How to accept Telegram Stars payments and get paid

Why digital sales on Telegram are paid in Stars

Bots that sell digital goods inside Telegram take payment in Stars, Telegram’s in-app currency, because of Apple and Google app store rules. For you, that means no card form and no checkout page: the buyer taps a button, confirms, and the content unlocks.

With CreatorInbox you create the bot yourself in @BotFather and connect it to your Telegram account. Every payment goes to that bot. CreatorInbox never holds, withdraws or converts your Stars. How to set up paid offers is in How to sell digital products on Telegram.

1. Open Sales and pick a period

The switch at the top of Sales sets the time range: 7d, 30d, 90d or All.

2. Read Sales, Refunds and Net

Three cards sum up the period. Sales is what buyers paid, Refunds is what you gave back, and Net is what’s left after refunds. All three are in Stars.

3. Check your bot balance

Below the cards, the bot balance shows the Stars your bot holds right now. It won’t match your sales: the balance is everything the bot holds, while sales count only the period you picked. Tap Why it differs from sales for the short version.

4. Withdraw through Fragment when Stars are available

New Stars aren’t withdrawable straight away. The app currently says it can take up to 21 days; Telegram sets this period and can change it. When they’re available, the bot’s owner starts a withdrawal in Telegram, which opens Fragment, Telegram’s official platform for it. Telegram sets the rate and the minimum.

The full walkthrough is in Telegram Stars for creators. To see what a number of Stars is worth, use the Telegram Stars calculator.

5. Open a purchase, and refund if you need to

Open any purchase in the list to see when it was confirmed, which profile sold it, who bought it and what they got. The Refund Stars button is at the bottom. Once the payment is matched to Telegram, it sends the full amount back after you confirm, and the purchase shows Refunded.

6. Export your sales as CSV

Export CSV above the purchases gives you a file for your records or your accountant: date, profile, buyer, items, Stars, who made the sale (you, an AI draft or Autopilot), status and Telegram’s charge ID.

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