{"id":2466,"date":"2025-06-15T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/send-direct-messages-to-channels\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:00:43","slug":"send-direct-messages-to-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/send-direct-messages-to-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Direct Messages to Channels."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SendDirectMessagestoChannels34.jpg\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2466-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop=\"1\" autoplay=\"1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SendDirectMessagestoChannels34.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SendDirectMessagestoChannels34.mp4\">https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SendDirectMessagestoChannels34.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><b>Send Direct Messages to Channels.<\/b> You can send <b>direct messages<\/b> to channels to chat privately with <b>owners<\/b> and <b>admins<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Channel owners receive messages in a <b>streamlined interface<\/b> that is separate from their personal chats \u2013&nbsp;and can <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/TelegramTips\/513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set a fee<\/a> per message.<\/p>\n<p>To message to a channel, tap the  <b>message bubble <\/b>in the <b>bottom bar <\/b>of the channel. To <b>turn on direct messages <\/b>for your channel, go to <i>Channel Settings &gt; Direct Messages<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send Direct Messages to Channels. You can send direct messages to channels to chat privately with owners and admins. Channel owners receive messages in a streamlined interface that is separate from their personal chats \u2013&nbsp;and can set a fee per message. To message to a channel, tap the message bubble in the bottom bar of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telegram.im\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}