How I Monetize a Telegram Bot with 7 Revenue Streams (Solana/Node.js)

Most developers build bots as side projects with no revenue model. I built mine as a business from day one. Here's exactly how each revenue stream works. The Bot @solscanitbot is a Solana trading bot on Telegram. 42 commands, 4,100 lines of Node.js. Let me walk through each way it makes money. 1. Trading Fees (Primary Revenue) Every swap takes a 1% fee. When a user buys 1 SOL worth of tokens, 0.01 SOL goes to the fee wallet. const feeLamports = Math . floor ( totalLamports * FEE_PCT ); const netLamports = totalLamports - feeLamports ; // Send feeLamports to FEE_WALLET // Use netLamports for the actual swap At scale, this compounds. 100 users doing 5 SOL/day in volume = 5 SOL/day in fees. 2. Premium Subscriptions (Recurring Revenue) 0.1 SOL/month gives users: 0.5% trading fees (half price) Unlimited snipes 40% referral commission (vs 30%) The upsell appears after every trade: ⭐ Go Premium — save 0.005 SOL per trade Showing the exact savings amount converts better than a generic pitch. 3