Buy or sell a Telegram username
How to buy a Telegram username on Fragment with GRAM, how to sell your @username, what collectible usernames are, what sets the price and which deals are risky.
Telegram usernames (@username) are bought and sold on Fragment, an auction and marketplace platform that works in GRAM (formerly TON). A purchased name becomes a collectible: it is recorded on the TON blockchain against your wallet, not your account, and you assign it to a profile, group or channel. You can sell a name of your own by converting it into a collectible on Fragment, or resell a collectible you bought. An unclaimed name needs no purchase — you simply claim it in Telegram's settings.
What collectible usernames are
A collectible username works like a basic one: people find it in search and it has a t.me/name link. According to the Telegram FAQ, you can sell it, assign it to a chat or keep it for later, and the blockchain confirms ownership. Basic usernames, by contrast, go to whoever claims them first.
- A profile, group or channel has one basic username and several collectible ones, each with its own t.me/name link.
- A basic username needs at least 5 characters, so four-letter names exist only as collectibles.
- Tap a collectible username on someone's profile and you can see when it was bought and for how much (Telegram blog).
How to buy a username on Fragment
Search for the name on fragment.com and the site shows its stage. Statuses, per the Fragment help page:
| Status | What it means and what to do |
|---|---|
| Available | can be bought: a bid starts a 7-day auction |
| On auction | an auction is running — you can bid |
| For sale | the owner sells at a fixed price, no auction — the "Buy" button purchases it at once |
| Sold | already sold — the page shows the ownership history |
| Taken | in use by an ordinary user — you can send an offer |
- Get a TON wallet with GRAM, for example Tonkeeper (now Keeper) or MyTonWallet. For where to get GRAM, see GRAM, formerly TON.
- On fragment.com, connect your wallet ("Connect TON") and your Telegram account ("Connect Telegram").
- Place a bid, or buy at once if the name has a fixed price.
- The purchased name lands in your wallet: open "My Assets", tap "Assign to Telegram" and pick a profile, group or channel.
- A freshly assigned name is not active — only you can see it. Turn it on in Telegram, in the username settings of your profile, group or channel (Telegram documentation).
You look after your own keys: under the Fragment terms purchases are linked to your TON wallet and keeping access safe is your job. Lose the wallet's secret phrase and you lose the name. Check the address — the real site is fragment.com.
According to press reports, since November 2024 Fragment may ask buyers to pass an identity check through Sumsub; there is no official table of who needs it. More in Fragment verification.
If the name you want is taken
- A collectible that is not for sale: Telegram cannot hand it over — only its owner decides. Tap "Subscribe to updates" on the name's page to get notified about it.
- Held by an ordinary user: use "Make an offer". For a small non-refundable fee it reaches the owner anonymously, but everyone can see which TON wallet made the offer.
- For a taken basic username, write to @Username_bot if you hold the same name on at least two of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (FAQ).
How to sell a username on Fragment
You can sell the basic username of your profile and any collectible username in your wallet. The rules are on the Fragment help page.
A basic username:
- On fragment.com connect your Telegram account and your wallet — the proceeds go to it.
- Tap the connected wallet, choose "Convert to Collectibles" and pick the name.
- Set a minimum bid and, if you like, a maximum price: whoever pays it buys the name at once.
- Confirm in Telegram — the @fragment bot sends the request — then tap "Create Auction".
A collectible in your wallet: on "My Assets" choose "Put up for auction" (auction) or "Sell" (sale at a fixed price).
The first bid starts a 7-day auction. You can cancel only before the first bid, and listing is irreversible. Under the Fragment terms, the owner of a collectible may also sell it on other platforms, such as Getgems.
Fragment keeps 5% of each sale, plus a one-time 5 GRAM taken from the first auction's proceeds for converting a basic name into a collectible, plus a small network fee (about 1 GRAM). If you cannot list a name, there are usually two causes: two-step verification (the cloud password) is not enabled on your account, or you got or reassigned the name very recently.
How much can you sell a username for
The market sets the price. On Fragment the "Sold" filter with "Price high to low" shows the biggest sales, and a name's page shows its ownership history.
For scale, as of 2 October 2026: the lowest fixed prices on Fragment were around 6 GRAM, and the largest sale was @danbao at 1,583,948 GRAM in February 2026. Four-letter words like @news, @auto and @bank sold for hundreds of thousands of GRAM in 2022. This is a one-day snapshot; see the GRAM rate.
What you cannot sell, and why "selling an account" is risky
- A basic username cannot be handed to a person. A name that is released goes to the first person who claims it, so the "I release it, you claim it" arrangement rests on trust.
- An account is not a username. Per the Telegram FAQ, whoever has the phone number has the account. If the seller keeps the number or the recovery email, they can take the account back: the buyer loses the money and the name.
- A deal for a name needs no access to your account: not the login code, not the cloud password, not a wallet's secret phrase. Anyone asking for them "to check" or "through an escrow" is a scammer — see Telegram scams.
If you need Stars or Premium, not a name
The Shiba Bank bot does not sell usernames. It buys Stars and Premium on Fragment itself from its own verified account: you do not pass Fragment's identity check, you only give the recipient's @username. The buttons are "⭐ Buy Stars" and "👑 Buy Premium".
Frequently asked questions
How do I buy a username on Telegram?
Claim an unclaimed one in Telegram's settings; if it is taken but listed, buy it on fragment.com with GRAM.
How do I sell a username on Telegram?
On fragment.com tap "Convert to Collectibles", choose the name and set a minimum bid. You need a connected wallet and a cloud password.
How much can I sell a username for?
The market decides — check "Sold" on Fragment. As of 2 October 2026 the lowest fixed prices there were around 6 GRAM.
Where can I sell usernames?
On Fragment; a collectible can also be sold on other TON marketplaces such as Getgems.
What are collectible usernames?
Names recorded on the TON blockchain against the owner's wallet, which can be bought and sold.
What is a Fragment username?
A collectible username sold on fragment.com: you buy it with GRAM and assign it to a profile, group or channel.
Can I buy a second username?
Yes. A profile has one basic username, so the second one is a collectible: buy it on Fragment, assign it with "Assign to Telegram" and switch it on. The number of active usernames is limited — past the limit Telegram returns an error and one has to be switched off.
