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If you’ve never bought cryptocurrency, paying for a TV subscription with it sounds like more trouble than it’s worth. In practice it takes about fifteen minutes the first time and five after that, and USDT on the TRON network (labelled TRC20 in most apps) is the easiest place to start. USDT tracks the US dollar, so there’s no price to watch, and TRON transfers confirm in about a minute.
Three things to sort out first
- An account with a cryptocurrency exchange that sells USDT and lets you withdraw it on TRON. Most large exchanges do; choose one that’s available and properly authorised where you live.
- Identity documents for the exchange’s verification, which the law requires of them.
- A way to pay the exchange: card, bank transfer or whatever else it offers.
You don’t need a separate wallet app for this route, because you can send straight from the exchange to our payment page. If you’d rather use a wallet, see paying from a wallet app.
Step 1: buy a little more USDT than the plan costs
Exchanges charge a withdrawal fee, usually a fixed amount of USDT shown before you confirm. Buy enough to cover the plan price, that fee and a small margin. For a plan costing $40, a few USDT on top is sensible.
Step 2: place your SSTV IPTV order
Choose your plan on the prices page, go through checkout and select USDT, then TRC20 as the network. The payment page shows:
- the exact amount, for example 40.03 USDT (the extra cents identify your order);
- our TRON address, which starts with the letter T;
- a QR code;
- a 120-minute window during which the amount is held for you.
Step 3: withdraw from the exchange
In the exchange, open Withdraw (sometimes called Send), choose USDT, then:
- Network: TRON (TRC20). It must match the payment page. Exchanges list several networks for USDT, and picking ERC20 or BEP20 here would send it somewhere our TRON address can’t receive.
- Address: paste ours, then compare the first five and last five characters with the payment page.
- Amount: check whether the exchange takes its fee out of the amount you type. If it does, add the fee so that the full requested amount arrives.
- Confirm, usually with a code from your email or authenticator app.
Step 4: paste the transaction ID
When the withdrawal completes, the exchange shows a transaction ID (TxID, or hash): a long string of letters and numbers. Copy it into our payment page. From then on, the page follows the transfer on the TRON blockchain and confirms the order after 20 blocks, about a minute.
Some exchanges hold withdrawals for a few minutes before they reach the blockchain. That’s normal, and the 120-minute window leaves plenty of time.
A word on TRON fees
Transfers on TRON consume network resources called bandwidth and energy. A USDT transfer needs energy, and if the sending account has none staked, TRX, TRON’s own coin, is burned to pay for it. When you withdraw from an exchange, that’s the exchange’s business and its fixed fee covers it. When you send from a wallet of your own, you need some TRX in it, or the wallet will refuse the transfer.
Mistakes to avoid
| Mistake | What happens | How to avoid it |
|---|---|---|
| Choosing ERC20 or BEP20 in the exchange | The coins land on another chain, not at our TRON address | Match the network to the payment page |
| Typing the amount without the fee | Less arrives than requested, and the order waits for review | Add the exchange’s fee on top |
| Using an “internal transfer” | The coins stay inside the exchange and never reach the blockchain | Make a normal on-chain withdrawal |
| Typing the address by hand | One wrong character and the coins are gone | Paste or scan, then check both ends |
| Paying after the 120 minutes | The amount is no longer reserved, so the order goes to review | Ask the page for a new amount if the timer has run out |
If something goes wrong
Don’t send a second payment. Open a ticket with your order number and the transaction ID, and say which network you used. Our USDT page and the crypto payments overview set out the rules for short and late payments.
Questions
Is USDT the same as dollars?
It’s designed to stay worth one US dollar, and generally does. It’s still a cryptocurrency issued by a private company, so treat it as a way to pay rather than a place to keep savings.
Why TRC20 rather than BEP20?
Both are cheap and fast, and almost every exchange supports TRC20. Pick whichever your exchange charges less for.
Can I split a payment across two networks?
No. Each order expects one payment on one network. If you’ve sent too little, contact us before sending more.