How to charge for a Telegram group.
If you've built an audience on Telegram, you can turn it into recurring income — properly, without chasing payments by hand. Here's the modern way: paid memberships with card checkout, automatic invites, and automatic removal when someone stops paying.
The hard way vs the automated way
Most creators start by selling access manually — “DM me to pay,” collecting screenshots, adding people one by one, and trying to remember who's expired. It works until it doesn't: people who'd rather pay by card walk away, and you become an unpaid admin policing a member list.
The automated way turns all of that into one link. Members pay by card, get invited instantly, and are removed automatically when their subscription lapses — 24/7, with no one in the loop.
How it works, in 4 steps
- 1. Create your paid channel and add the PaidJoin bot as an admin, then connect your own Stripe account (or start on the free tier with no Stripe needed).
- 2. Set your plans — monthly, yearly, lifetime, or a fixed-length pass. Add a price; that's it.
- 3. Share one link. Anyone who opens it sees your plans and pays on Stripe's secure checkout.
- 4. The bot does the rest — instant invite on payment, renewal reminders, and automatic removal after a grace period when a sub ends.
What can you charge for?
Anything your audience already values: trading or betting signals, a premium community, course or coaching access, exclusive content, early drops. If people are paying you by hand today, this just makes it automatic and lets card-payers in.
Why card payments beat manual or crypto-only
Card checkout converts far better than “DM me” or crypto-only — most buyers have a card and expect a normal checkout. You also stop losing the people who'd never message an admin to pay. Your money lands in your own Stripe account; PaidJoin never holds it.
Start charging in minutes
Free to start at 2% per sale, or a flat $19/mo at 0%. No monthly to begin.
Start free →FAQ
Do I need a Stripe account?
Not to start — the free tier handles payments for you at 2% per sale. To pay 0% on the $19/mo plan, you connect your own Stripe so money goes straight to you.
Can I charge monthly, or just one-off?
Both. Recurring monthly/yearly, lifetime, or a fixed-length pass (e.g. 30 days). You can run several plans at once.
What happens when someone stops paying?
They get renewal reminders, then are removed automatically after a short grace period — you never have to police the member list. See the full guide.