How to use Lidogen: the complete guide

1What Lidogen does and what you need to start

Lidogen is two bots in Telegram. The sales bot @lidogen_ai sets up your subscription and creates your personal bot. The personal bot is the actual working tool: search, AI messages, outreach and replies.

• Business search on Yandex Maps by city, niche and radius: name, address, phone, website, social networks, Telegram, WhatsApp, rating and number of reviews.
• AI messages. You describe what you sell once. The AI writes each company its own text based on its name, industry and city.
• Outreach in Telegram from your accounts: pauses, daily limits, a schedule, multiple accounts, spam-block check.
• Replies center. Everyone who replies gets their own topic in your Telegram group. You answer right inside the topic.
• Export of the collected database to Excel and CSV with one button.

What you need in advance

• A Telegram account for outreach. Best if it's a separate one, not your personal account, with its own SIM. You will need to “warm it up” (see section 8).
• Telegram Desktop on your computer to copy the account's login data once (the tdata folder, section 4).
• 1–3 proxies (HTTP or SOCKS5) for searching Yandex Maps. Without them Yandex shows a captcha (section 5).
• A Telegram group with “Topics” enabled for client replies. Optional, but much more convenient (section 2).

TipWant to try it first? Message @quboz and we'll open a free test day so you can look at the bot before paying.

2Buying and creating your personal bot

Open @lidogen_ai and press /start. Everything is done with buttons, there is nothing to type out.

1. Choose a language: “Русский” or English.
2. Press «Выбрать тариф» (Choose a plan) and pick a term: 7, 30, 90 days or Lifetime. Every plan includes all features, only the term differs.
3. Confirm that you agree to the documents (the offer and data processing): two checkboxes, then «Продолжить» (Continue).
4. Choose a payment method and pay. If your subscription is already active, the new days are added to the current term.

Paying via SBP

1. Press «💬 Перейти к оплате» (Go to payment). A chat with a manager opens with a ready-made message and your order number.
2. Send that message and you'll get the payment details. Transfer the exact amount.
3. After confirmation you'll get a message «Оплата получена» (Payment received) and access opens. It usually takes a few minutes during working hours; at worst, up to 24 hours.

Outside Russia you can also pay in USDT via @CryptoBot: press «Pay», pay the invoice, then press «Check payment» — access is also activated automatically within a minute.

Create your bot (step 1 of 3)

After payment the sales bot will ask for a token. It's the password-key of your personal bot, issued by the official @BotFather.

1. Open @BotFather (the «🔗 Открыть @BotFather» (Open @BotFather) button in the sales bot).
2. Send it the command /newbot.
3. Come up with a name for the bot (anything, for example “Лидоген Иван”) and a username, which must end in bot, for example ivan_leads_bot.
4. BotFather will send you a long token that looks like 123456789:AAH…. Copy it in full and send it to the sales bot.

ImportantThe token is the key to your bot. Don't show it to anyone except the sales bot. If you accidentally posted the token somewhere, generate a new one in @BotFather with the /revoke command.

Who manages the bot (step 2 of 3)

The bot will show your Telegram ID. If you're the only one using the bot, press «✅ Только я» (Only me). If you need helpers, send their IDs separated by commas and they will all become administrators. A person's ID can be found with the @userinfobot bot.

A group for conversations (step 3 of 3)

So that client replies don't pile up in one heap, every lead gets a separate topic in the group:

1. Create a new group in Telegram. In the group settings turn on “Topics”.
2. Add your new bot to it and make it an administrator with the “Manage topics” right.
3. Forward any message from the group to @userinfobot. It will show an ID that looks like -100….
4. Send this ID to the sales bot. Or press «⏭ Пропустить» (Skip), and replies will come straight into your chat with the bot.

Done: the sales bot will write «Ваш Лидоген запущен» (Your Lidogen is up and running) and send a link to your bot. Open it and press /start. All further work happens there.

3Main menu and quick start

In your personal bot press /start. You'll see the main menu. Until you've set anything up, there is a five-step checklist at the top, and the top button always leads to the next step.

