Arcalotl for Telegram is live
Your paid group now has a bot that handles the invite, keeps access in sync with the subscription, and follows up when a payment fails. Groups and channels join Discord and Fluxer in the same dashboard.
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Running a paid Telegram community should not mean comparing a list of payments with a list of members every week. Arcalotl connects the two. A confirmed payment grants access; an ended subscription removes it, with payment recovery and cancellation saves in between.
Members open @ArcalotlBot, choose a plan, and complete checkout in the browser. The bot sends a single-use invite link after payment confirms. You keep your own Stripe account and manage plans, members, and billing from the Arcalotl dashboard.
Access to a chat, with an invite for each member
Telegram has no paid roles. The benefit is membership of a group or channel. Create a plan that grants membership of the connected chat. Each invite works once and expires after 48 hours. A paying member who loses the link can send /start to get back in.
When access ends, the bot bans the member so an old invite cannot let them back in. A new or renewed subscription lifts that ban and sends a fresh invite. Existing members are left alone, and Telegram prevents bots from removing chat owners or administrators.
The rest of the membership stays in one place
- Recurring plans, annual options, one-time purchases, and donations.
- Private payment-recovery messages while the grace period keeps access active.
- A guided /cancel flow with a reason and a save offer.
- /manage for subscriptions and a signed-in link to the member portal.
- Account linking so one subscription can grant access on Telegram and another connected platform.
Set up the bot once
Press Start in the bot, add it to your chat, and make it an administrator with invite and ban permissions. Send /setup in the chat to continue privately, connect payments, then claim the community in your dashboard. If you already use Arcalotl, link the chat to your existing community instead.
Billing conversations happen privately. A /subscribe command in a group opens the bot, and a channel can publish a subscribe message with a link for each plan. Members must press Start before the bot can send them invites or reminders.
Connect your Telegram community
The setup guide covers group and channel permissions, linking an existing community, commands, and invite recovery.