Referral links: now available for public groups and channels
Previously, referral invite links only worked for private groups. That limitation is now lifted: the feature works for public groups and channels too, alongside private groups, with no change to setup — enable "Enable ordinary users to create invite links" on the Referrals page as before.
For channels specifically, since subscribers can't send bot commands like /invite, owners can now copy a direct link from the Referrals page and share it — e.g. pin it or add it to the channel description — so members can open it themselves.
The Referrals leaderboard continues to show who invited the most members over any selected period.
This remains free on the Combot dashboard and bot. Only programmatic access via the public API requires a Business plan.
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