# What to spend Telegram Stars on

Gifts, Premium for a friend, channels, bots, subscriptions and NFT gifts.

https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/spend-stars

Updated 2026-10-01 · 2 min read

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](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/send-telegram-gift).
- **Telegram Premium as a gift to a friend**: [can you buy Premium with Stars](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/premium-for-stars).
- **Upgrading a gift to an NFT** — for limited gifts: [how to upgrade a gift](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/upgrade-gift-to-nft).
- **NFT gifts on the market** — unique gifts are sold and bought for Stars: [how to buy an NFT gift](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/buy-nft-gift).
- **Gift auctions** — bids on new gifts are made in Stars: [new Telegram gifts](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/new-telegram-gifts).
- **Reactions and paid posts in channels**: [Star reactions](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/star-reactions), [Stars in a channel](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/channel-stars).
- **A paid channel subscription**: [paid channel subscriptions](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/channel-subscription).
- **Messages to people who charge for incoming ones**: [messages for Stars](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/paid-messages).
- **Live streams in stories** — to highlight your message in a stream: [Telegram stories](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/telegram-stories).

See also: [Telegram Ads for Stars](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/telegram-ads-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- withdrawn to your Telegram account or sent to a friend;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 `+boom` command — [giveaways in chats](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/drops-in-chats);
- put into a cheque or given away in a channel — [cheques](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/cheques), [giveaways](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/raffles);
- spent on Telegram Premium for yourself or a friend;
- sold to the bot for USDT — [how to sell Stars](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/sell-telegram-stars).

[Buy Stars — Open the app](https://t.me/barboskich_stars_bot?startapp=site_ai_en_buy)

## 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](https://shiba-bank.com/en/guides/sell-telegram-stars).