A Telegram Mini App for your shop, no codeTelegram mini app builder
Telegram mini app builder
for your shop
On CHATBOSS.PRO a Telegram Mini App for your shop is one checkbox — “Open as a mini app” in the Catalog block. The bot sends an “Open shop” button, and the customer gets a storefront with photos, a cart and a Place order button right inside Telegram. You do not write code, rent hosting or set up HTTPS: the page is served by the platform. Orders land in the Orders tab of your dashboard, and the bot takes payment back in the chat with Telegram Stars, TON or USDT, or cards through Stripe or PayPal. The mini app is part of every plan at no extra cost.
A storefront that opens on top of the chat instead of product cards flipped one by one: a grid with photos, a cart with quantities and an order number on screen. The scenario, payment and alerts stay in your bot — the app only helps people choose and check out.
Author: Pavel Sedov, founder of CHATBOSS.PRO · Updated: October 22, 2026
Telegram
Shop bot
Open the shop, pick your items and place the order
Open shopI've placed the order
Shop
Oversized hoodie
$39
Coffee beans, 250 g
$12
Gift box
$24
Care guide, PDF
$9
2 items in cart · $51
Place order
Products in the storefront
up to 100
Opens in
Telegram
Website or hosting
not needed
Extra fee for the app
none
Why are product cards in the chat sometimes not enough?
A chat card shows one product at a time. Customers who came to browse get tired of flipping before they reach checkout — and a custom Mini App means hiring a developer.
Comparing products means endless flipping
To see five items, a customer taps “next” five times and has to remember earlier prices. Goods people choose with their eyes — clothes, food, gifts — sell better in a photo grid than in a carousel.
A custom Mini App is a software project
A Telegram Mini App normally needs a front end, an HTTPS server, initData signature checks and a link back to the bot. That is weeks of developer time, then hosting bills and an update for every new product.
Orders end up in two places
A standalone Mini App keeps orders in its own database while the conversation and payment live in the bot. Someone has to match them by hand — and a missed match is a lost order.
What is inside the shop mini app?
The app reads products from the Catalog block and saves the order to the same place as a chat order. Everything after Place order — payment, delivery, alerts — is built with ordinary scenario blocks.
Storefront with photos
Products in a grid with a photo, name, price and description. Sold-out items are marked Out of stock and cannot be added. Up to 100 products in the block settings; edit one in the editor and the storefront shows it the next time it opens.
Cart with quantities and a total
Several products, up to 99 of each, with the total counted instantly. After Place order the customer sees “Order #… placed” and the amount. Prices are recalculated from your catalog on the server, so nobody can edit the total in the browser.
Orders in the Orders tab
The order is saved the moment it is placed, with the Placed status, in the same list as chat orders: customer, items and total. After payment it turns Paid by itself; Completed and Cancelled are one click for you.
Payment back in the chat
The customer returns to the chat and taps “I've placed the order”; the bot follows the “Ordered → payment” exit into the Payment block for the cart total — Telegram Stars, TON or USDT straight to your wallet, or cards through Stripe or PayPal with your own keys.
Alert with the order items
A Notification block after payment sends you or your manager the order: {{order.text}}, {{order.total}} and {{order.id}} variables, or the “Attach the catalog order” checkbox with a table of items.
Orders only from inside Telegram
Telegram signs the customer data and the platform checks the signature with your bot token. The link opened in a regular browser shows the storefront but cannot place an order. The app speaks Russian or English, following the customer's Telegram language.
Who is a shop mini app for?
Sellers whose customers choose by looks and buy several items at once: a photo grid and a cart beat flipping through one product at a time.
Product shops
Apparel, cosmetics, handmade goods, flowers: photos sell, and an order is often two or three items. Update the storefront in the editor in an evening — no website or app store listing.
Telegram shop bot →Cafes and food delivery
A menu with dish photos, a cart for the whole table, then an address via the Input block, payment and an alert to the kitchen with the order items.
Telegram bot for restaurants →Digital products
Guides, templates, course recordings, license keys: after payment the bot sends the file, link or key itself with a Message block set to “Deliver order items” — same as for a chat order.
How do you turn on a mini app in your bot?
Three steps: a checkbox in the catalog, a button from the bot, checkout by the customer. Nothing to code or host.
Step 1
Tick the box in the Catalog block
Add your products and turn on “Open as a mini app”. In Telegram there is nothing else to configure — no BotFather settings, no domain.
Step 2
The bot sends an Open shop button
When a customer reaches the catalog, the bot sends one message with Open shop, I've placed the order and Cancel buttons instead of product cards. The shop opens on top of the chat, not in a browser.
Step 3
The customer checks out, the bot takes payment
The customer fills the cart, taps Place order, returns to the chat and taps I've placed the order. The bot picks up the saved order, moves to Payment, and you get an alert.
Telegram mini app FAQ
Do I need my own website or hosting for a Telegram Mini App?
No. The platform serves the app page at an address like chatboss.pro/app/<bot number>, with HTTPS already in place. No domain, server or code — products are edited in the Catalog block settings.
How much does the mini app cost?
Nothing extra: it is a mode of the Catalog block, available on every plan including the free one. Paid plans from $9/mo raise the limits on subscribers, blocks and daily payments; payment fees are charged by the payment provider you pick.
Can customers pay inside the mini app?
Not inside the app: it places the order, and the bot sends the invoice in the chat. That keeps every method of the Payment block available — Telegram Stars, crypto to your own wallet and cards through Stripe or PayPal.
Where do I see mini app orders?
In the Orders tab of your bot dashboard, together with chat orders: customer, items, total and status. Customers can check their own orders in the bot through the My orders block.
How is this different from a regular shop bot?
The block is the same — Catalog. The checkbox only changes the storefront: a page with a product grid and cart instead of cards in the chat. Payment, orders and alerts work the same way, and the same checkbox turns the mode off.
How many products can the mini app show?
Up to 100 products in the block settings; a cart holds up to 50 different items and up to 99 of each. Every product has a photo, name, price, description and an in-stock flag.