Coins, points and diamonds: what each one is and which becomes money

Before you start

Open the app for the first time and you see numbers everywhere: coins, points, diamonds, levels, rankings. They all look like money, but only points turn into real money. Separating them on day one prevents most payment mix-ups, because nearly all of them start here.

This guide explains each balance in plain language: whose it is, where it comes from, what it is for, and whether it can become money.

The route of the money, in four steps

1. The viewer buys coins with real money: in the app, in the store, or from an official platform reseller.
2. The viewer sends a gift, which costs a set number of coins.
3. The host receives points, equal to 70% of the gift’s value. The other 30% is the platform’s commission. The exception is lucky gifts, covered further down.
4. Points turn into dollars at a fixed rate, when the host requests payment: 100,000 points are worth $10.

That is the whole route. Everything else the app displays, such as levels and rankings, measures activity or status. It is not a balance.

Coins: the viewer’s balance

Coins (the yellow ones) are the app’s purchase balance. Whoever holds coins holds credit to send gifts, not money to withdraw. A viewer cannot cash out coins. Once bought, they can only be spent: there is no way back.

Buying is not the only way to get coins:

• VIP. Anyone with VIP receives coins every day. VIP gives coins, not gifts.
• Lucky gifts. Whoever plays them can win coins back.
• Tasks for men. They earn yellow coins for time on the mic, in a party or a live stream. Those coins cannot be withdrawn.
• Diamonds. They convert into coins at 1:1.

How to buy coins safely

There are three legitimate ways to buy coins: the app itself, the store, and the platform’s official resellers. Official resellers are the most cost-effective option.

Outside those routes the risk is real. Coins bought through unofficial channels can get the account blocked. And two scams keep repeating: the offer to “convert your coins into cash,” which does not exist, and the sale of “cheaper” coins by someone who is not an official reseller.

Three precautions apply to any purchase: always use your own account, never share a password or a verification code with anyone, and keep the receipt for every purchase.

Points: what the host receives

When a gift arrives, the host receives points. They build up in your balance, and it is against them that a withdrawal is requested, always in dollars: you can withdraw whenever the balance holds at least 100,000 points. Points are the only balance that turns into money.

The exchange rate is also fixed and the same everywhere: 100,000 points are worth $10. To estimate in dollars, divide the points by 10,000. A balance of 250,000 points, for example, equals $25.

Party rooms have a rule of their own: a gift cannot be split among several people. What a viewer can do is send the same gift to everyone in the party. Read more in party rooms.

Lucky gifts: the exception

A lucky gift is a different thing. The host keeps between 1% and 4% of the value, not 70%. For the player, it works like a bet: they can win coins back and, if they want, use them to send the host a bigger gift.

That is why a lucky gift earns the host far fewer points than a regular gift of the same value. Both exist on a stream, but when you do the math they do not mix: the 70% rule does not apply to lucky gifts.

Diamonds: the currency of the games

Diamonds are the virtual currency of the app’s casino games: roulette, slots and card games. They are worth the same as yellow coins, at 1:1, in both directions: coins turn into diamonds and diamonds turn into coins.

Like coins, diamonds cannot be withdrawn. Points remain the only balance that turns into money.

For the host, the reward from those games is only a 1% tip, in points, when someone plays in the host’s room.

The three balances side by side

What we have covered so far, in one table:

What else feeds the income

Gifts are not the only source. There is an app salary tied to live hours and targets met, target bonuses, seasonal campaigns with multipliers and, for anyone in an agency, the agency’s own bonus. What a real month is made of is laid out in how much a host earns.

For every reward, check which balance it arrives in. The app’s salary programs, such as Star Host, Rocket Host and S-IDOL, always pay in points, never in coins. The Crown Seat for women, a task in party rooms, also pays in points. Points go into the balance you withdraw; coins and diamonds do not.

You can withdraw whenever the balance holds at least 100,000 points, a minimum that is the same in every region, and withdrawing does not depend on a level. The next step is to learn how to withdraw money from Poppo Live. And to see what each feature of the app does, read Poppo Live features.

Five mistakes that cost money

• Thinking coins turn into money. They do not. Only points do.
• Counting the gift’s value as if it were the host’s. The host receives 70% and, on lucky gifts, between 1% and 4%.
• Assuming diamonds count toward a withdrawal. Diamonds are the currency of the games and never reach the balance you withdraw.
• Buying coins outside official channels. The apparent saving can cost you the account.
• Treating level and ranking as a balance. They measure activity and status, and they are not part of what you withdraw.