TG GiftsGuides · Updated 2026-11-02
Fees and break-even math for Telegram gifts
Fragment takes 5% of the sale price when you resell, so you keep 95%. To break even you must sell for at least your purchase price divided by 0.95 — 105.26 GRAM for a 100 GRAM buy — and that is before network and conversion fees, which are not included in any figure on this site.
The break-even table
| You buy at, GRAM | Sell at, to break even | You keep at that price | Net if you sell 10% higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10.53 | 10.00 | +0.45 |
| 50 | 52.63 | 50.00 | +2.25 |
| 100 | 105.26 | 100.00 | +4.50 |
| 500 | 526.32 | 500.00 | +22.50 |
| 3,450 | 3,631.58 | 3,450.00 | +155.25 |
Sell price × 0.95 = what you keep. The last column is 1.10 × buy × 0.95 − buy, i.e. the real gain from a 10% higher sale, after the fee.
Read the last column twice. A 10% price rise is not a 10% profit: it is 4.5% of your capital, because the fee is charged on the way out and the rise is measured on the way in. Anyone quoting a 10% flip as a 10% gain is either ignoring the fee or selling you something.
The two costs the 5% does not cover
The first is the network fee: every transfer on TON costs something, and it is paid in TON, separately. The second is Fragment's one-time conversion fee, which applies when value moves between the platform and a wallet. Neither is in the site's figures, which is why a trade that looks flat on paper can be a small loss in practice. Add both before you decide that 5% is your whole cost.
There is also a cost with no invoice: the spread. Buying at the floor and selling at the floor is an automatic 5% loss, and in a thin collection the gap between the cheapest listing and the next one can be much wider than 5%. The floor is what you pay to get in; the second-cheapest listing is closer to what you can get out.
Why every alert needs 5 GRAM of room
The snipe rule only counts a gift if at least 5 GRAM remains after the fee. Below that, the edge is smaller than the friction: a network fee, a price tick or a slow sale turns a "deal" into a loss. It is a deliberately boring rule, and it is the reason the track record can be read at all: 35 hunts logged, 16 confirmed sold on Fragment, none above its alert price.
So do the arithmetic in this order: sale price, minus 5%, minus network and conversion, minus what you paid. If the number is small, the trade is small — whatever the percentage looks like.
One more case that catches people: paying in Stars. If you bought the gift with Telegram Stars rather than on Fragment, your cost basis is in Stars, and the GRAM you get back depends on the rate at the moment you sell — not at the moment you bought. The 5% fee is charged on the GRAM sale, not on the Stars purchase, so the two costs stack in a way that a single percentage cannot show. Convert both sides to GRAM at the same minute before you call a trade profitable, or you are comparing two different currencies and calling the difference profit.
Sources: fragment.com public pages (listings, sold items, item pages), the fee section of the method page; the site's own open data at /data/floors-daily.json and /data/usernames-daily.json (CC BY 4.0); the valuation method on how we value (as of 2026-10-28). Figures checked 2026-11-02 UTC.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Fragment's fee?
5% of the sale price on a resale: the seller receives 95%. It is the only fee the site includes in its figures.
What is the break-even price?
Your purchase price divided by 0.95. For a 100 GRAM buy that is 105.26 GRAM, before network and conversion fees.
Are network fees included?
No. Network fees on TON and Fragment's one-time conversion fee are not part of any figure here, so the real cost of a trade is slightly higher than the 5%.
Why does an alert need 5 GRAM of room?
Because below that the fee and the friction erase the edge. The radar only flags a gift when at least 5 GRAM remains after the 5% fee.
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