Manual Promos with CP Codes

A manual cross-promotion is one where you choose the partner yourself and pair up with a one-time CP code — as the page puts it, "Cross-promote with a partner you choose." It's the right route when you already know the channel owner you want to swap with (from a group chat, a community, or a past swap) and just need Onflow Ads to run the agreement, the posts and the delivery.

The manual landing page is at https://onflowads.com/telegram/dashboard/cross-promotion/manual — reachable from the hub's Have a code? card ("Create or join").

The manual page is the fork in the road: mint a code on the left, redeem a partner's code on the right. Your campaigns collect underneath.

What's on the page

Two big choice cards and your campaign list:

Card	What it says	Where it goes
Create a campaign	"Pick the channel you want to promote, set a go-live date, time and duration, then get a unique code to share with your partner." — Start a campaign	The create wizard
Join a campaign	"Got a CP code from a partner? Enter it to see their channel and the schedule, then add your own channel to lock it in." — Enter a code	The join page

Below them, a Your campaigns section lists every website campaign you're part of, with a + New campaign shortcut.

How a CP code works

• Format: CP- followed by two groups of four characters, e.g. CP-7K4M-Q2XP. Codes never contain easily-confused characters (no 0/O, 1/I/L), and entry on the join page is forgiving — capitalisation, spaces and dashes don't matter.
• One-time: exactly one partner can join with a code. Once joined, entering the same code takes each participant to their campaign page instead.
• Expiry: if nobody joins within 24 hours of creation, the code expires automatically and you're emailed. Blitz campaigns are the exception — they stay open while collecting partners until launched or cancelled.
• Private by default: only someone you give the code to can join. You can optionally list the campaign on the open-campaigns board so well-matched strangers can find it too — see Discovering partners.
• Surface-bound: a code minted on the website is joined on the website; a code minted in the Telegram bot is joined in the bot. Entering a bot code on the website returns "No campaign found for that code."

The Your campaigns list

Each row in Your campaigns shows:

• the campaign's code (e.g. CP-7K4M-Q2XP);
• the pairing — "with @partnerhandle", or "No partner yet" while the code is unclaimed;
• the agreed go-live in your local time, once set;
• a status pill: Awaiting partner, In progress, Changes proposed, Confirmed, Expired or Cancelled (see Campaign lifecycle for what each means).

Click any row to open that campaign's manage page at /telegram/dashboard/cross-promotion/campaign/YOUR-CODE.

If you haven't run anything yet, the list shows: "No campaigns yet — create one to get a shareable code, or join a partner's with their code."

Website campaigns only

This list shows campaigns created or joined on the website. For the combined history including campaigns run in the Telegram bot, use the My Cross-Promotions page — see Campaign lifecycle.

Manual codes vs. directory requests

Both routes end in exactly the same campaign — same schedule agreement, same post builder, same automatic delivery, same results. The only difference is how you pair up:

• Manual (code): you find the partner yourself and hand them the code. Nothing about the partner is pre-vetted for you — check their channel yourself, and look at the trust signals shown on the join page before committing.
• Directory (request): Onflow Ads shows you opted-in partners ranked by fit, with trust signals up front, and pairing happens on accept. See Partnership requests.

FAQ

Can I have several open codes at once?

Yes — each create mints its own campaign and code, and each counts toward your monthly initiation allowance once it finds (and keeps) a partner. All of them appear in Your campaigns.

I shared my code but my partner can't join

Walk through the checks in Joining a campaign: the code may have expired (24 hours), already been used, been minted in the bot rather than the website — or your partner may be in a temporary join cooldown.

Can I re-use a code after the campaign finishes?

No. Codes are one-time and stay attached to their campaign forever — the code doubles as the campaign's permanent address (/campaign/YOUR-CODE), including for its results. Start a new campaign to get a new code, or set up a recurring promo so new rounds are created for you automatically.

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Next: Creating a campaign — the four-step wizard that mints your code.