# Your first sale: checklist

_Getting started · 4 min read · Updated 2026-10-23 · https://lanachat.ai/guides/your-first-sale/_

A first sale needs three things: paid content in the creator's Vault, a first-purchase script that offers it, and a price in Telegram Stars. This checklist walks through them in order, then shows where the sale appears once a fan pays.

## Before you start

The creator is live: Telegram account connected, licence assigned, AI Brain linked and **Active**, balance above $0. If not, go through the [Go-live checklist](https://lanachat.ai/guides/go-live-checklist/) first.

## 1. Put paid content in her Vault

1. Open **Vault** (Chatting group, under Tools) with the creator selected.
2. Press **Add media** and upload at least two items: one to tease, one to sell.
3. Open each item and set its **Pricing**:
   - **Teaser** for the free media that makes him curious;
   - **Paid** for the media you sell. Paid items are sent blurred and unlock with Stars, from 1 to 25,000.

> Tip: Choose an entry-price media for the first sale, easy to say yes to. Keep your premium media for fans who already bought.

See [Vault](https://lanachat.ai/guides/vault/).

## 2. Write a first-purchase script

1. Open **Scripts** (Studio group) and press **New script**.
2. Write the steps: an **Opener** with no price, a **Taste** with the Teaser item (**+ Add from Vault**), a **First offer** with the paid item, and a **Nudge** that brings the offer back.
3. On the paid step, set **Unlock price** to **Vault price** so the price from the Vault applies, or choose **Paid** to set one price in Stars for the step.
4. Back in the list, check that the **Active** switch is on and press the star in the **First** column: the starred script is the **first script**, the one a new fan receives first.

The full walk-through is in [Build a first-purchase script, step by step](https://lanachat.ai/guides/first-purchase-script/).

## 3. Let the AI Brain start it

Scripts are written in Scripts and attached in the AI Brain. Open **AI Brain**, tab **Scripts**, then **Schedule & selection**: turn on **Enable this script** and choose **Available to start** (Anytime, Daytime, Night or a custom schedule, in the creator's time zone).

## 4. Test the sale in the Playground

1. Open **Playground** with the creator selected.
2. Write as a new fan. Check that the opener arrives first, that the Teaser comes free, and that the offer shows its price in Stars with **Test offer**.
3. Press **Simulate purchase** to see what she does after a payment, and **Simulate decline** to see how she handles a no.

No Stars are spent and nothing reaches Telegram.

## 5. Watch for the real one

- **Live Convs**: a paid offer shows as a card with the price, **Paid** or **Unpaid**. The **Sales** bell at the top right lists the latest sales; click one to open the fan.
- **Dashboard**, **Sales logs** table: every sale with its date, source (**Telegram** for Stars), creator, content, fan, **Net earnings** and status. See [Sales log](https://lanachat.ai/guides/sales-log/).
- **Agency settings**, **Telegram balance**: the Stars on each creator's bot. Telegram holds Stars for 21 days before they can be withdrawn.

## What it costs you

LanaChat takes a share of the net sale from your balance when the fan pays. An offer sent by a script step (even a script Lana started), or by your team from Live Convs, counts at 4%, 3% or 2%. An offer Lana wrote and sent herself, outside any script, counts at 12%, 10% or 8%. See [AI sale or manual sale?](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-sale-or-manual-sale/).

> Note: Payment links (FanGate, Dropp Fans and others) are another way to get paid. Add them in **Agency settings**, **Payments**. See [How fans pay](https://lanachat.ai/guides/fan-payments-stars-and-links/).

## Related

- [Build a first-purchase script, step by step](https://lanachat.ai/guides/first-purchase-script/)
- [Vault: upload media, previews and folders](https://lanachat.ai/guides/vault/)
- [How fans pay: Telegram Stars and payment links](https://lanachat.ai/guides/fan-payments-stars-and-links/)
- [Sales log](https://lanachat.ai/guides/sales-log/)