FAQ
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Tribute is a convenient service for monetizing your Telegram channel. With the bot, you can set up paid subscriptions and donations on your channel and start earning from your content or services.
Tribute is for anyone conducting business or creating content on Telegram. Experts can share their knowledge, conduct consultations, or create interest-based communities. Creatives can showcase behind-the-scenes content and discuss their creative process.
It's a Telegram-native service, which is convenient for subscribers: no need to divert them to external platforms. In Tribute, payments can be made with cards from any bank and country. Payments are available in rubles and euros, with cryptocurrency payments (USDT, BTC, TON) coming soon. The commission structure is transparent and simple — 10% commision for all transactions.
There's also a convenient creator’s dashboard for managing subscriptions and donations, with detailed statistics coming soon.
1. Open Telegram on any device
2. Search for the @Tribute bot and press the “Start” button.
3. Add the bot as an administrator to your channel. Grant permission to send, edit, delete messages, and add subscribers.
4. Set up your or as per the instructions.
5. Fill in your payment details, select your country, and choose a method for receiving payouts.
Creator verification is a standard procedure to create a reliable and secure environment for authors and subscribers.
As our service processes financial transactions, we must adhere to international regulatory standards, including the “Know Your Customer” (KYC) procedure. This measure is necessary to prevent fraud and ensure all transactions through our service are legitimate. All documents are processed confidentially and used solely for identity verification purposes.
Telegram has officially verified the bot, ensuring its safety for addition as a channel administrator.
A subscription is regular financial support from subscribers for unique content or the opportunity to interact with you in private channels. Subscriptions can be one-time, weekly, monthly, or yearly. You set the price, but it must be at least €1 or ₽100 and not more than €3000 or ₽300 000.
A donation is a voluntary contribution and a token of appreciation from subscribers for the content you publish. Subscribers determine the amount, but it must be at least one Euro or 100 Rubles and at most two thousand Euros or 150,000 Rubles.
Yes, you can set up multiple different subscriptions on one channel. This allows your subscribers to choose the option that suits them best.
Yes, you can connect subscriptions and donations to an unlimited number of your channels.
Currently, subscriptions and donations are available in Rubles and Euros.
Payments can be made from any country, there are no restrictions.
Payouts are received twice a month: on the 25th and 10th of the month or the next working day. The payout schedule is from the 1st to the 15th and from the 16th to the 31st of each month. The minimum amount for payout to a bank card is 100 Euros. The balance is carried over to the next payout date if the minimum threshold is not reached.
10% (from each successful transaction, this includes fees of the service and payment providers).
Subscription, donation, goal, custom digital product:
€1, $1 or ₽100 is the minimum one-time transaction.
€3,000, $3,000 or ₽300,000 is the maximum single transaction.
Digital product:
€1, $1 or ₽100 is the minimum one-time transaction.
€1,000, $1,000 or ₽100,000 is the maximum single transaction.
It's a convenient space within the bot under the "creator’s dashboard" tab, where creators can easily manage subscriptions and donations and store all transaction data. Detailed statistics will be available there soon.
First, the Tribute bot sends an invoice to your subscriber detailing the subscription price, currency, and billing frequency. After payment, the bot confirms the transaction and, if it's a private channel, automatically adds your subscriber to the channel. Both you and your subscriber will receive a notification about this. The bot also reminds subscribers if their subscription is about to expire and offers to renew it. The bot automatically removes subscribers from the channel if their subscription is not renewed.
You also have the option to invite someone via your link without payment. Create an invitation link for an individual user in the "channel management" tab and send it to them.
The bot will remind the user to renew their subscription. If the user links a card, the subscription will be automatically renewed without any reminders.
Yes, if their card is not linked in the bot.
If the payment fails, we will attempt to withdraw funds from another linked card. The subscription will be canceled if only one card is linked or there are no funds on the others.
Certainly, users have a profile where they can manage, renew, or cancel all their subscriptions.
Subscription refunds are available in the event of a technical error, such as double billing.
You will need to contact our support team at https://t.me/TributeSupportBot and describe the situation.
Yes, you also have the option to invite someone via your link without payment. For this, create an invitation link for an individual user in the "channel management" tab and send it to them.
This can only happen due to a technical error. We recommend contacting our 24/7 support service — .
Please contact our support service — .
We do not recommend using two bots simultaneously, as this can confuse your subscribers and cause technical issues. If you still need to connect multiple bots, we advise consulting with our support service beforehand — .
After you add the bot as an administrator to one or several channels, we will check your channel for compliance with basic requirements. Your content should not contain insults, discredits, calls to violence, or anything else that could harm you or your subscribers. You can read more about the restrictions in our .