiry, or revoking and re-issuing a link). Membership management stays in your hands; Gategram handles payment and instant delivery.

Bot commands (optional shortcuts)

You can do everything with the buttons in the bot. These commands are quicker if you like typing.

/startOpen the bot and get the Open Gategram button
/createOpen the creation form in the Mini App
/new price title | contentQuick-create a text item from one message
/attach idAttach a file, photo, or video to a file-type item
/productsList the items you’ve created
/dashboardView sales and earnings
/buy idOpen the purchase flow for an item
/purchasesView items you’ve bought
Self-hosting Gategram (advanced, open-source)

Most creators do not need this. The hosted bot above (@gategramapp_bot) is the whole product — nothing to deploy, no token, no webhook.

Gategram is open source under the MIT license. Developers who want to run their own deployment use their own BOT_TOKEN, webhook, and Turso database, and manage secret rotation themselves. That is a separate, technical path — the full setup, environment variables, and the secret-rotation runbook live in the repository.

View the open-source repo on GitHub →

Ready to launch your first paid drop?

Open the bot, create it, share it, and get paid in Telegram Stars or by card. You keep 95%.