Sub&Invite | Information

🚀 🚀 🚀 Launching the catalog of contests The page where the contests launched in our bot will be collected. Here you can post your contest for free and get an additional portion of attention and new subscribers 👋 🧐 The catalog contains contests after moderation with more than 30 participants. The position in the list depends on the interest of visitors to the catalog (more participants from the catalog = higher competition). 😐 In order for the attracted audience to be targeted, it is necessary to choose prizes that match your audience. Similarly, the way the winners are announced is important: it's one thing to publish a post and re-select those who did not respond, it's another thing to write to the winners in private messages. 🤗 Now we are waiting for several new contests to fill and launch the catalog. START: @subinvitebot

😌 Participants will receive notifications about the number of invited friends who have recently become participants in the contest. 👍 The text of the message can be customized in the contest settings. Variables in the text: {contestTitle} – the name of the contest {count} – the number of new members recently ⚠️ Works only for new contests.

😡 Are there any chances to win? There are two ways to choose winners in the bot: TOP and "random selection based on the number of participating friends". Everything should be clear with the selection of the TOP active winners. But there may be questions about how random selection works. 🤔 How it works now: If you are just a participant, you get 1 "ticket". If you have also invited, for example, 4 friends, then you have a total of 5 tickets. Usually, there are about 10-20% of active participants in contests who invite friends. It depends on the size of the contest and the activity of the audience. And when choosing the winners, it can easily be that among the 10 winners, 7 people did not invite anyone. Mathematically, everything is correct, but everyone is upset, and active participants write angry comments 😧 💡 To solve this problem, a new way to select winners has been added: the number of invited friends squared In this case, it will be more difficult to offend active participants, and the choice of winners will remain random (not TOP). Both active and passive participants will be among the winners.

📈 compare in the first image

It looks like this: - just participating: 1 point - invited a friend: 4 points - 2 friends: 9 points - 3 friends: 16 points and so on.

📈 the second image shows a real competition with 12k participants. There are participants in the top with 62, 33, 33, 26, 23, etc. invitations

But: Since everyone shares the same pie, if there is a participant who is several times more active than others, he will definitely take his prize in this version. Random is unlikely to miss it 🤌

📈 See the last image

The math lesson is over. The author does not consider the results to be ideal 🤦‍♂ Homework: launch an effective competition 😃

😏 The bot has been added to the Telegram Apps Center catalog. This is the main directory of Telegram bots. Something like "Google Play" or "AppStore" in Telegram. 💅 https://t.me/trendingapps/266

🧐 Added viewing of invited friends for each participant (for contest administrators).

✍️ Added viewing statistics for participants Now the participants of the competition will be able to see the list of those who participate in the competition at their invitation. And the second list of those who "looked and left". Those users who opened the contest using the participant's link and did not participate (in the last 24 hours) 😫 The total number of users who did not participate in the contest in the last 24 hours has also been added to the admin statistics of the contest. 😲

😋 A small but useful update If there is only one channel in the competition, then now the participant does not have to return to the window so that the bot rechecks his subscription and adds him to the participants. It is enough to open the competition window, go to the channel and subscribe. This is done to better account for invited friends. When the basic conditions seem to be met, but due to the inattention of the participants, the specifics of the bot and the Telegram device, the invitations were not counted 😑 + After the user becomes a participant, he receives a message in the bot with an invitation link and a button to the competition window = it is easier to return to the competition and see the rest of the information 😃

✈️ Links to the contest in the bot There are two types of links to the contest in the bot: ➖ link to publish the contest in a channel or group; ➖ link to invite friends to the contest. The difference is that the invitation link contains the Telegram ID of the inviting participant.

https://t.me/subinvitebot/win?startapp=661c0cc289d66bdac32224ec https://t.me/subinvitebot/win?startapp=661c0cc289d66bdac32224ec__732784663

The point is that admins need to place the first version of the link in the channel. So as not to destroy the statistics. The admin will be in the TOP of the participants and raise questions from the audience. But he will not be selected as the winner, since they are filtered at the selection stage ☹️ Participants also need to share a link with their ID so that new participants are counted for them.

😑 Information for participants of competitions 1️⃣ In the statistics of invited friends, the bot takes into account only friends participating in the competition. Only those who are subscribed to all required channels and the “invite friends” button is visible in the competition window are considered to be participating (it is not enough to simply subscribe and not pass the subscription check in the competition window). 2️⃣ Sending a link to a friend does not mean that he has become a member 🤔 3️⃣ Reducing the number of invited friends means that they unsubscribed from the channels = stopped being participants in the competition ☹️ 4️⃣ To invite friends to the competition, you must use the link from the window (the “invite friends” button) or from the bot. The link to the channel, post, repost, etc. does not allow you to track the fact of invitation to the competition. 5️⃣ If the winners are chosen randomly, then even those who did not invite anyone can become winners. But the chances are higher for those who invited friends more than others. ❤️ 6️⃣ Support does not investigate requests “invited 10 people, but the statistics show 5 people,” because most likely the difference in statistics is related to 1-4 points and it is impossible to determine the actions of you and your friends. 🧘

🏁 How does the competition end and the winners are selected? In the competition settings, you can select the number of winners, the selection method (TOP, random), the time and date of selection and the method of publishing the results. 🟡 The maximum number of winners is 100. The limit does not change. 🟡 Method of selecting TOP active winners or random selection taking into account activity. More details here. 🟡 Time and date for selecting winners. At this time, the bot will select the winners, re-check their channel subscriptions and send the results. 🟡 Ways to publish results: ➖ directly to your channel (main channel 👑) ➖ or chat with the bot to the author of the competition for confirmation. To post directly to a channel, the bot needs the appropriate permissions. The bot will complete the competition, publish a post with a list of winners and a button for the competition. There will be a list of winners in the competition window. If the window is opened by the winners, their text will be shown for them. If a message with the result comes to you in a chat with a bot, then you can double-check the results and only then publish them by clicking the “Send to channel and complete” button. You can complete the competition without publishing by clicking the "End the competition with this result" button. Completing the competition results in a list of selected winners appearing in the competition window. ⚠️ If there are a large number of winners (approximately more than 20), then you may encounter a limit on the length of the post. ⚠️ If you cannot select the TOP participants, there are not enough active participants and in other similar cases, then the winners will be selected randomly, not the TOP. ⚠️ If a lot of participants are not subscribed to the specified channels, there will be an error (50 in a row are not subscribed). In all these cases, the bot will not publish the results, but will send messages to you in the chat.

