Telegram groups and channels
Turn your Telegram group into real income.
Your fans pay through your VIPpass link. The VIPpass bot approves their join request, removes them when their plan ends and keeps out anyone who tries to sneak in through an old link. You never check a receipt or kick anyone by hand again.
How do I make a paid Telegram group?
Create a space in VIPpass, add the VIPpass bot to your Telegram supergroup or channel as an admin, and set 7, 30 or 90-day plans. Share your VIPpass link. When a fan pays, the bot approves their join request. When their plan ends, the bot removes them within minutes, automatically.
How it works
Set up a paid Telegram group in four steps.
Step 1: Create your space
Give it a name, a short description and a non-explicit cover image. Add plans of 7, 30 or 90 days, or lifetime, priced in your own currency.
Step 2: Add the VIPpass bot
Make the bot an admin of your supergroup or channel, with the rights to invite users and ban members. VIPpass checks those rights and that the group is yours.
Step 3: Get verified
Upload your government ID, take a live selfie and record a short video. A real person reviews it, and we aim to decide within 24 hours. You can set everything up while you wait.
Step 4: Share one link
Put your VIPpass link in your bio, your stories or your free preview channel. Fans pay, link Telegram once, and they are in.
What the bot does
The bot does the boring part.
VIPpass uses only Telegram's official Bot API. The bot never reads your messages or touches your content. It only manages who is a member.
Lets paying fans in
Your group's invite link only sends a join request. The bot approves it when the fan has paid, and declines it with a link to your checkout when they have not.
Removes expired fans
When a plan ends, the bot removes the fan within minutes. They can come back the moment they renew.
Stops leaked links
Anyone who joins without a paid membership, through an old link or added by hand, is removed. You and the admins you list are never touched.
Reminds fans to renew
Fans get a reminder 3 days and 1 day before their plan ends, and on the day. They can renew with /renew and check their date with /status.
Tells you when something breaks
If the bot loses its admin rights or a removal fails, VIPpass pauses new sales and alerts you straight away.
Shows you the numbers
Your dashboard shows every member, their expiry date and what you earned this week, by space and by payment method.
Free preview channel
Let fans taste it before they pay.
Link one free Telegram channel or group to your paid space and post a sample of what members get. Fans see a “Free preview” button next to the payment options and can open it without paying. Your dashboard shows how many preview visitors go on to pay.
Make your preview a private channel that people join by invite link, not a public @username channel. Telegram does not allow publicly viewable adult content, and VIPpass flags public previews for review.
Protect your content
Keep your content inside your group.
Restrict saving content
Turn on Telegram's “Restrict saving content” setting in every paid space. It blocks forwarding, saving and copying in most Telegram apps.
Ban re-sharers everywhere
If a fan re-shares your content or invite link, report them with evidence. VIPpass can ban them from every space on the platform, not just yours.
Nothing passes through us
Your content stays in your Telegram group. VIPpass never receives, stores or sees it, so there is nothing of yours on our servers to leak.
Telegram Stars
Why not use Telegram's own paid subscriptions?
Telegram's built-in subscriptions are paid in Telegram Stars, which fans buy inside the app, and creators cash them out through Telegram's own process. That works for some audiences.
VIPpass is built for fans who pay with mobile money, cards or USDT, and pays you in your own currency to a mobile money wallet or bank account in your name. It also works the same way for your WhatsApp groups and Snapchat private stories, so all your paid spaces sit in one dashboard.
Does VIPpass work with Telegram channels and groups?
Yes, with supergroups and channels. Basic Telegram groups do not let bots remove members, so convert the group to a supergroup first. Telegram does this for you when you change certain group settings, such as turning on chat history for new members.
What happens to members who are already in my group?
The bot removes anyone without an active VIPpass membership, except you and the admins you list. Before you go live, either ask your current members to subscribe through your link, or start a new paid group and keep the old one as your free preview.
Do fans need a VIPpass account?
No. Fans confirm they are 18 or older, pick a plan and pay. Then they open the VIPpass bot once, with a one-time link, so it knows their Telegram account. Most fans are inside in under two minutes.
How fast are fans added and removed?
Most fans are approved within a minute of their payment being confirmed. Expired members are removed within minutes of their plan ending. If something goes wrong, the bot retries and VIPpass alerts you.
What does it cost to run a paid Telegram group with VIPpass?
Starting is free: 2 live spaces with unlimited paying fans. VIPpass takes a 5% service fee on each payment, which already includes payment provider costs. Pro costs ₦20,000 a month for unlimited spaces and a 4% fee. See pricing.
Keep reading
- Paid WhatsApp groupsTurn your private WhatsApp group into real income. Fans pay by mobile money, card or USDT. VIPpass tracks every expiry date and tells you exactly who to add and remove.Read more
- Mobile money paymentsLet fans pay for your private group with mobile money, card or USDT, with no account. VIPpass confirms every payment and pays you out to mobile money or a bank in your name.Read more
- PricingVIPpass is free to start with 2 live spaces and unlimited fans. One 5% service fee per payment covers payment costs. Pro is ₦20,000 a month with a 4% fee.Read more
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