Short answer: a good Telegram shop bot builder gives you a catalog with photos, a cart, delivery and pickup rules, card payments for physical goods and Telegram Stars for digital ones, instant order alerts, and a way to get your customer data out. GramForge builds all of this from a description of your shop; the free plan covers selling digital products for Stars, and card payments start on Starter.
Checklist
| Feature | Why it matters | In GramForge |
|---|---|---|
| Catalog with categories, photos and prices | Customers browse without asking “what do you have?” | Built from your description, editable in the dashboard |
| Sold-out items | No orders for things you don't have | Mark items as sold out at any time |
| Cart and minimum order | Several items in one order | Yes |
| Pickup and delivery rules | Delivery fee and free delivery above an amount | Yes |
| Card payments | Physical goods paid in advance | Through your own provider, from Starter |
| Telegram Stars | Required for digital goods | On every plan, including Free |
| Order alerts and statuses | You react fast and customers know what's happening | Instant alerts; mark done or cancel and the customer gets an update |
| Storefront inside Telegram | A shop-like page instead of buttons | A mini app on Pro and Studio |
| Integrations and export | Orders in your sheets or CRM | Webhooks to Zapier, Make or n8n; download clients on Pro |
Questions to ask before you choose
- Does the price grow with the number of customers or contacts?
- Is the bot created on your own Telegram account?
- Who keeps the bot running and updated?
- Can you change products and prices yourself, for free?
Example
“Specialty coffee roaster. Beans, 250 g: Ethiopia $14, Colombia $12, Brazil $11. Minimum order $20. Delivery $4, free from $35.” From this GramForge builds a catalog, a cart with a minimum order, delivery rules and order alerts, ready to test in under a minute. In GramForge the price depends on the plan, not on the number of customers, the bot lives on your account, and editing products and prices in the dashboard is free.