These Terms represent an agreement between you and staropay LLC (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), a company registered under the laws of the Republic of Latvia. For the purposes of this document, "we", "us", and "our" refer to staropay LLC, "Telegram" refers to Telegram Messenger Inc., and "you" refers to you, the user.
staropay ("Platform") is a website fully owned and operated by the Company. The Platform allows anyone to securely and anonymously purchase digital collectibles using smart contracts similar to NFTs. All transactions are based on TON, a decentralized, scalable, and open blockchain technology originally developed by Telegram.
Purchased collectibles are tied to the unique TON wallet of their new owner — they are not directly linked to accounts on any other platform, including those that may directly or indirectly integrate with the Platform. After purchasing a collectible, you bear sole responsibility for safeguarding any relevant credentials, devices, or backups that provide access to your TON wallet.
The Company does not have access to your TON wallet and does not store any information that could trace it back to you personally or to any of your accounts. Therefore, it cannot recover the wallet or any collectibles contained within it if you lose your credentials.
Purchased collectibles are securely stored in the immutable TON blockchain ledger. As such, ownership is permanent and cannot be revoked, even by the Company — therefore, all purchases are non-refundable. Owners can sell their collectibles privately at any time.
The Company operates with cryptocurrencies — the regulations governing this payment method may vary depending on your country of residence. You are solely responsible for any applicable taxes or fees and must comply with relevant local laws.
The Company may limit the countries in which it operates and the specific services it offers in certain countries at any time and without prior notice in response to legal or regulatory requirements, technical limitations, or other factors. The Company will not compensate you for any losses incurred as a result of such changes.
In general, entities currently available for purchase on the Platform are directly tied to an item or service within the Telegram ecosystem. Collectible owners are free to sell them to interested parties via the Platform or any third-party platform, hold them indefinitely, or use them within Telegram or any service capable and willing to provide associated benefits.
The Platform currently facilitates the purchase of Telegram Stars subscriptions under the terms outlined below.
Other items, collectibles, subscriptions, or services may potentially be listed for sale in the future. The Company reserves the right to sell new items or remove items and services from the Platform at any time without prior notice.
The temporary or permanent removal of an item from the Platform does not affect previously purchased collectibles or past transactions — ownership remains permanent where applicable.
Collectibles purchased on the Platform are stored in the decentralized and immutable TON ledger and exist independently of their overall functionality and integration with Telegram or any other platform.
When you purchase a collectible or service on the Platform, Telegram provides you with benefits and features associated with it. However, the Company makes no guarantees that this will always be the case. Purchasing an entity on the Platform does not entitle owners to any form of refund if a company integrating it can no longer or chooses not to provide its features, partially or fully.
The Company cannot predict or guarantee the absence of future developments or events that may render previously purchased items less effective or potentially obsolete. By purchasing an item, you agree that it is sold "as is" — the Company provides no guarantees regarding its continued utility, inherent value, perceived prestige, profitability, or lack thereof.
The Company provides no guarantees that platforms integrating collectibles will do so free of charge. Any platform may integrate collectibles at its discretion, and their implementation may change at any time. Platforms may freely impose additional fees and introduce extensions or restrictions on the range of benefits and features provided by each organization.
Bot developers and content creators who have earned Telegram Stars in exchange for products, services, content, or other perks may use the Platform to redeem cryptocurrency based on the number of Stars in their balance.
The type of cryptocurrency issued for such rewards will be determined by the Platform at its discretion and may be changed at any time without prior notice.
Collectibles purchased through the Platform exist independently of Telegram, and you are free to integrate them into your own platform. However, their implementation or use within the Telegram ecosystem is entirely subject to compliance with its Terms of Service. Use of these collectibles on other platforms may additionally be governed by third-party terms agreed upon between you and the third party.
The Platform cannot guarantee that Telegram will not restrict or delete an account if it violates Telegram’s ToS or the laws of certain countries. Additionally, an account owner may intentionally or accidentally delete their Telegram account at any time.
If such a restricted, deleted, or otherwise inaccessible account utilized a type of collectible, the deletion of the account would not negate ownership of the collectible. However, it may, in some cases, prevent further interaction of the collectible with the Telegram ecosystem. The same generally applies to any platform or service implementing or assigning entities sold by the Platform, but the Company does not guarantee that this will always be the case.
If any collectible, item, subscription, service, or utility purchased on or provided by the Platform loses its inherent value or otherwise becomes partially or completely inaccessible due to the blocking or deletion of your account from Telegram (whether by Telegram or by you), the Company bears no responsibility, and you will not receive compensation for your losses.
We reserve the right to revise and amend these terms at our sole discretion. While we do not anticipate frequent changes, you should regularly check this page to stay informed of the latest version.