Telegram Mini App for business
Short answer: it is an app that opens right inside Telegram — from a button in the chat, with no install and no App Store. The person is already signed in, their name and contact come from their account, and payment lives in the chat too. Cost: from $250–400 for a working app, more when a conversational bot and a back office are added.
Who it suits
A shop
A catalogue, a cart, card payment and the order placed right in the chat. Nobody has to register — Telegram already knows who they are.
A salon or a solo specialist
Booking in half a minute: service, specialist, day, time. The reminder arrives in the same chat, not in an inbox nobody opens.
A restaurant
A menu with photos, delivery or ordering to the table by QR code. Without a separate app nobody installs for a single dinner.
How it differs from a website and from a store app
From a website: nobody has to type a name, a phone number or an address — all of that is already in their account, and Telegram itself confirms who they are. From an App Store or Google Play app: there is no release, no review and no install — the app opens in a second from the chat, and updates ship when you make them, not when a store approves them.
What you can look at right now
The works page has three concepts you can click through right in the browser: an electronics shop, salon booking and a restaurant menu — with a cart, time slots and order confirmation. And the eighth project in the catalogue is no longer a concept but a working Mini App with a bot and its own CRM.
The questions people ask most
How much does a Telegram Mini App cost?
A simple app starts at $250–400 and takes three to six days. Once you add a conversational bot, payments and a CRM where every client is visible, it becomes a “site + system”: $3000–6000.
Do I still need a website?
Not necessarily. A Mini App can be the only point of contact: catalogue, booking and payment all live in Telegram. You need a website when people have to find you through search.
How do payments work?
By card right in the chat through a Telegram payment provider, by bank transfer, or on delivery — depending on how you already work.
How long does it take?
A working app takes from three days. With its own bot and CRM — two to three weeks.