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Bots and AI

Telegram bot development

Telegram bot development gives you a managed business scenario in a messenger your customers already use: the bot accepts and checks a request, shows the catalog, takes payment, enters data into the CRM and passes the request to a manager with full context. We build custom Telegram bots without tying them to a bot builder.

  • We hand over the code and access credentials — no vendor lock-in.
  • Hosting on your server — or in a cloud you have approved.
  • CRM, payments and your own API — the bot works with your systems.
  • Support after launch — monitoring and further development.
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Who needs a Telegram bot for business

A Telegram bot for business makes sense in companies where conversations with customers and partners already happen in the messenger, and employees then manually copy data from chats into spreadsheets and the CRM.

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Sales teams with a flow of leads

The bot asks clarifying questions, checks the contact, routes the request to the right team and creates a lead with the source and the person in charge already filled in.

02

Support and operations teams

A message becomes a request: the bot clarifies the topic, asks for the order number, a document or a photo and passes the full history to the right department.

03

Chains and field employees

An employee reports on a shift, policy violations or stock following a set scenario, and the manager gets consolidated, structured data instead of dozens of scattered chats.

04

Orders and repeat sales

The customer finds a product, places an order, tracks its status and comes back through a personalized flow without installing anything.

02

What a Telegram bot handles

Telegram is only the channel here: the business logic stays on the company side. We start with two questions rather than a list of commands: which action the user should complete and what data will appear in the company system after that.

01

Leads and qualification

The bot records what the customer needs, their city, contact, budget range or a file. Unverified data does not get into the CRM, and the manager opens a card that is already filled out.

02

Orders and payment

A regular bot handles a short scenario, and a Mini App provides the catalog, cart and personal account. Data is synced with the CRM, warehouse system or ERP.

03

Support and statuses

The customer describes the problem and attaches an order number or a photo. The bot finds the order and shows its status, and passes a complex request to an employee with the full history.

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Internal processes and roles

Employees send requests, reports and checklists from their smartphones. The manager sees statuses, deadlines and exceptions instead of searching for messages across groups.

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The path of a request in the bot

The user sees a short conversation. The team gets a controlled flow of data: processing rules, a failure log and the point where an employee steps in. After the message “I would like a consultation”, the request goes through five steps:

01

Channel — Telegram: communication and the user's need

02

Check — data format, consent to data processing, duplicate detection

03

Route — team, role and priority

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CRM — lead, task and source

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Manager — context and the next step

An error does not disappear without a trace: if the CRM does not respond, the failure is logged, the team gets a notification and the bot offers the user a fallback scenario. The manager can move straight to solving the request: the answers, source, language, history and expected action are already in the card. The head of the team sees the whole process. Analytics tracks progress through each step (start, drop-off, lead creation, payment, handover and result), not the number of messages.

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Five Telegram bot scenarios

Each Telegram bot scenario should end with a business result: a new request in the CRM, a completed payment, a registered request, a booking or a report. Otherwise, the bot just moves manual work to another window.

01

Lead qualification before a call

The bot finds out which product the person is interested in, which city they are from and how to contact them, checks the required fields, chooses the department and creates a lead. The manager gets a notification only when the CRM record has been created successfully.

02

Product selection and checkout

The customer chooses a category, filters products by parameters, sees availability and places an order. For a large catalog, we connect a Mini App instead of long messages.

03

Requests with attachments and priority

The bot finds the customer or the order, accepts a description of the problem with attachments, creates a request and explains what happens next. Critical topics are escalated right away.

04

Booking with reminders and rescheduling

The customer chooses a service and a time from the available schedule. The bot confirms the booking, sends a reminder, helps reschedule and, after a cancellation, returns the slot to the calendar.

05

Location reports in a single template

An employee goes through a checklist, adds a photo and a comment, and the bot assigns a task to the person responsible. The manager sees a summary by location, shift and deadline.

Mailings, commands and buttons do not create value by themselves. For each scenario, we describe the events before and after it, the person responsible for the result, the data source and how the system responds to a failure.

