How Telegram-native sales work
tease.bot is an AI Messaging CRM. It does not process fan payments — Telegram does that, via Telegram Stars. This page is the honest accounting of what happens when a fan unlocks paid media on your bot, where each Star goes, and how that flow relates to your tease.bot subscription.
The flow of one paid unlock
Section titled “The flow of one paid unlock”Imagine a fan unlocks a paid media set priced at 100 Telegram Stars. Telegram Stars trade at roughly $0.013 each at the time of writing, so 100 Stars is around $1.30 at the moment of purchase. Here is what happens to that $1.30:
| Step | Who takes what | Amount (illustrative) |
|---|---|---|
| Fan pays in-app on Telegram | Telegram receives 100 Stars | $1.30 |
| Telegram platform fee | Telegram retains ~15% | $0.20 |
| Stars settle to creator (after 21-day Telegram hold) | $1.10 enters your creator balance | $1.10 |
| tease.bot percentage of the sale | None — tease.bot is a SaaS subscription, not a payment processor | $0.00 |
| Available for payout | After manual review, ready for crypto withdrawal | $1.10 |
| Network gas fee | Deducted on send | varies (cents on TRC20/Solana, more on ERC20) |
| Net to your wallet | What actually arrives | ~$1.07 to $1.10 |
The exact percentages drift a bit. Telegram has changed Stars pricing twice since launch and may change it again. Network fees vary by chain and congestion. The dashboard shows every fee transparently in Payouts so you always know exactly what arrived versus what was collected on the Telegram side.
The 15% Telegram fee, addressed honestly
Section titled “The 15% Telegram fee, addressed honestly”The 15% Telegram retains is the only meaningful cost between the fan and you. It is non-negotiable because it is built into Telegram’s infrastructure, not into ours. If a creator platform tells you they have eliminated this fee, they are either lying or not using Telegram Stars at all.
Why we accept it:
- It is structurally lower than the comparable platform fee on OnlyFans (20%) or Fanvue (20% to 25% depending on tier).
- It is paid in the same flow as the rest of Telegram Stars, with no extra processor steps or chargeback risk.
- It is in exchange for native in-app payments, which is what makes the friction low enough that fans actually buy in chat instead of leaving the conversation to find their card.
How tease.bot bills creators
Section titled “How tease.bot bills creators”A flat monthly SaaS subscription, plus usage credits when AI/voice features run. That is it. tease.bot does not take a percentage of fan Stars — the bill is for the workspace (inbox, AI assistant, automation, analytics).
| Plan | Price | Inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $49.99/mo | One workspace, Custom Voice Design, the full inbox + AI assistant |
| Pro | $199.99/mo | Everything in Starter plus Studio Voice Design and the heavier analytics |
| Premium | $499.99/mo | Multi-workspace, Master Voice Clone, custom onboarding |
| Agency | Talk to us | Custom deals for creator agencies and high-volume rosters. Reach out at [email protected] |
The same fee applies whether the workspace handles a few conversations a month or thousands. The incentive alignment is on purpose: tease.bot earns when the creator stays subscribed, not by extracting a cut from fan purchases. Sale percentages would also make tease.bot a payment facilitator under processor rules, which is not what the product is.
Comparing across platforms (back-of-envelope)
Section titled “Comparing across platforms (back-of-envelope)”A creator earning $10,000/month in net Telegram revenue (after Telegram’s 15%) on a Pro tease.bot subscription:
| Platform | Platform cut | Subscription cost | What you keep on $10k revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| OnlyFans (20%) | $2,500 cut from $12,500 gross to net $10,000 | $0 | $10,000 |
| Fanvue (20-25%) | $2,500 to $3,333 cut from gross | $0 | $10,000 |
| tease.bot (Pro) | Telegram’s 15% from gross | $199.99/mo | ~$9,800 |
At low revenue ($1,000/month net), the OnlyFans and Fanvue 20% cut is small in absolute terms ($250) and tease.bot’s flat $199.99 is comparable. At high revenue ($10k+/month), tease.bot’s flat fee starts to dominate the comparison heavily.
This is why we built it this way. tease.bot is structurally better the bigger you get. At the bottom of the funnel, the math is roughly even. At the top, the gap compounds.
What you get for the subscription
Section titled “What you get for the subscription”The subscription is not “the right to use the bot”. It is the running of the AI Messaging CRM: the inbox infrastructure, the AI assistant inference, the funnel logic, the follow-up scheduling, the voice synthesis, the dashboard, the analytics, the moderation safety nets, the support. tease.bot hosts the assistant, the compute, the audio synthesis, the database, the pipeline. The flat fee keeps that running for the workspace regardless of how many conversations move through it.
The lights stay on whether the workspace handles 50 conversations this month or 50,000.