How to safely buy Telegram NFT gifts

I discussed what gifts in Telegram are in the last article, and today let me tell you how to safely buy rare NFT gifts that have already been improved. What gifts look like in a Telegram channel profile (this is part of my collection)
What gifts look like in a Telegram channel profile (this is part of my collection)

Types of gifts and where to buy them

• Simple, non-collectible gifts - bought for stars directly in Telegram (Settings - Send a gift)
• Rare, non-improved gifts - bought for stars in Telegram, but you need to hurry before they are all sold out
• Improved collectible NFT - bought on third-party OTC markets, such as Tonnel Marketplace (Tonnel Relayer bot)

Quick analytics of the NFT gift market

Over the last month, May 2025:

 

646,155 gift transactions worth more than $8 million were completed
The number of gift holders reached 800,000 people
The total turnover of all OTC markets has grown to ~$25 million in 3 months

How to safely buy Telegram NFT gifts in Tonnel Market

Step-by-step guide:

1. Open the @Tonnel_Network_bot mini-app in Telegram
2. Link a TON wallet (for example @wallet, which is built into Telegram)
3. Replenish the deposit by clicking the plus sign next to the avatar
4. Write any text to the @giftrelayer account, for example: "hello!" (this is important, this account will give you the purchased gift). You don't need to wait for a response
5. Select gifts using convenient filters in the Market tab (see screenshot)
6. Buy the gift you like
7. The @giftrelayer account will immediately send it to your Telegram profile

Important additions

 

To write to the @giftrelayer account, you must have at least 1 star on your Telegram account balance. This restriction was added recently due to the influx of bots
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Write "hello" only from the account under which you are logged in to the market, otherwise the gift may hang between the market and you and it will take several days to return it.

 

Example: The other day I sent a Faberge egg on a red background (there are no more of these for sale) directly from the channel to Tonnel and "lost" it for a day until the founder of the site saw my requests for help and returned the gift to the account on the market.

If you have any questions about gifts, write them in the comments!

Every last day of the month I post a summary of my gift portfolio in the Telegram channel: how much I spent and how much I can earn if I sell all the gifts today, as well as other useful information from this new and so far incomprehensible niche.