Buy Telegram Stars in Bulk for a Giveaway with TON

Buying Stars for a giveaway in bulk with TON means paying once for the full pool — no stacking a separate card fee for every winner's individual Stars.

  1. 1Tally how many winners the giveaway will have.
  2. 2Pay for the entire Stars pool in one TON payment, instead of collecting money from each winner.
  3. 3Divide the pool into per-winner amounts.
  4. 4Send Stars to each winner's username one at a time.
  5. 5Check off each winner as their Stars are confirmed delivered.

Pros

  • + Winners don't need to pay for their own Stars.
  • + Organizer keeps full control over the size of the pool.

Cons

  • − The full TON cost falls on the organizer, not the winners.
  • − Distribution still takes manual entry per winner.

A card payment for a time-sensitive giveaway still has to clear a payment processor before Stars can go out; TON on TON mainnet settles directly, which matters when distribution has to happen while an event is still live.

A single TON payment on TON mainnet carries one network fee for the whole pool, rather than a fee for every winner's individual Stars.

Can I ask winners to pay for their own Stars instead?+

That's possible, but most organizers find it simpler to cover the whole pool in one TON payment rather than coordinating payment from every winner.

Does the organizer need anything from the winners before paying?+

Just their Telegram usernames — the TON payment itself doesn't require any information about the winners.

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