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Free hosting and the ad pass
How free-plan bots stay online on Bottly hosting, and who never needs an ad.
Bots on the Free plan can run on Bottly hosting for free. In exchange, the bot needs an active ad pass: watch one short ad and the bot stays online for the next 24 hours.
How it works
When the pass expires the bot is stopped and you get a notification. Nothing is lost: watch one ad on the bot page and it starts again with the same commands and settings.
Who never needs an ad
Each ad counts once, and watching many ads in a very short time is refused, so there is no way to stack days in advance.
How it works
Open the bot page. When the pass is about to run out or has expired, the hosting card offers a short ad.
Watch it to the end (at least 15 seconds). The pass is set to 24 hours from that moment; watching again later extends it from then on.
Your very first start includes a free welcome day, so a new bot runs straight away.
When the pass expires the bot is stopped and you get a notification. Nothing is lost: watch one ad on the bot page and it starts again with the same commands and settings.
Who never needs an ad
Bots on a paid plan (Pro or Ultimate).
Self-hosted bots (see Self-hosting): they run on your own machine.
Staff accounts.
Each ad counts once, and watching many ads in a very short time is refused, so there is no way to stack days in advance.