When all five steps are done, the checklist is replaced by a status panel:

TipThe main menu is pinned in the chat. If it gets lost, send the bot /start and the menu will come back. The «🏠 Главное меню» (Main menu) button is on almost every screen.

4Connecting a Telegram account (tdata)

The account is your Telegram, the one the bot will use to write to clients. The bot logs in using a copy of the Telegram Desktop session data: the tdata folder. You won't have to enter a password or an SMS code.

ImportantUse a separate account, not your personal one: any outreach carries a risk of restrictions from Telegram. Don't press “Log out” in Telegram Desktop after copying tdata, otherwise the session will stop working.

How to get tdata

1. Download Telegram Desktop from telegram.org and log in to the account you need.
2. Close Telegram completely (not just the window).
3. Find the tdata folder. Windows: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Telegram Desktop\tdata (quick way: press Win+R and enter %appdata%\Telegram Desktop). Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Telegram Desktop/tdata (in Finder: “Go → Go to Folder”).
4. Archive the tdata folder into a ZIP (right click → “Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder” / “Compress”). The tdata folder must be inside the archive.
5. In the bot press «👥 Аккаунты» (Accounts) → «📥 Загрузить tdata» (Upload tdata) and send the ZIP file straight into the chat.
6. The bot will unpack the archive, connect, and show «✅ Подключено» (Connected) with the account name.

Multiple accounts

You can upload as many accounts as you like, each with its own new ZIP file. All enabled accounts work at the same time: they take leads from a shared queue, and replies to clients go out from the account where the conversation started. This widens your reach while keeping the same safe limits per account.

Managing an account

Open «⚙️ Управление аккаунтами» (Manage accounts) and pick an account. Here you can make it the main one (👑), enable or disable it, check that the login is still valid, check for a spam block via @SpamBot, and delete it.

TipThe «Удалить аккаунт» (Delete account) button works immediately, with no confirmation. After deletion the numbers in the list shift, so always reopen the card.

5Proxies for search

A proxy is an intermediary the bot uses to visit Yandex Maps. Without one, Yandex quickly shows a captcha and the search stops. You don't need a proxy for sending Telegram messages. It's needed specifically for collecting the database.

Which proxies to get

• 1–3 HTTP or SOCKS5 proxies. Russian ones are better, because Yandex Maps works best with Russian addresses.
• You can buy them from any proxy provider. Ordinary datacenter proxies are enough to start with; if the captcha shows up often, get “residential” or mobile ones.

How to add them

1. Open «🌐 Прокси» (Proxies) and press «➕ Добавить» (Add).
2. Send the proxy in a message. You can send several, each on a new line.
3. Press «✅ Проверить» (Check): the bot will test each proxy through Yandex and show ✅ or ❌ with the reason.

Any format works: http://user:pass@host:port, socks5://user:pass@host:port, user:pass@host:port, host:port:user:pass, host:port. During a search the bot uses a random working proxy from the list.

6Niche and message template

This is where you tell the bot what you sell. After that the AI writes each company's text on its own.

1. Open «🎯 Ниша и шаблон» (Niche and template) and press «🎯 Сменить нишу» (Change niche).
2. Describe your service in one phrase: “website development”, “SMM and promotion”, “equipment supplies for cafés”. The bot expects the phrase in Russian.
3. The bot will immediately generate a sample message. Read it: this is what clients will receive.
4. If you need to adjust it, press «✏️ Шаблон» (Template) and send your own text.

Placeholders in the template

• {org}: the company name
• {city}: the city
• {name}: the recipient's name or nickname
• {me}: your name

ImportantThe AI gets the company's name, its industry and its city. It doesn't know any other details (reviews, ratings, whether they have social networks). So don't promise anything in the template that you can't know about the recipient. Keep it neutral and to the point, and read the sample before launching.

TipA good message is short (3–5 lines), about the benefit to the recipient, and ends with an easy question: “want to see examples?”. Don't put links or phone numbers in the first message, as that raises the risk of a spam block.

7Finding clients on Yandex Maps

Press «🔎 Найти клиентов» (Find clients). The bot will walk you through the steps; on any of them you can press «❌ Отменить» (Cancel). There is a “quick start” that sets sensible values for you.

