What to spend Telegram Stars on
What to spend Telegram Stars on: gifts, Premium for a friend, reactions and paid posts in channels, messages, purchases in bots, channel subscriptions, auctions and NFT gifts.
Stars are Telegram's own currency: they pay for digital goods and services inside Telegram. Here is where they come in handy.
In Telegram itself
- Gifts — to a person or a channel: how to send a gift.
- Telegram Premium as a gift to a friend: can you buy Premium with Stars.
- Upgrading a gift to an NFT — for limited gifts: how to upgrade a gift.
- NFT gifts on the market — unique gifts are sold and bought for Stars: how to buy an NFT gift.
- Gift auctions — bids on new gifts are made in Stars: new Telegram gifts.
- Reactions and paid posts in channels: Star reactions, Stars in a channel.
- A paid channel subscription: paid channel subscriptions.
- Messages to people who charge for incoming ones: messages for Stars.
- Live streams in stories — to highlight your message in a stream: Telegram stories.
See also: Telegram Ads for Stars.
In bots and mini apps
Bots sell digital goods and services for Stars: access to features, game items, subscriptions. If a bot did not deliver what you paid for, send it the /paysupport command.
In the Shiba Bank bot
Stars in the wallet in the bot can be:
- withdrawn to your Telegram account or sent to a friend;
- given away in a chat with the
+boomcommand — giveaways in chats; - put into a cheque or given away in a channel — cheques, giveaways;
- spent on Telegram Premium for yourself or a friend;
- sold to the bot for USDT — how to sell Stars.
Frequently asked questions
What can I spend Telegram Stars on?
Gifts, Premium for a friend, reactions and paid posts in channels, subscriptions, messages and purchases in bots. Unique gifts are bought on the market and at auctions — also for Stars.
Can I pay for my own Premium with Stars?
In Telegram itself, Stars pay only for Premium as a gift to someone else. In the Shiba Bank bot you can pay for your own Premium with Stars from the wallet in the bot.
Can Stars be spent outside Telegram?
No: Stars work only inside Telegram — in the app, channels, bots and mini apps.
What can I do with Stars I don't need?
Give them as a gift, support a channel you like or sell them to the Shiba Bank bot for USDT.
Can I exchange Stars for money?
Telegram does not exchange Stars for money. Stars from your personal account can be sold to the Shiba Bank bot for USDT — that is a deal with the bot: how to sell Stars.
