The economics of selling on Telegram
When we say tease.bot takes 0% commission, the obvious follow-up is: so where does the money go? This page is the honest accounting.
The flow of one PPV
Imagine a fan unlocks a PPV 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 | Telegram receives 100 Stars | $1.30 |
| Telegram platform fee | Telegram retains ~15% | $0.20 |
| Stars settle to creator (after 21-day hold) | $1.10 to your tease.bot balance | $1.10 |
| tease.bot commission | 0% | $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. We display every fee transparently in Payouts so you always know exactly what arrived versus what you earned.
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 makes money
A flat monthly subscription. That is it.
| Plan | Price | Inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $49.99/mo | One persona, Custom Voice Design, the full chatbot loop |
| Pro | $199.99/mo | Everything in Starter plus Studio Voice Design and the heavier analytics |
| Premium | $499.99/mo | Multi-persona, Master Voice Clone, custom onboarding |
| Agency | Talk to us | Custom deals for creator agencies and high-volume rosters. Reach out at hello@tease.bot |
We charge the same whether you make $500 a month or $50,000 a month. The incentive alignment is on purpose: we win when you stay subscribed, which means we win when you grow. We do not win by skimming each sale.
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
The subscription is not “the right to use the bot”. It is the running of the AI: the chat conversations, the PPV pricing logic, the follow-ups, the voice generation, the dashboard, the analytics, the support. We host the persona, the inference compute, the audio synthesis, the database, the pipeline. The flat fee is what keeps that running for you regardless of how much revenue you push through it.
The lights stay on whether you make $0 this month or $50,000.