Connecting Your Telegram to Your Account
If you created your Onflow Ads account with an email and password (or with Google or Apple), your Telegram is not attached to it yet. Connecting the two takes about two taps and switches on everything the bot does for you.
This is a different flow from Signing In with Telegram. Here you are already signed in to a website account and you are attaching a Telegram identity to it.
What connecting unlocks
| Unlocked | What you get |
|---|---|
| Telegram direct messages | Order updates, payment alerts, campaign alerts and rewards arrive as instant DMs from the bot, alongside your emails. |
| Subscriber Exchange | The exchange runs inside Telegram, so your Onflow Ads account must be paired with your Telegram before you can host or run ads there. |
| Auto-posting for Paid Promotions | With the bot connected, accepted bookings on your channels can publish through the Onflow Ads bot. |
| Premium perks that need your Telegram | Features such as auto-verify and the cross-promotion boost-credit reward find your account through this link. |
| A single identity across surfaces | Anything you do in the Mini App and anything you do in the browser is one account, one wallet, one history. |
One Onflow Ads account pairs with exactly one Telegram account, and one Telegram account pairs with exactly one Onflow Ads account. There is no way to attach two of either.
Step by step
- Sign in at onflowads.com and open onflowads.com/account.
- Scroll to the Telegram connection card. It explains: "Connect your Telegram so the bot can DM you order updates, payment alerts and rewards — and so premium auto-verify and the cross-promo boost-credit reward can find your account."
- The card checks its own state and shows one of two things:
- "Not connected yet." with a Connect Telegram button — carry on.
- "✓ Your Telegram is connected." with no button — you are already done.
- Click Connect Telegram. The message under the button changes to "Opening Telegram…", then to "Tap Start in Telegram to finish, then refresh this page.", and Telegram opens in a new tab or in the app.
- In the Telegram chat with the Onflow Ads bot, tap Start.
- The bot replies Telegram connected — "Your Telegram is now linked to your Onflow Ads account. You will get order updates, payment alerts and rewards right here."
- Go back to the Account page and refresh it. The card now reads "✓ Your Telegram is connected."
That is it. There is nothing to type, nothing to copy and no code to enter — opening the link while signed in is itself the proof that you hold both the account and the Telegram identity.
Where the link is a prerequisite, the page offers it in context instead of sending you to your account settings. The Subscriber Exchange page opens with a step called "First, connect your Telegram" and its own Connect Telegram button — it shows "Tap Start in Telegram. This page will continue automatically…" and moves you on by itself once the bot confirms.
Limits and rules
| Rule | Detail |
|---|---|
| Link lifetime | About 10 minutes from the moment you click Connect Telegram |
| Reuse | Single-use. Once redeemed, the same link cannot connect anything again |
| Pairing | Strictly one Onflow Ads account to one Telegram account, both ways |
| Repeat attempts | Requesting a burst of links in a short period may be briefly throttled; wait a minute |
| Unlinking | There is no self-service unlink on the Account page — contact support |
If you wait too long before tapping Start, the bot replies Link expired. Nothing is broken: click Connect Telegram again for a fresh link.
Possible outcomes
| Bot reply | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Telegram connected | Success — the pairing is live. | Nothing. Refresh the Account page to see it confirmed. |
| Link expired | The link timed out or had already been used. | Click Connect Telegram again on the website and tap Start promptly. |
| Already connected elsewhere | This Telegram account is already linked to a different Onflow Ads account. | Sign in to that other account instead, or contact support to move the link. |
| Account already linked | The Onflow Ads account you are signed in to is already paired with a different Telegram account. | Contact support if you need to change which Telegram is linked. |
| Could not connect | Something went wrong on our side. | Try again from the website in a moment. |
On the website side you may also see:
| Website message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| "Could not start linking. Please try again." | The link could not be created right now. Retry shortly. |
| "Network error. Please try again." | Your connection dropped. Check it and retry. |
Connecting vs. signing in with Telegram
These are two genuinely different flows. Picking the wrong one is the single most common source of duplicate accounts.
| You want to… | Use | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Attach Telegram to the account you already use, while signed in to it | Connect Telegram on the Account page | Your existing account gains a Telegram identity. Nothing else changes. |
| Sign in to the website with Telegram instead of a password | Continue with Telegram on the sign-in page | You are signed in to whichever account your Telegram points at — or a new one is created. |
See Signing In with Telegram for the second flow.
Already used the bot before you had a website account?
This happens when someone opens Onflow Ads inside Telegram first: their Telegram identity gets a starter account of its own, and later they also register on the website with an email. Two accounts, one person.
Onflow Ads reconciles this for you. Sign in to your main website account in your browser, then open the Mini App from the bot. The Telegram starter account is folded into your website account automatically:
- wallet balance and boost credit are added together,
- channels, campaigns, orders and history move across,
- the Telegram link moves onto your website account,
- the starter account disappears.
Your website account always wins as the primary identity, so your email, name and sign-in method are the ones you keep.
If your balances or channels look wrong after a merge, do not create a third account to work around it. Contact support from the support desk and we will sort the identity out.
Edge cases
You are signed in on two devices. The link is tied to the account, not the browser, so finishing it in the Telegram app on your phone connects the account you started it from. Refresh the Account page anywhere to see the new state.
Your Telegram account changes username. Nothing breaks. The pairing follows your Telegram account itself, not your @username.
You blocked the bot after connecting. The pairing survives, but Telegram stops delivering. Unblock the bot and send /start once; DMs resume with no need to reconnect.
You want the link on a different Telegram account. There is no self-service switch. Contact support.
Short FAQ
Do I still get emails after connecting?
Yes. Telegram delivery is added alongside email, not instead of it. You control both per category — see Notifications from the Bot.
Does connecting change my sign-in method?
No. You keep signing in exactly as you did. Connecting only adds a delivery and identity channel.
Can I connect a Telegram account that belongs to my team, not to me?
The pairing is one to one, so a shared Telegram account can back only one Onflow Ads account. If you run several channels under one operator, keep one Onflow Ads account and manage the channels inside it rather than splitting across accounts.
How do I check whether I am connected?
Open onflowads.com/account and look at the Telegram connection card. It says either "Not connected yet." or "✓ Your Telegram is connected."
Next: with your Telegram paired, Using the Mini App shows how Onflow Ads opens inside Telegram and signs you in on its own.