How subscribers buy and join
The buyer's journey end to end — from opening your bot to landing inside the chat.
Updated: July 24, 2026
Here's exactly what a subscriber experiences after you share your bot link.
The journey
- They open your bot and tap Start (or send
/buy). - They see your welcome message (if set) and the menu of plans.
- They pick a plan, then choose Stars or crypto.
- They pay inside Telegram.
- The bot sends a personal invite link; they tap it and are let into the chat automatically — no waiting for manual approval.
🔧 What happens under the hood
Each invite link is personal and requires a join request. Your bot approves it only when it sees an active, non-expired subscription for that person — so a forwarded link is useless to anyone else. Access is granted idempotently by payment id, so a double-tap never creates duplicate access.
ℹ️ Good to know
If new sales are ever paused, buyers see a short "temporarily unavailable" message instead of the menu. That happens when your own platform plan is inactive, or you've hit your plan's subscriber limit — existing members and renewals are never affected.