Step 1. City

Step 2. Center of the search area

The easiest option is to press «⚡ Быстрый старт» (Quick start): city center, 10 km radius, 2.5 km step, 3 pages, no limit. All that's left is to pick categories. If you need a specific district, send coordinates in the format longitude,latitude, for example 39.7015,47.2357 (you can copy them from Yandex Maps).

Steps 3–4. Radius and detail level

Radius is how far from the center to search (10–15 km is enough for a city). Detail is the distance between the points the bot uses to sweep the map: the smaller the number, the more companies the bot finds, but the longer the search takes. If in doubt, take ⭐ “optimal”.

Step 5. Business categories

Choose who to look for. Categories are grouped: press a group, then tick the types you need ✅. The «Выбрать все» (Select all) and «Снять всё» (Clear all) buttons speed things up. When you're done, press «Продолжить →» (Continue).

Steps 6–8. Custom queries, pages and limit

• Custom queries (optional): separated by commas, for example “plumber, loft rental, photo studio” (type them in Russian). Or press «Пропустить» (Skip).
• Pages per point: 1 is fast, 3 is optimal, 6 is the most thorough.
• Lead limit: 100, 500 or no limit. When the limit is reached, collection stops by itself.

Steps 9–10. Filters and reviews

Filters are switched on by pressing a row (✅ means on): include companies with websites, count Tilda/Wix sites as leads, only those with a phone or messenger, exclude chains, re-check listings. Then choose the minimum number of reviews (0 means no filtering).

Review and launch

The bot will show a summary of all parameters. Press «▶️ Запустить сбор» (Start collection), or «🔄 Настроить заново» (Set up again) if something is off. After that, «📊 Статус» (Status) shows progress: percentage, current query, leads found and time remaining.

When the search is finished, press «📁 Файлы» (Files). The bot will send an Excel table and a CSV with the companies it found. The same companies automatically go into the outreach queue.

TipRun your first search on a small district or with a limit of 100. That way you'll see a result quickly and check that your proxies work.

8Warming up the account

A new account that starts sending messages right away gets a spam block very quickly. “Warm-up” means a few days of ordinary account life before you start.

1. Days 1–2. Subscribe to 10–15 public channels and groups in your niche, scroll through them, leave reactions.
2. Days 3–4. Start chatting: reply in group chats, send 2–5 messages to “Saved Messages”, change the avatar and the profile description.
3. Day 5 onward. Start the outreach gradually: 10–15 messages a day at first, then raise it to 30 a day.

• Pause between messages: 3–5 minutes.
• Don't send two messages in a row to the same person.
• Don't send at night (00:00–08:00).
• Use fresh, warmed-up accounts. Telegram Premium on the account raises the limits and lowers the risk of restrictions.

This same text is always available in the bot under the «🔥 Прогрев» (Warm-up) button. You can check the account's state at any time with the «🛡 Спам-блок» (Spam block) button in the «Рассылка» section.

9Outreach: settings and launch

The «📨 Рассылка» (Outreach) section is the control panel. It shows the statistics and all the settings.

What each button does

• ▶️ Запустить / ⏹ Остановить (Start / Stop) starts all enabled accounts or stops the outreach. You can stop at any moment.
• ⏳ Пауза (Pause) is the delay between messages: first the minimum in seconds, then the maximum. The bot picks a random value between them, so the behavior looks natural. We recommend 180–300 seconds.
• ⏱ Лимит (Limit) is how many messages can be sent per day. We recommend no more than 30 per account.
• 💰 Цена (Price) is the price range (minimum and maximum, in rubles) that the AI may name in an offer, if your service calls for it.
• ⏰ Старт по времени (Start at a set time): enter the time as HH:MM (Moscow time) and the outreach will start by itself. If that time has already passed, the launch moves to tomorrow. «❎ Старт сразу» (Start immediately) clears the schedule.
• 🛡 Спам-блок (Spam block): the bot asks @SpamBot and shows whether the account is restricted.
• 🗑 Очистить лиды (Clear leads) deletes all collected leads and the outreach history. The bot asks for confirmation before deleting.