🕹 Button under the competition post After creating and setting up a competition, you will receive a link to the competition window. This window can be opened from any chat, group or channel. However, for the convenience and effectiveness of your competition post, you must have a competition button under it. ☕️ The button under the post will be added automatically. If you place a link to the competition in the text of a post (or hide it in some word), the bot will automatically add a button to this post. ☝️ However, some conditions must be met: ✔️ The bot must be an admin of the channel with permission to edit posts. ✔️ The button can only be added to posts in channels. In groups, you can not add a button to your messages. ✔️ The competition must be configured and saved. ✔️ There should be no more than one image per post. 💡 The text of the button can be configured in the “Custom text” section in the competition settings. The text on the button is updated only when the button is added to the post. If the text has changed, you need to remove the link from the text of the post, publish it, then return the link back and publish the post again. 🧮 The number of competition participants is not displayed on the button. ✂️ To disable the button, remove the link from the post text. 🚀 After adding a button to the post, pin it so that the button for the competition appears above the channel feed.

🎨 Custom text and HTML formatting In the competition settings, you can specify your own options for the lines that the participant will see. You can add a translation into your native language or stylize the text to suit your style 💃 In the description or the string “you are a participant,” it would be useful to write the date of summing up the results of the competition, the number of places and prizes, the conditions for selecting winners (TOP or random selection) and other points. The settings indicate only the text that will be in the window. The text for the competition post is indicated in the post itself 😑 ✍️ For clarity, you can use HTML formatting in some fields and variables. Here are some tags that are supported: {name} - user name {userID} - Telegram user ID {contestTitle} - the name of the contest. {inviteLink} - personal invitation link <b>bold text</b> <i>italics</i> <u>underlined text</u> <br/> - wrap text to a new line <a href="https://link address">link text</a> And so on.

🚀 You need to invite your friends to increase your chances of winning After checking the subscriptions, the user becomes a participant in the competition. To increase your chances of winning, you need to invite your friends to participate in the competition. Winners can be selected in two ways (select in settings): 🟡 TOP most active. Those who invited more friends to the competition will win. 🟡 Random selection taking into account the number of invited friends. With 10 friends, the chances of winning will be 10 times higher than for a participant with no friends participating. But everyone will have a chance to win. (Update) 👀 Unsubscribing from required channels results in the user being removed from the membership. To return to the competition, you need to re-check your channel subscriptions in the competition window. Statistics of invited friends are not deleted. After returning to the competition, it is restored to this participant.

😎 Competition with partners In the competition, you can select several channels to which the participant will have to subscribe. Adding a partner channel to a competition: 1️⃣ In the competition settings, when choosing channels to subscribe, click the “Add partner channel” button at the bottom of the page. 2️⃣ Send a one-time link to the bot to the administrator of the second channel. 3️⃣ The administrator of the second channel needs to add the bot to the administrators of his channel/group and confirm their use in the competition (separate message after adding the channel/group). If everything is done correctly, the channel will automatically be added to the competition 🚘

🔌 Adding a bot to admins You need to add the bot to the channel or group administrators for it to work (checking subscriptions, adding a button). Permissions are required: 🟡 Message management ➖ edit - for the button; ➖ publishing posts - to send the results to the channel 🟡 Invitation links / adding participants ➖ if the channel/group is private Depending on the device, the names of the permissions may differ. The creation of invitation links is only necessary for closed channels so that the user can click on the link in the window You can add a bot to administrators in the window (the buttons "add a bot to a channel" or "add a bot to a group"), but, unfortunately, these links do not work in all Telegram applications 🙄 The most reliable way is to go to the settings of your channel or group and add a new administrator there. After successfully adding to the bot, you will receive a notification with a button to continue setting up the contest. Go to the "subscription verification" section and select the added channel ✅

🎰 How is the competition going? 🔗 After creating and setting up a competition, you will receive a link to the competition window. This link must be posted in your channel in the competition post. If the bot is given the necessary permissions, a button will automatically be added to this post. 👍 To participate, subscribers need to open the competition window by clicking on the link/button, click on the specified channels, subscribe to them and return to the bot for further verification of the conditions. After successful verification of subscriptions, a message will be displayed indicating that they have become a member. 😃 To increase the chances of winning, participants can invite their friends to participate in the competition. To do this, you need to share a personal invitation link (the "Invite friends" button). As a result, at the specified time, the bot will select either the TOP most active or random participants, taking into account the number of participating friends. (UPD) If participants in the TOP most active list or already have the same number of invited friends when choosing winners, then places are distributed randomly 💡 😠 Unsubscribing from channels leads to exclusion from the competition. Additional verification of the winner's subscriptions occurs at the time the winners are selected.

🚀 We are launching a new free bot for competitions in Telegram channels and groups Bot: @subinvitebot Let's start with an example ❤️ To participate, you need to open the link, fulfill the conditions and invite your friends: https://t.me/subinvitebot/win?startapp=662a70140bdec17ce0f494fe