Case 16 / 17 · Telegram bot · 2025

List Bot

A full-featured Telegram bot for managing and monetising channels, with premium services and referrals.

Development time: 13 days
Lines of code: 12,000+
Uptime: 99.9%
Payment systems: 2

Challenge

Telegram channel owners had no convenient way to gain subscribers, monetise content and manage their channels through a central platform with verified users.

Solution

A full-featured bot with a channel catalogue, multi-tier premium, a dual payment system (Crypto Bot + Telegram Stars), referrals and a comprehensive admin panel.

Highlights

Full monetisation · Multi-payment · Referral growth · Production-ready

What was built

Channel management: adding channels, tracking subscribers, choosing a category, hiding/showing in the catalogue
Premium features (4 tiers): premium stars, a pinned button, a mega button, a custom emoji
Flexible plans: 1/3/7/30 days in USDT (crypto) and Telegram Stars
Payments: Crypto Bot (USDT) + Telegram Stars with automatic service activation
A referral system with unique links and automatic earnings calculation
Admin panel: user management, channel approval, mass broadcasts
A ban list with reasons and checks of the bot’s rights in channels
Full logging in Redis with transaction history and click stats
A promo system with promo codes and discounts
Stats export to Excel for analysis
Asynchronous architecture (aiogram 2.14, asyncpg, SQLAlchemy ORM)

Stages

Analysis and design (1 day) — Client briefing, competitor analysis, designing the DB and bot architecture
Backend development (5 days) — The bot core on aiogram, the channel catalogue, CRUD operations, user roles
Payment system (3 days) — Crypto Bot (USDT) and Telegram Stars integration, automatic premium activation
Admin panel and tests (3 days) — Control panel, mass broadcasts, promo codes, load testing
Deployment and launch (1 day) — Server setup, CI/CD, monitoring, documentation and handover to the client

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