Payment protectionDetails
- Revisions within the package are free.
- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
The money is reserved when you pay and released only once you accept the work.
Example result
Telegram bot for booking haircuts at a barbershop
The bot in Telegram
A part of the code
async def booking_done(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> int:
"""The last step of the form: thanks the client and passes the request on."""
request = context.user_data["booking"]
request["phone"] = update.message.text.strip()
await update.message.reply_text(TEXTS["booking_thanks"], reply_markup=main_menu())
await context.bot.send_message(settings.admin_chat_id, format_request(request))
sheet.append_row([datetime.now().isoformat(timespec="minutes"), *request.values()])
return ConversationHandler.END
All the answers and buttons are in texts.yaml, so the client changes a price or the hours without touching the code.
Files: a ZIP archive with bot.py, texts.yaml, settings.example.env (where the bot token and the sheet go, filled in by the client), requirements.txt and a README: creating the bot in Telegram, connecting the Google Sheet and running it on a small server or hosting. The bot sends the request but does not check the barbers' calendar: the owner confirms the time.
Client: a barbershop with 3 barbers that took bookings only by phone. Task: a Telegram bot with a menu: prices, address and hours, a booking form (service, day and time, name, phone) that sends each request to the owner's chat and adds it to a Google Sheet.
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
Before enrolling, people want the same facts: what the course covers, when the next group starts, online or in person, how much, and whether it suits a beginner. This Telegram bot gives those answers from buttons in your words and, from Standard, takes an enrolment request: the course, the group or start date, a name, a contact and a level question if you want one. Requests come to your chat and a Google Sheet, and you reply with the next steps. The bot does not hold seats, count group sizes, take payments or send lessons; for payment it can link to your own page. It promises no results, only what you write. The Python code comes with a texts file and a README on creating the bot in @BotFather and running it on your computer, server or a hosting. Running it and the token are yours.
What is included
- What you getA ZIP archive with the Python code, your courses in a texts file, an example settings file and a README; the code is also shown on the order page.
- Courses by buttonsProgramme, format, dates and price of each
- Enrolments to youCourse, group and contact, from Standard
- Level questionAn optional question that helps you place a student
- News of new groupsA broadcast to people who started the bot, in Premium
- Two languagesA menu in 2 languages for students from abroad, in Premium
How it works
- 1CoursesYou give the courses, dates, prices and enrolment questions
- 2CodeWe write the bot and the guide to running it
- 3LaunchYou create the bot, put in its token and run it
- 4ChangesYou ask for changes within your package
What we need from you
Each course as text: name, programme, format, start dates, price and who it is for; the questions of the enrolment form and of a trial lesson form, if you want one; the chat where requests should go; links to your website and payment page. Never send the bot's token or any passwords: the README shows where you put them yourself.
We will ask you:
- Your courses
- Who each course is for
- Enrolment form
- Where requests go
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicCourse info bot$26 | StandardEnrolment bot$49 | PremiumSchool bot with broadcasts$84 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Platform | Telegram | Telegram | Telegram |
| Ready answers | up to 10 | up to 25 | up to 40 |
| Forms (request, booking, order) | No | up to 3 | up to 5 |
| Requests sent to your chat and a Google Sheet | No | Yes | Yes |
| Admin commands and broadcasts | No | No | Yes |
| Languages of the menu | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Order Basic | Order Standard | Order Premium |
Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Can the bot send lessons or course materials?
No. It answers questions and takes enrolment requests. Lessons stay on your own platform; the bot can give a link to it.
Can students pay in the bot?
No, it takes no payments. It can show a link to your own payment page after a request.
Does it close a group when it is full?
No. It does not count seats; it sends every request to you, and you tell the person if a group is full. You can change start dates in the texts file at any time.
Where does it run?
On your computer, server or a hosting with Python; we do not host bots, and the token stays with you.
Can it work on WhatsApp?
No. This service makes Telegram bots; WhatsApp needs the WhatsApp Business API and an approved business account.
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