TeleCrow lets your shop bot or paid channel/group bot accept Telegram Stars. You turn it on per bot in 3 taps. Buyers pay inside Telegram, the Stars go to your own bot's balance at Telegram (TeleCrow never holds them), and TeleCrow takes 0% commission. At the default rate of $1 = 50 Stars you receive about $0.65 for each $1 of price; pick $1 = 77 Stars to keep your full price. You cash out through Fragment as TON once you have 1,000 Stars past Telegram's hold of about 21 days.
Telegram Stars are Telegram's own currency for digital goods and services. Buyers buy Stars inside Telegram (in the mobile apps that purchase goes through Apple or Google) and spend them in any bot. No crypto wallet, no sign-up on another site.
Telegram pays sellers $0.013 per Star when you withdraw. That one number drives everything. At the default $1 = 50 Stars, 50 x $0.013 = $0.65, so you keep about 65% of your price and buyers pay roughly your price. At $1 = 77 Stars, 77 x $0.013 is about $1.00, so you keep your full price and buyers pay about 54% more Stars. TeleCrow adds no fee on top: 0% commission on Stars sales.
| Your price | Default: $1 = 50 Stars | Full price: $1 = 77 Stars |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | 250 Stars, you receive $3.25 | 385 Stars, you receive $5.01 |
| $10 | 500 Stars, you receive $6.50 | 770 Stars, you receive $10.01 |
| $20 | 1,000 Stars, you receive $13.00 | 1,540 Stars, you receive $20.02 |
You receive = Stars x $0.013, Telegram's payout rate. Changing TON to your local money on an exchange can cost a little more. You can also set a Stars price by hand on any item.
Prefer not to cash out? You can also spend the Stars on Telegram Ads for the same bot, where each Star counts as $0.02.
Turning on Stars adds a payment option; it doesn't replace anything. Buyers can still pay from their in-bot balance, which they top up with crypto, and your existing crypto setup keeps working exactly as before.
Subscriptions in Stars renew automatically every month, up to 10,000 Stars a month (Telegram's limit). Above that, buyers pay once, with no automatic renewal. If an item is priced too high for a Stars payment, the bot offers Pay from balance instead.
Refunds stay simple: when a buyer asks for one, you press Refund in the dashboard and TeleCrow sends the Stars back through Telegram. Answer refund requests within 3 days; by default, requests you don't answer within 72 hours are refunded automatically, and you can switch that off.
Telegram pays sellers $0.013 per Star when you withdraw, so 1,000 Stars is about $13. Buyers pay more than that per Star when they buy Stars, because Telegram's price includes app-store and platform costs. On TeleCrow the default rate is $1 = 50 Stars, which gives you about $0.65 per $1 of price; choose $1 = 77 Stars to receive about your full price.
Turn on Two-Step Verification in Telegram and wait 24 hours. Once your bot has at least 1,000 Stars that are past Telegram's hold of about 21 days, open the bot's profile in Telegram, tap Edit, then Balance, then Withdraw, and enter your password. Fragment then pays you in TON to the wallet address you paste, which you can change to your local money on an exchange. Only the Telegram account that created the bot in @BotFather can withdraw.
Not directly in your bot. Buyers pay with Stars, and they buy Stars inside Telegram: in the iPhone and Android apps that goes through Apple or Google, so they can use the card or wallet already on their phone. TeleCrow has no direct card checkout for buyers. Buyers can also pay from their in-bot balance, topped up with crypto.
No. TeleCrow charges 0% commission on sales. The Stars go straight to your own bot's balance at Telegram, and what you receive is set by Telegram's $0.013 per Star payout rate and the price rate you pick.
Shop (digital product) bots and paid channel/group (access control) bots. Stars are opt-in: you turn them on per bot from the bot's page, and bots where you leave them off keep working as before.
Yes. Paid channel and group bots can sell a monthly Stars subscription that renews automatically, up to 10,000 Stars a month, which is Telegram's limit. Above that amount, buyers pay once, with no automatic renewal.
Telegram does. They sit in your own bot's balance at Telegram, not with TeleCrow. TeleCrow shows the balance and can send a refund when you press Refund, but it can't hold, cut or withdraw your Stars. You withdraw them yourself through Fragment.
No. Telegram allows Stars for digital goods and services only, such as files, keys, courses and channel access.
Shop and paid channel/group bots. Stars go to your own bot, 0% TeleCrow commission, crypto balance payments still work.