Gatefather is the subscription platform for Telegram creators. You bring your own bot. We handle the payments, the invites, the kicks, and the books. You run your family. We run your gate.
We don't brand your channel. You bring a bot from @BotFather, keep its handle, keep your subscribers' trust. If you leave Gatefather, your audience doesn't move — because it was always yours.
A flat platform fee. Your processor fees pass through at cost. Payouts go straight to your accounts — we never hold your money. Everything visible in the books, every month.
Failed renewal? We dun. Expired sub? We kick. New subscriber? Single-use invite, auto-issued. You create. We enforce the door. Nobody gets in without paying respect.
Mint a bot with @BotFather. Paste the token into Gatefather. Make the bot an admin of your private channel. Three minutes, one time.
Connect CCBill, Stripe, PayPal, NOWPayments (crypto), or take Telegram Stars natively. Money flows to accounts you control. We don't hold funds.
Share the bot. Subscribers pay, get a single-use invite, join your channel. If they lapse, they're out on the next sweep. You focus on creating.
No “coming soon.” No feature flags hiding critical workflows. No paid upgrades for things the competition gives away.
Monthly, yearly, lifetime — with free-trial support and per-tier pricing in any currency.
When a sub lapses, the scheduler pulls the member from your channel on the next hour. No manual babysitting, no ghosts.
Failed renewals trigger a configurable grace window with reminder DMs before access is revoked. Recover revenue the honest way.
Percent or flat-dollar codes with redemption caps and expiry. Redeem with /redeem CODE. Promotions without chaos.
Every subscriber gets a personal referral deep-link. Convert a friend, get 7 days added. Word of mouth, mechanised.
Push announcements, manually admit or remove members, audit payments — all inside Telegram. The books travel with you.
Duplicate deliveries from CCBill, Stripe, or NOWPayments are dedup’d at the DB level. No double charges. No double grants.
Missing webhook secrets reject incoming requests instead of accepting forged ones. The gate doesn’t open by accident.
Export subscribers any time. No lock-in. If we ever disappear, you walk out with the books under your arm.
Gatefather is software, not a payment platform. Your subscribers pay your processor directly. We orchestrate the Telegram side and charge a flat fee. No merchant-of-record risk. No surprise %. No cousin in the Caymans.
| Feature | Gatefather | Legacy Telegram bots | Creator platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform % of revenue | Flat fee | ~3–10% | ~20% |
| Your own payment processor | Yes (BYO) | Yes (BYO) | No (they hold funds) |
| Crypto payments | NOWPayments | Limited | No |
| You own subscriber data | Yes | Yes | No |
| Telegram Stars native | Yes | Yes | No |
Comparison based on public pricing and docs as of April 2026.
Try Gatefather on the demo bot, or request early access for your own channel. Either way, the door is open — so long as you’re ready to pay respect, not tax.