How we make Stars cheaper than Telegram
When you buy Stars inside Telegram, payment goes through App Store or Google Play. Those stores keep ~30% commission on every transaction — their standard fee for processing in-app purchases.
{name} bypasses that store fee: we buy Stars in bulk directly through the TON network and the Fragment service — Telegram's official Stars marketplace. Stars are then transferred to the recipient through the same Telegram API any in-app purchase uses, making the two technically indistinguishable.
Our service margin only covers operational costs: payment processing, support, development, taxes in Russia. So the final price you pay is 25–{discount}% lower than Telegram's, not just "the same but through us".