The Telegram application quickly became popular, despite the fact that it appeared recently. The main feature of the messenger is the reliable encryption of data over the MTProto protocol. The number of Telegram users is growing every day, which provides great opportunities for business. The development team has created many tools that allow you to use the application not only for entertainment, but also for the purpose of organizing and conducting the workflow.
Groups, channels and bots in “telegram” can be useful helpers if you decide to engage in commercial activities through the resources of the Internet. Many large companies successfully use Telegram tools to work with customers. Open your community, channel or start a job – it’s easy, and the benefits will be great. The bot can use various options from informing people about upcoming promotions, discounts and other news, online consultations to shopping. For stores, this is an additional opportunity to increase sales.
Anyone with at least basic programming skills can create sales bots. This tool will free its owner from routine work and help to run a business. For people who do not know the programming language, it is better to use a service to create robots.
How to create a bot in Telegram
You can make a bot on your own with the help of sequential actions. First you need to create a standard blank. Then you need to equip it with the necessary options that would make a primitive bot a real seller, able to sell independently. It is also possible to link an existing store on the Internet.
The creation process begins with an appeal to the bot BotFather, the father of robots “Telegram”. With his help, most assistants were made for various purposes. We create our own bot, using the father of the family, this requires:
- find and add to contacts @BotFather;
- send command / newbot – this creates a new bot;
- come up with a name for him, always ending in “bot”;
- after that from BotFather will come a unique token key, which must be saved in any text file. It will be useful for further work with the program;
- here you can set a profile photo by selecting it / setuserpic and upload the desired image;
- when the job is done, you can proceed to equip the robot with special functions. It is possible to prescribe options manually, provided you have programming skills or contact one of the services that allow you to customize the bot to your requirements.
Services for creating bots
The robot created with the help of BotFather needs further refinement. Some services allow you to teach it for free.
- The designer will allow you to configure the bot without special knowledge of the programmer. To do this, in “Telegram” you need to find and add the robot @Chatfuel, then give it the command / addbot and enter the token that was received from BotFather. Your new creation will be saved on the Paquebot service, where you can program it for any of your needs, including setting up a car sales bot “Telegram”.
- Flow XO. Service specializing in business bots. Some platform options are free, but the main functionality has different rates.
- The service allows you to create a store in the “telegram”, and you can not link it to an existing site. Using the robot @botoboto_bot, you can get your own bot-seller. Botobot can use free shops that include up to 20 products, above this figure the service provides rates.
A bot seller or other business tool can be made to order by professionals from one of the services. This is how the Qiwi car sales robot was created, which allows the user to work with his kiwi wallet. Experienced professionals will help you adjust the payment for goods and take into account all the nuances of the store. You can ask for help from members of specialized communities in the “telegram”.