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Telegram as a work tool for retail chains

For a retail chain, Telegram becomes a work interface: employees log shifts, checklists, revenue and policy violations in a familiar channel. The value comes from one consistent format for daily work and management reporting, not from the bot itself.

  • role-based scenarios for employees and managers
  • policy violation reports with a photo and a comment
  • a summary for all locations without manual copying
  • scheduled reports kept separate from events that require a response

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A bot instead of a separate app

The customer does not need to install yet another app: Telegram brings them back to the catalog, order status or a personal action through a single conversation. At the same time, critical business logic is not stored in messages: prices, stock, orders and profiles come from a controlled system.

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Channel — Telegram

02

Data — from the accounting system

03

Control — admin panel and roles

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Telegram bot or Mini App

A chat should not be turned into an inconvenient website. A regular Telegram bot works best for short sequences of actions: the user answers, confirms the data and gets the result right away. When product cards and filters, a calendar, a cart or a personal account appear, navigation and notifications stay in the messages, and we move the complex interface to a Telegram Mini App.

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Regular bot — answers to common questions, requests, statuses, reminders, quick bookings, notifications

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Mini App — catalog, cart, personal account, complex forms, maps and visual analytics

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Together — the bot brings the user back, the Mini App provides the full interface and the backend stores the business rules

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Telegram bot with CRM integration

Each request should exist in one place, not as copies in different systems. Integration removes repeated data entry: the bot reads the data it needs, writes the result of the action and confirms it to the user only after the system responds successfully.

01

CRM

Lead creation, contact search, deal status, a task for the manager, a comment and the source. Which operations are available depends on the API and access rights. We work with KeyCRM, Pipedrive, NetHunt and custom-built systems.

  • duplicate detection by phone number or ID;
  • routing by product, region or language;
  • status updates sent back to Telegram.
02

Accounting and ERP

The bot shows permitted data, creates a document or passes an event to your internal system: an accounting system, an ERP, warehouse software or your own API. Before the estimate, we check the documentation, the sandbox environment and the system limitations.

  • prices and stock from a single source;
  • orders without manual duplication;
  • role control and an operation log.
03

Payment and order status

We agree in advance on the payment provider, currency, receipts and refunds and the moment from which a product or service counts as paid; a single “success” response is not enough for this.

  • payment status check via API;
  • retries without duplicates;
  • results passed to the CRM or ERP.
04

Funnel and monitoring

We record where a key step started and where it ended and log technical failures and conversation handovers to a manager.

  • where the bot was launched from;
  • drop-off at a specific step;
  • a successful business event.

To estimate an integration, we need the API documentation, test access, a list of objects and the authorization rules. The name of a CRM alone is not enough: the system API must support the operation you need.

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How Telegram bot development works

We show the logic before full development, check integrations separately and first launch the bot for a limited group. That way, API issues come up early rather than at the end of the project.

01

Business result and audience

We define who starts the scenario, which action the user should complete and what will change in the system after success.

02

Conversation map and exceptions

We work out the main path and going back a step, invalid data, API failures, handover of the conversation to a manager and consent to personal data processing.

03

Prototype and technical check

We show the scenario to your team and check the API, tokens, roles, sandbox environment and critical limitations.

04

Development and testing

We build the backend, the bot, the integrations and the admin panel. We test the scenario on a smartphone and check duplicates, permissions, logs and fallback behavior.

05

Pilot and support

We launch the bot for the selected audience, train the people responsible, monitor errors and agree on a plan for the next versions.

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How much a Telegram bot costs

The cost of Telegram bot development depends on the scope of work, that is, on what the system is responsible for rather than on Telegram itself. We do not name a fixed amount without context. After a pre-project analysis, we estimate the first version and show optional features and integration risks separately.

Short scenario

Requests, answers to common questions or notifications: the sequence of steps is known in advance, there is one role, minimal external data and the result is delivered in a straightforward way.

