How Telegram-native sales work
tease.bot is an AI Messaging CRM. It does not process fan payments. Telegram handles fan purchases through Telegram Stars, and Telegram’s creator-rewards terms control settlement and withdrawal timing.
This page explains the two separate money flows:
- Fan purchases on Telegram: handled by Telegram Stars and Telegram’s rewards flow.
- Your tease.bot subscription: paid by the creator team to use Inbox, fan CRM, AI-assisted replies, automations, analytics, voice, funnels, and related tools.
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’s own creator terms say paid-content creators may receive an equivalent reward value per Star, and that Star rewards require a 21-day availability window before withdrawal.
In product terms:
| Step | Who handles it | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Fan buys Stars or spends existing Stars | Telegram | The fan payment happens inside Telegram. |
| Fan unlocks paid media | Telegram | Telegram controls the Stars transaction and access to the purchased media. |
| Creator reward accrues | Telegram | The reward is visible as Telegram-side value, subject to Telegram’s rules. |
| Settlement hold runs | Telegram | Star rewards require about 21 days before withdrawal. |
| tease.bot percentage of the fan purchase | tease.bot | None. tease.bot is not the fan payment processor and does not take a sale cut. |
| Creator payout request | tease.bot dashboard | After value is available, the creator can request a crypto payout through the dashboard workflow. |
The exact value shown for Stars can vary by Telegram policy, region, app store pricing, market conditions, and timing. Treat any USD estimate as directional until it appears in your own dashboard.
The Telegram-side fee
Section titled “The Telegram-side fee”Telegram’s Stars and rewards system is the payment rail. It is the reason fans can buy inside Telegram instead of leaving the chat for a card form. The tradeoff is that Telegram controls pricing, availability, settlement timing, and rewards policy.
tease.bot does not remove Telegram’s economics. It gives you the CRM, Inbox, AI assistant, funnels, voice, automations, analytics, and team controls around those Telegram-native purchases.
How tease.bot bills creators
Section titled “How tease.bot bills creators”tease.bot bills creators for the SaaS workspace and usage credits. It does not bill fans and does not run a fan-facing card checkout.
Terms are agreed directly with each creator team rather than picked from a tier list. Prices can differ by payment rail: card checkout uses the list price, and non-card rails, such as crypto or wallet where available, can show a lower price in checkout.
Yearly billing is available in the product when shown at checkout. The checkout screen is always the source of truth for the amount you are approving.
Subscription, credits, and payouts are separate
Section titled “Subscription, credits, and payouts are separate”Keep these three ledgers separate in your head:
- Telegram Stars revenue: fan purchases handled by Telegram.
- tease.bot subscription: your creator-team SaaS plan.
- Usage credits: internal units for eligible AI, voice, caption, automation, and workflow features.
Usage credits are not cash, stored value, or a payout balance. They are product units consumed by supported features. Creator payouts come from eligible revenue records, not from unused usage credits.
Comparing with creator platforms
Section titled “Comparing with creator platforms”OnlyFans, Fanvue, and similar platforms usually sit directly between creator and fan. They host the fan relationship, run the checkout, set platform rules, and take a percentage of transactions.
tease.bot is deliberately different:
- Fans stay on Telegram.
- Fan payments happen through Telegram Stars.
- The creator pays tease.bot for software.
- The fan CRM and conversation history stay exportable from the workspace.
That structure is most useful for creators who already have or can build Telegram traffic. If you are still building an audience from zero, you still need discovery and traffic from other channels.
What you get for the subscription
Section titled “What you get for the subscription”The subscription pays for the AI Messaging CRM:
- Telegram Inbox.
- Fan CRM and lists.
- AI-assisted replies.
- Funnels.
- Voice features.
- Automations.
- Analytics.
- Team controls.
- tease.chat smart links.
- Support and infrastructure.
The software keeps the operation manageable. Telegram remains the fan payment rail.