How Much Are TikTok Gifts Worth?

If you’re very active on TikTok in 2025, you’ve likely received or sent a gift via a live stream. If you haven’t and want to know how they work, you should start with their value.

Each TikTok gift holds a unique value, so before you buy any of them, check the details first. In particular, you should remember that TikTok gifts are essentially the same as tips.

If you want to bring value with your gifts or reward a content creator, you need to know the monetary value. The content creator must also be on a live stream for you to send them a gift.

How Do You Buy TikTok Gifts?

You can only buy TikTok gifts with TikTok coins. You buy these virtual coins in the TikTok app using real money.

Generally speaking, a single TikTok coin is worth one and a half cents (in U.S. currency). To determine the worth of a TikTok gift in dollars, you need to multiply the total cost (coins) by 0.015. This is the average quotient.

When you send a gift to a creator, they can only receive it if video gifts are enabled on their side.

Also, when you send a gift, the coin value changes to diamonds. These are not actual diamonds but another virtual currency reserved for TikTok content creators.

These diamonds can be converted into real money and transferred to the creator’s bank account. They must remember that one coin is worth half a diamond to work out the value. One diamond is half a cent.

The Value of TikTok Gifts

There are over 100 gifts to choose from on TikTok in 2025. The gift list constantly changes, but some evergreen gifts should always be available.

The gifts vary in price, starting at a single cent and increasing to more than $600. Some of the most common gifts you’ll find on the app include:

• Rose – one coin
• Lightning bolt – one coin
• Dolphin – 10 coins
• Galaxy – 1,000 coins
• Universe – 44.999 coins

How much you pay for coins depends on where you buy them. You can check up-to-date rates on the app by clicking the menu button on your profile and selecting Balance.

In the U.S., you can expect to pay $0.29 for 20 coins and $249.99 for 16,500 coins in 2025.

The Cost of a Coin

As mentioned above, the average quotient when establishing the cost of a coin is 0.015, but there are eight coin packs you can buy on TikTok. This means the quotient can range from 0.0145 to 0.0152.

If you want to find the average cost of a TikTok coin in dollars, find the average by adding up the results and dividing by 8.

If the content creator you want to send a gift to lives in another country, that exchange rate may affect the final amount.

If you want to determine exactly how much you will pay for a specific gift, multiply the average you’ve calculated by the value of the coins you need to pay.

For instance, the TikTok Universe gift is 44,999 coins. When you convert this using the above step, you get around $675.

How to Receive Gifts on TikTok

If you have a TikTok account and your followers want to send you gifts, you must set up Creator Next. This program gives you access to several features, including receiving video and LIVE gifts.

You can only enable Creator Next if:

• The program is available in your country or region.
• You are 18 years or older.
• You have more than 10,000 followers.
• You received a minimum of 100,000 views within the last month.

Furthermore, you must post content that meets TikTok’s specific requirements.

For example, your videos must be at least one minute long. You cannot participate in the program if you have a business account; only personal accounts can join.

If you qualify for gifts, you must enable the feature before anyone can send you anything. You can only manually activate it following these steps:

• Open the app, go to your profile, and tap the hamburger menu.
• Go to Settings and Privacy.
• Choose Creator Tools and tap on LIVE Gifts.

The on-screen instructions will guide you towards completing the gift activation. When you initiate your next live session, your followers can send you gifts while you are online.

If you don’t want to receive gifts during a specific live session, you can turn the feature off while still being live.

How to Convert to Diamonds

Gifts are more than tokens of appreciation. These gifts can form part of your earnings if you want to make money on TikTok.

At the end of each live broadcast, you can go to your gift summary, where you will find the total gifts you received.

You will also see the number of diamonds you’ve accumulated. TikTok calculates them based on how popular your content is. So, if you get a lot of engagement and gifts per broadcast, you will likely get more diamonds.

Remember that you cannot get diamonds if you are not in the Creator Next program. You must have at least 1,000 followers and have been active on your account for at least one month.

What to Remember About Diamonds

You can redeem your diamonds for money. But you cannot buy, trade, or transfer them. Diamonds only relate to the earnings you get on TikTok.

If you want to withdraw your diamonds, you need a PayPal account. This account must be linked to your TikTok profile.

PayPal withdrawals linked to TikTok are only supported in U.S. currency. If you live in another country, the amount will be converted to dollars before you can cash it out.

You can only withdraw diamonds once daily; the maximum withdrawal limit is $1,000.

Tips for U.S. Content Creators and Viewers

Some general factors to keep in mind include the following:

• Larger coin bundles will likely give you a better per-coin value.
• TikTok runs Recharge discounts from time to time, so keep an eye on your notifications.
• Around half of your gift spend goes to fees.
• You should monitor diamond balances (as a content creator) to ensure you cash out in time.

Virtual Gifts Connect Viewers to Content Creators

Whether you want to give or receive TikTok gifts, it will help bridge the gap between content creators and viewers. This will ensure that TikTok Live remains a rewarding space for everyone involved.