Telegram comments, polls & shares: engagement for SMM resellers
Updated September 2026
Three products, three different jobs
Comments, poll votes and post shares are not interchangeable with views or reactions. A view is a number under a post. A reaction is an emoji. A comment is text a real person has to read; a poll vote moves a visible percentage bar; a share moves a post into someone else's chat list. For an SMM panel or agency reselling Telegram growth, that makes this trio worth stocking as its own category rather than folding it into "engagement" generically.
This guide covers what sits under Comments & Polls and Shares in the catalog, how the non-drop and refill variants differ, and which one fits which brief. For members, views, reactions or boosts, see the rest of this series — this article stays inside comment threads, poll results and the share counter only.
Custom comments: the buyer controls the text
Most comment lines are sold as Custom Comments orders: instead of one generic phrase repeated down a thread, the buyer supplies a list of lines — one comment per line — and delivery spreads that list across the thread so it reads as separate people saying separate things. The mechanics of passing that list through the reseller API (a comments field, one line per comment) are covered in the API v2 integration guide — this article is about what to sell, not how to wire it up.
Generic mixed-country comment lines exist too, for buyers who just want thread activity and don't need wording variety.
Non-drop vs refill comments
- Non-drop lines are priced on the basis that the delivered count holds for a stated window — for example, 30 days — without a refill promise attached. There's no ticket path once that window closes.
- Refill lines, such as Comments – 30 Days Refill, Mix Country, cost more per 1,000 but carry a refill window: if the count drops inside it, running Refill on the order restores only what was actually delivered, not the original order quantity.
- Some drop on any non-refill Telegram line is normal — that's stated in TGRU's terms, not a defect specific to comments.
Poll votes: weighting an answer, not a headline number
Poll votes sit in the same Comments & Polls category as comments. Rather than moving a follower count, a poll vote pushes a percentage bar on a specific answer option inside an existing Telegram poll — useful for bot operators running feedback polls, giveaway mechanics, or channel owners who want an early result to look decided rather than tied. Because the effect is a shifted percentage rather than a public badge, it reads differently to an audience than a comment or a reaction does, which is worth explaining to a buyer who assumes it behaves the same way.
Post shares: a forward, with a shelf life
A share — a Telegram forward of the post — behaves like a distribution signal rather than an engagement signal: it tells anyone scrolling a channel list, and Telegram's own surfaces, that the post is moving. Share lines split the same way comments do: quick non-drop lines for an immediate spike, and longer 15- or 30-day windows — such as Post Shares – 30 Days, Mix Country — priced well above the base rate for buyers who want the count to hold through a longer promotional run rather than settle back down. The Shares category runs 47 services in total, 9 of which carry a refill window.
Comments & Polls — example pricing
| Service | Price from (per 1,000) | Min | Max | Refill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comments – Non Drop, Mix Country | $1.32 | 10 | 500,000 | No |
| Comments – 30 Days Refill, Mix Country | $2.53 | 100 | 500,000 | Yes (30d) |
| Comments – Non Drop 30 Days, Mix Country | $3.575 | 100 | 500,000 | No |
| Comments – Mix Country | $3.96 | 100 | 500,000 | No |
| Comments – Arab | $2.464 | 100 | 500,000 | No |
The category runs 34 services in total, with 13 refillable — including geo and custom-text lines priced well above these mixed examples, up to roughly $484 per 1,000 for the most specialised. Poll vote cards sit alongside these on the service catalog; check the individual card for its own rate, minimum and maximum before quoting a client, since prices move.
Post Shares — example pricing
| Service | Price from (per 1,000) | Min | Max | Refill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Shares – Non Drop, Mix Country | $0.99 | 10 | 500,000 | No |
| Post Shares – Refill, Mix Country | $1.21 | 10 | 500,000 | Yes |
| Post Shares – 15 Days, Mix Country | $18.722 | 500 | 500,000 | No |
| Post Shares – 30 Days, Mix Country | $25.564 | 600 | 500,000 | No |
| Post Shares – Arab | $0.088 | 100 | 1,000,000 | No |
Rates above are from September 2026 and move with supply — pull the live card before you set a customer-facing markup.
Matching a line to the brief
- Filler thread activity, budget-first → mixed non-drop comments.
- Localised channel, needs the thread to read in-language → geo comment lines, such as the Arab or China variants.
- Feedback or giveaway poll that needs one answer ahead → poll votes against the specific answer slot.
- Post needs to look like it's circulating for a short campaign window → non-drop shares.
- Post is the centrepiece of a longer push and the share count needs to hold → 15- or 30-day share lines, priced for that.
Ordering rules that apply to all three
The same account-level rules from TGRU's terms apply across comments, polls and shares: the target must stay public and reachable for the order to complete, quantity and link can't change once paid, and only one order should run against a given link at a time — a second job on the same link scrambles the refill baseline for both. A Partial result returns the undelivered cost to balance automatically; no ticket needed for that part.
FAQ
Do poll votes show up as a public count anywhere? No — they move the percentage bar on the answer you specify inside Telegram's native poll object. There's no separate public counter to point to.
Can I run comments and a share order on the same post at once? Run them one after another rather than in parallel. Parallel jobs on one link scramble refill baselines for both orders.
Why is one comment line priced so much higher than the rest of the category? Custom-text and some geo or refill comment lines cost more per 1,000 than mixed generic lines — the category spans roughly $0.21 up to several hundred dollars per 1,000 depending on variant, so check the specific card rather than assuming a flat rate.
Do these lines support drip-feed?
Yes — comments, poll votes and shares all accept runs and interval through the API, so delivery can spread over hours instead of landing in one burst.
Get this in your catalog
Comments, poll votes and shares slot into a panel the same way as any other TGRU line: pull the current rate from the service catalog or the API v2 services action, set your markup, and go live. Open a reseller account and connect through the API to add this trio to what you already resell — see the FAQ for account and key basics before you start.