Switch From BotSubscription With Every Member Intact
From a fee that changes with your volume to one rate, and from Paddle's account to your own
BotSubscription, the tool that used to be TGMembership, is free up to €85 of sales and then takes a percentage that falls with volume: 9% to €200 a month, 7% to €300, 6% to €500, 5% to €800, 3% to €1,200, 2% to €5,000 and 1% above, with Paddle as the merchant of record and broad crypto coverage. Creators leave when they want their own gateway accounts, one fee rate they can predict, or automation beyond the bot. This page is the move.
- What you keep
- Your channel, your members, your history
- The new bot joins the existing channel as a second administrator; nobody re-joins anything.
- What changes
- Who the merchant is
- Paddle bills your members today; after the switch your own Stripe, PayPal, Paystack or Razorpay account does, and the money lands there.
- How long
- One billing cycle side by side
- A month for monthly plans; yearly members get a longer bridge and the old bot stays until the last one ends.
- What it costs
- From $0 a month
- Free is $0 with a 10% fee, Starter $39 with 3%, Growth $89 with 1%, and no bands to climb.
What you keep
Your channel and its history
Two bot administrators in one channel is normal for the switch-over weeks; members see a new bot name and nothing else.
Your crypto members
CoinPayments takes Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and USD stablecoins and CeyPay takes USDT; both are one-time methods, so crypto members buy fixed periods, lifetime access or passes rather than renewing plans.
Your prices, in your currency
Recreate the tiers exactly, in the currency your members pay in; plans can be priced in 172 currencies and each member sees the methods that match.
Your second platform
BotSubscription serves Telegram and Discord. Telegram are available here today and Discord is in development; if your community is on Discord, wait for it before you move.
How to switch
- 1
Export what your current tool shows you: each member, their plan, what they paid and when their current period ends. The end dates decide when each member buys from the new bot.
- 2
Create your own bot, make it an administrator of the same channels, groups and supergroups beside the old bot, and connect it to Subscriby. Nobody needs a new channel; the history and pinned posts stay put.
- 3
Recreate your plans at the same prices, then add one bridge plan: renewal off, a fixed length that covers the longest remaining period, and the access-codes-only restriction so nobody can buy it.
- 4
Generate one access code per paying member, give the codes a short expiry, and send them in one message that says what is happening: a new bot, the same channel, redeem to keep your access, your next payment goes through the new bot when your current period ends.
- 5
Stop new sales on the old tool the day the new bot goes live, so nothing you sell today has to be moved tomorrow. Existing subscriptions run out on their own.
- 6
Let the new bot remind the stragglers a week and a day before their old period ends; members who redeemed are already in, members who did not are still covered by the old tool until then.
- 7
When the last old subscription has ended, remove the old bot from the channel and cancel that plan. From here the new bot admits, renews and removes on its own.
BotSubscription specifics
You become the merchant
With Paddle as merchant of record, Paddle sells to your members and pays you out. Here your own gateway account sells, settles and reports, which is more control and more paperwork: taxes on your sales are yours to handle.
The subscriptions stay behind
Members' recurring payments live with Paddle under BotSubscription. They cannot be adopted; they run out and members re-subscribe through the new bot, bridged by a code in between.
Bands become a rate
A community selling €900 a month pays 5% on BotSubscription and 10% on Free here, so Free is not cheaper for you; Starter at $39 plus 3% is. Read the comparison with your own volume in mind.
Crypto renewals never existed
Neither tool renews a crypto subscription automatically, because crypto has no mandate. Sell periods and lifetime access as you did, and let the bot remind before each expiry.
Common Questions
Read the comparisonWhat happens to the payments Paddle collects for me?
They finish under BotSubscription: each member's current period runs out and Paddle pays you as before. New payments after the switch go through your own gateway account.
Do I need my own Stripe or PayPal account now?
Yes, or Paystack or Razorpay; that is what moving off a merchant of record means. The Stripe connection is an onboarding you finish in a few minutes; the others take a pair of keys.
Can members pay in crypto after the switch?
Yes, through CoinPayments (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, stablecoins) and CeyPay (USDT), as one-time purchases: fixed periods, lifetime access or passes.
Do I need a new channel?
No. Add the new bot as a second administrator of the existing channel and keep everything in it.
When should I stay on BotSubscription?
When you want no monthly fee and no merchant duties, sell mostly in crypto, or run on Discord today. It is honest about what it does well; the comparison says where.
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