ImportantDon't blast everyone. Send only individual business offers to companies your service genuinely suits. If someone declines or writes “don't message me”, don't message them again. Whoever sends the messages, that is you, is responsible for their content and for complying with the advertising law; see the offer, section 7, for details.

TipFirst day: limit 10–15, pause 3–5 minutes. After 3–4 days without problems, raise it to 30. If «🛡 Спам-блок» shows a restriction, stop the outreach on that account and wait.

10Client replies

When a company replies, the bot creates a separate topic for it in your group. That way you see who wrote and nothing gets lost.

• The topic is named after the company or nickname, and holds the whole conversation with that client.
• Reply right inside the topic: the message goes to the client from the same account that sent the outreach.
• Text, photos, video, voice messages, video messages (“circles”), stickers, GIFs and files are supported, in both directions.
• Several people can work in the group: add colleagues and give them access.

If no group is linked, replies come to your private chat with the bot. You can link a group later: message support @quboz and we'll connect a group with topics enabled.

11Status, files and clearing the database

• 📊 Статус (Status): progress of the current search or the result of the last one. The «🔄 Обновить статус» (Refresh status) button redraws the screen.
• 📁 Файлы (Files) sends the latest export: Excel (.xlsx) and CSV. They're easy to upload into a CRM or hand to a manager.
• 🗑 Очистить базу лидов (Clear the leads database) deletes all collected leads completely. Use it when you're starting a new niche from a clean slate. It can't be undone.
• ⛔ Остановить поиск (Stop search) interrupts the collection; companies already found are kept.

12Subscription, renewal and expiry

Everything about your subscription lives in the sales bot @lidogen_ai, under the «📊 Подписка» (Subscription) button.

• There you can see your plan, the end date and how much time is left.
• Renewal: «💳 Продлить» (Renew) and pay. The new days are added to the current term, nothing is lost. Lifetime doesn't need renewing.
• A reminder arrives 3 days before the end.
• When the term ends, your bot is paused, but your leads, accounts and all settings are kept. After renewal the bot switches on again by itself.

There are no automatic charges: money is taken only when you pay yourself. Refund terms are in the “Payment and refunds” document (linked at the bottom of the site).

13If something isn't working

The search finds no companies or stops

Almost always the cause is the proxies. Open «🌐 Прокси» → «✅ Проверить». If everything shows ❌, replace the proxies with Russian or residential ones. Also try reducing the radius and setting the detail level to “5 km”.

The account won't connect

Check that the ZIP contains the whole tdata folder itself, and that you didn't press “Log out” in Telegram Desktop. If Telegram Desktop has a local passcode turned on, turn it off before copying tdata. If it still doesn't work, upload tdata again or contact support.

The outreach isn't sending messages

• Is there a connected account, and is it free of a spam block («🛡 Спам-блок»).
• Has the daily limit run out (nothing goes over the limit in a day; it continues tomorrow).
• Is «Старт по времени» set to a future time? Press «❎ Старт сразу».
• Are there leads in the database: see «Компаний в базе» in the main menu.

The account got restricted

Stop the outreach and check «🛡 Спам-блок». If Telegram restricted the account, wait (usually up to a few days), lower the limit and lengthen the pause. Connect extra accounts to spread the load. Nobody can guarantee protection from Telegram restrictions, so don't use the only account that matters to you.

The bot doesn't respond

Check your subscription term in @lidogen_ai. If the subscription is active, send the bot /start, and if it stays silent, message support @quboz.

14First-day checklist

1. Bought a plan in @lidogen_ai, created a bot in @BotFather, sent the token.
2. Created a group with topics, added the bot there as an admin, sent its ID.
3. Prepared a separate Telegram account and started warming it up.
4. Added 1–3 proxies and checked them («✅ Проверить»).
5. Set the niche and read the sample message; adjusted the template.
6. Ran a trial search for 100 leads, downloaded «📁 Файлы» and checked the result.
7. Uploaded the tdata of the warmed-up account.
8. Set the limit to 10–15, the pause to 3–5 minutes, and pressed «▶️ Запустить».
9. Keep an eye on the group: reply to clients in the topics. After a few days, raise the limit to 30.