Telegram uses third-party processors and resellers for Premium and Stars purchases
This page says Telegram uses third-party payment processors and authorized resellers to handle purchases of Telegram Premium and Telegram Stars. It is the framing statement for the rest of the page: the sections below say who processes or sells a purchase depending on how it is made. The page names Premium and Stars only; it does not say it covers any other Telegram paid feature.
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Third-Party Payments and Authorized Resellers
Telegram uses third-party payment processors and authorized resellers to facilitate secure and effortless purchases of [Telegram Premium](https://telegram.org/tos#terms-of-service-for-telegram-premium) and [Telegram Stars](https://telegram.org/tos/stars).
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to purchases of Telegram Premium and Telegram Stars, the two products this sentence names.
The statement describes Telegram's use of processors and resellers; the following paragraphs say which one applies to which kind of purchase.
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The Telegram Premium and Telegram Stars terms are linked from this sentence but are not part of the supplied text, so their payment, refund and cancellation rules are not covered here.
The page does not say whether other paid features, such as bots, mini apps or business features, are bought through the same processors or resellers.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
App Store and Google Play purchases are processed and billed by the platform provider
If you get Premium or Stars through an in-app purchase on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, the page says the transaction is processed and billed by that platform provider under the platform's own terms and conditions, not by one of the resellers listed on this page.
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These may be acquired via in-app purchases through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, in which case the transaction is processed and billed by the respective platform provider in accordance with its terms and conditions.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only to in-app purchases made through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
The platform provider's own terms and conditions govern the processing and billing; those terms are not supplied on this page.
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The page does not say how refunds, cancellations or disputes for app-store purchases are handled, or whether Telegram has any role in them.
The page does not describe the Apple or Google terms it refers to.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Card purchases outside app stores may be sold by an authorized reseller as merchant of record
For card-based purchases made outside the app stores, the page says the seller and merchant of record may be an authorized reseller. That reseller acts in its own name under a license from Telegram. The list that follows says the resellers 'may include' the entities named.
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For card-based purchases outside app stores, the seller and merchant of record may be an authorized reseller acting in its own name under license from Telegram, which may include:
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to card-based purchases outside app stores, not to App Store or Google Play purchases.
The page says the reseller 'may' be the seller and merchant of record; it does not say it always is.
The list of resellers is introduced with 'may include', so it is not stated to be complete.
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The page does not say how a particular purchase is matched to a particular reseller, for example by the buyer's location or payment method.
The page does not say what happens to a card purchase where no authorized reseller is involved.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Three named Smart Glocal entities and the law governing their purchase transactions
The page names three Smart Glocal reseller entities, each acting as an authorized reseller under license from Telegram: Smart Glocal Services Limited in Hong Kong, whose purchase transactions are governed by the laws of Hong Kong; Smart Glocal Limited in the United Kingdom, whose purchase transactions are governed by English law; and Smart Glocal Services Inc. in the United States (Wilmington, Delaware), whose purchase transactions are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. Each law applies to purchase transactions with its own entity.
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Smart Glocal Services Limited (Hong Kong) – Room B2, Unit C, 1/F, Freder Centre, 68 Sung Wong Toi Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, acting as an authorized reseller under license from Telegram; purchase transactions are governed by the laws of Hong Kong;
Smart Glocal Limited (United Kingdom) – Office 429, Avon House, Avonmore Road, London, England, W14 8TS, acting as authorized reseller under license from Telegram; purchase transactions are governed by English law;
Smart Glocal Services Inc. (United States) – 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, USA, acting as an authorized reseller under license from Telegram; purchase transactions are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
Qualifications & exceptions
Each governing law is tied to purchase transactions with that specific entity, not to the whole page or to all Telegram services.
These entities are the examples given after 'may include'; the page does not say they are the only resellers.
The Delaware entity is the one the page identifies as United States.
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The page does not say which of the three entities sells to a given buyer, or whether a United States buyer is always served by the United States entity.
The page does not describe how a dispute with a reseller is resolved, only which law governs purchase transactions.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Telegram says it is not a party to transactions with the listed reseller entities
Telegram states that it is not a party to transactions between you and the entities listed above, which are the named Smart Glocal reseller entities. For a purchase from one of them, the page therefore places the transaction between you and that entity rather than Telegram.
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Telegram is not a party to transactions between you and the above entities.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is about transactions between you and 'the above entities', which follow the list of named resellers.
It is a statement about being a party to the transaction; the page does not say Telegram has no other obligations to users.
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The page does not say whether 'the above entities' also covers the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or whether Telegram is a party to app-store purchases.
The page does not say how issues with a purchase, such as a missing Premium subscription or Stars balance, are handled between you, the reseller and Telegram.