  • conversation map;
  • basic admin functions;
  • deployment and test coverage.

Operational bot

CRM, payments, roles and statuses. The bot is built into a live process: it checks data, calls the API, handles errors and serves several roles at once.

  • integrations;
  • access rights and an activity log;
  • monitoring and fallback scenarios.

Product in Telegram

A Mini App, a personal account or complex logic: a separate interface, backend, database, analytics and product development after the first launch.

  • interface design and responsive layout;
  • personal account;
  • a development plan in stages.

What affects the estimate most:

  • Scenarios — branches and exceptions.
  • Integrations — API and test access.
  • Roles — customer, manager, administrator.
  • Data — storage, permissions, activity log.
  • Interface — a bot or a Mini App.

A description of the process is enough to get started; a ready-made technical specification is not required. We give a preliminary estimate after the brief.

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When you do not need a Telegram bot

Not every process needs a custom Telegram bot. Sometimes a form on the website, an off-the-shelf support system or a bot builder can be launched faster and costs less. We recommend custom development only when it removes a real limitation.

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A short form without integrations — a bot builder is enough, so development is excessive

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Testing a hypothesis on a small audience — a bot builder is enough; development makes sense after the test

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Non-standard roles and rules — a bot builder is limited, so custom development makes sense

04

CRM, ERP, payments and an activity log — a bot builder is limited by its templates, so custom development makes sense

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Code and data in your infrastructure — a bot builder does not always allow this; with development, it is under your control

A bot is unnecessary when the process comes up rarely, there are no repeated steps and manual handling costs less than supporting a separate channel. A bot builder is enough for testing demand, a fixed menu or collecting contacts without sensitive data and complex APIs. Development makes sense for non-standard logic, several roles, your own data, a connection to a CRM or ERP, payment acceptance, special hosting requirements or when the code must belong to you.

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Telegram bot development FAQ

01How much does a custom Telegram bot cost?

The price depends on the scenarios, roles, integrations, payments, whether a Mini App and an admin panel are needed and the server requirements. After a pre-project analysis, we describe the scope of the first version, list optional features separately and estimate the work by stage.

02How long does it take to build a Telegram bot?

The timeline depends on the number of scenarios and how ready the API is. A short bot for requests takes less time than a solution with a CRM, payments, a personal account or several roles. A realistic plan takes shape once the prototype is ready and the integrations are checked.

03Can a Telegram bot be integrated with a CRM?

Yes. If the CRM has an API, the bot creates leads, updates statuses, finds customers, adds comments and passes the chat history to the manager. Before the estimate, we study the documentation and test access.

04When do you need a Telegram Mini App?

A Mini App is needed for a catalog, a cart, a personal account, complex forms, bookings or a visual way to work with data. For a short request, answers to common questions, a status or a reminder, a regular Telegram bot is usually enough.

05Can a Telegram bot accept payments?

Yes, provided that the payment provider and payment model comply with Telegram rules and suit your business. Before development, we agree on the currency and receipts, refunds and retries, statuses and how orders are exported to the accounting system.

06Where is user data stored?

Telegram is only a communication channel. Business data is stored in the database, the CRM or the client infrastructure. We agree on roles and permissions, backups, an activity log and data retention periods before launch.

07Will we get the code and access credentials after launch?

Yes. We put in writing the terms for handing over the code, the bot token, servers, documentation and access credentials before work begins. After launch, we continue support or hand the solution over to your technical team.

08What should we prepare to order a Telegram bot?

Describe the task, the users, typical steps, exceptions and the systems to integrate. A ready-made technical specification is not required: together we will outline the first version and put together a list of questions to check.

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Order a Telegram bot

Before you order Telegram chatbot development, describe the action the bot should complete. We need to understand who starts the scenario, which format you need (a regular bot, a Mini App or both) and which systems to connect: CRM, warehouse, payments. We will then suggest the scope of the first version, a list of integrations and the questions worth checking before the estimate. Learn more: “chatbot for business”.

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