Get Telegram alerts for transactions

Updated 27 September 2026

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The BCL Telegram bot sends you an alert for every transaction in your account, with the customer, form, order number, items and a link to the receipt. Setting it up takes a minute.

Link the bot to your account

You need your Merchant ID from BCL before you start.

In BCL, go to Team → Team Profile.
On the Merchant Settings page, open the Merchant Information tab and click the Merchant ID to copy it.
In Telegram, open the BCL bot at t.me/bclmy_bot and tap START.
Send /set followed by a space and your Merchant ID, for example /set 1a2b3c4d-....
The bot replies that your chat is now linked to your team.

From now on, you get a message each time a payment succeeds or fails.

Manage alerts from Telegram

The bot understands a few commands, which you send in the same chat:

/view shows which business the chat is linked to and whether alerts are on.
/toggle turns alerts off or back on. Confirm with the button in the reply.
/delete unlinks the chat from your account. Confirm with Delete in the reply.
/help lists all commands.

Common issues

Where do I find the ID the Telegram bot asks for?

Go to Team → Team Profile, open the Merchant Information tab and copy the Merchant ID. Send it to the bot as /set followed by the ID.

The bot says this chat is already linked to a different team. What now?

Each Telegram chat can follow one BCL account. Send /delete to unlink the old account, or use a different chat for this one.

How do I pause Telegram alerts without unlinking?

Send /toggle to the bot and confirm. Send it again to turn alerts back on.

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