Creator and community brandDat TongDat TongDatTong TradingGlobal

$16,000 in monthly recurring revenue. From a $10 a month Telegram channel, run every day.

DatTong's trading content gets close to 100 million views a year on TradingView and Telegram. Views are not revenue. We built the community around him: a free Telegram channel of more than 60,000 members and a paid signals channel at $10 a month, maintained daily.

~100M

Content views a year

Across TradingView and Telegram

$16K

Monthly recurring revenue

From the $10 a month paid channel

60,000+

Free channel members

The top of the paid funnel

DATTONG TRADING · ONGOING, DAILY

About DatTong Trading

DatTong is a trader who publishes market analysis and trade ideas. His content gets close to 100 million views a year across TradingView and Telegram.

The audience was large and loyal, but spread across platforms he does not own, with no direct way to turn attention into income.

The problem

A huge audience with no revenue model

Close to 100 million views a year produced reach, not a business. There was no product for the most engaged followers to pay for.

Attention lived on other people's platforms

TradingView and public feeds can change how content is shown at any time. The brand needed a community it could reach directly.

Paid communities die without daily operation

Subscribers cancel when a channel goes quiet. A paid product needed someone to run it every day.

What we did

01Build the community around the trader

We turned scattered followers into a community with a clear home and a consistent identity.

  • One brand across TradingView and Telegram
  • Community rules and rhythm

02Use a free Telegram channel as the top of the funnel

A free channel gave followers a direct line to DatTong's analysis and grew past 60,000 members.

  • Regular free analysis
  • Clear pointers to the paid channel

03Launch a paid signals channel at $10 a month

The price was set low enough that a large audience could say yes without much thought.

  • $10 a month subscription
  • Content reserved for paying members

04Run it every day

We maintain the channels daily so paying members always see activity and value.

  • Daily channel operations
  • Member retention through consistency

Across the funnel

Every stage had a job. Here is what each one did.

00

Funnel build

There was an audience but no funnel. We built the free community and the paid product from scratch.

01

Top of funnel

Trading content on TradingView and Telegram, close to 100 million views a year.

02

Middle of funnel

A free Telegram channel with more than 60,000 members.

03

Bottom of funnel

A $10 a month paid signals channel generating about $16,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

Results. Measured the way the CFO measures them.

Reach became recurring revenue, with a community the brand controls.

  • About $16,000 in monthly recurring revenue from the paid Telegram channel.
  • A free Telegram channel of more than 60,000 members.
  • Close to 100 million content views a year feeding the funnel.
  • Channels maintained every day.

Lessons

What you can take from this. Even if you never hire us.

01

Price low when the audience is large

At $10 a month, a small share of a big audience becomes meaningful recurring revenue. A high price would have limited the channel to a handful of buyers.

02

A free community is the proof

The free channel shows prospective members what they get before they pay. Keep it valuable so it keeps converting.

03

Recurring revenue needs recurring work

Daily operation is the product. Plan for it before launch, not after members start cancelling.

Services used

Industry

Questions about this story. Answered.

Still unsure? Ask us directly.

How do trading content creators monetise a Telegram audience?

Run a free channel that proves value and a low-priced paid channel for the most engaged followers, and operate both daily. For DatTong Trading, whose content gets close to 100 million views a year, Lemniscate Growth built a free channel of 60,000+ members and a $10 a month paid channel reaching about $16,000 MRR.

What should a paid Telegram signals channel charge?

With a large audience, a low price usually works better than a premium one. DatTong Trading's paid channel, built and run with Lemniscate Growth, charges $10 a month and reached about $16,000 in monthly recurring revenue, supported by a free channel of more than 60,000 members. Nothing here is investment advice.

How do you convert free community members to paid subscribers?

Give free members regular, genuinely useful content, make the paid tier's extra value clear, and keep both channels active every day. DatTong Trading's free Telegram channel of 60,000+ members feeds a $10 a month paid channel that Lemniscate Growth maintains daily, now at about $16,000 MRR.

How did DatTong Trading turn close to 100 million views a year into recurring revenue?

DatTong Trading turned reach into revenue by giving its most engaged followers something to pay for. The trader's market analysis already drew close to 100 million views a year on TradingView and Telegram, yet produced no income. We built a community around him, grew a free Telegram channel past 60,000 members as the top of the funnel, and launched a paid signals channel that now brings in about $16,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

Why did DatTong Trading build its community on Telegram instead of relying on TradingView?

DatTong Trading built its community home on Telegram because TradingView and public feeds can change how content is shown at any time. A Telegram channel gave the trader a direct line to followers that the brand controls. The free channel, now more than 60,000 members, carries regular analysis with clear pointers to paid content, while a separate paid channel holds material reserved for subscribers and earns about $16,000 a month.

Why is DatTong Trading's paid Telegram channel run every day?

DatTong Trading's paid channel is run daily because subscribers cancel when a channel goes quiet. For a trading community earning about $16,000 in monthly recurring revenue, daily operation is effectively the product. Lemniscate Growth maintains the free and paid Telegram channels every day, so paying members always see activity and value, and the free channel of more than 60,000 members keeps showing prospective members what they would get.

Can DatTong Trading's community model work for a creator like me?

It can suit creators in a similar position to DatTong Trading. The trader already had a large, loyal audience, close to 100 million views a year, spread across platforms he did not own. His free analysis gave members a reason to stay, a modest subscription let a small share of that audience convert, and someone ran the channels every day. Without an existing audience or daily capacity, the model is much harder to sustain. Nothing here is investment advice.

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