Telegram Integration

This guide explains how to use Paylinks to accept payments and manage subscriptions for Telegram groups and channels, without building a custom checkout or payment flow.

Prerequisite – Set Up Your Product

Beforehand, make sure to create a paid product in this section and finish by integrating it via Telegram. First Payment in 2 Minutes

Understanding the Telegram setup & bot flow

To activate paid access on Telegram, the setup happens between Suby and the Telegram bot. You’ll first link your Telegram account, then publish your product, and finally activate everything directly from the bot.

Step 1 - Connect your Telegram account

• Open the Suby Telegram bot using the button below

• This step links your Telegram account to Suby

• Once the linking is complete, come back on the platform to continue

Step 2 - Publish the product

• Once your telegram is linked, publish your product on the platform

• This step is mandatory to enable Telegram paid access

• Without publishing, the bot cannot activate the product

Step 3 - Activate the product on Telegram

• Go back to Telegram

• Open the Suby bot and type /start

• Follow the steps displayed by the bot to finalize the setup:

• Click on "Create Paid Access"

• Add the Suby bot to your private group or private channel. This is the access that the Suby bot will gate. Make sure to grant it the required permissions listed below, without these permissions, the bot won’t be able to manage member entry and removal.

• Once, and only after, the bot has been added to the group or channel, you need to go back to the bot and type /setup. This step is essential to link a paid product to the gated group or channel.

• You should normally see all the plans you previously created on the Suby.fi platform. You can now choose which one you want to associate with your gated group or channel.

Once the link between Suby and your private community is complete, you have two options:

• Use the direct paylink

• Create and use a public portal (optional)

To create a portal Optional: Public Portal