Buy Claude with USDT (or USDC): the smoothest way to pay

The same USDT balance costs wildly different amounts to move depending on the chain:

• Tron (TRC-20) — the default for payments: ~$1 fee, confirmation in under a minute. Most exchanges support TRC-20 withdrawals.
• Solana — fractions of a cent, seconds to confirm. Great if your funds are already there.
• BSC / Polygon / Arbitrum / Base — cheap and fast; fine choices.
• Ethereum mainnet (ERC-20) — works, but you'll pay several dollars of gas for a $22 purchase. Only use it if the funds are already on mainnet and you don't want to bridge.

Same rule as every crypto purchase: the invoice needs to *receive* the exact amount it shows. Exchange withdrawal fees (e.g. 1 USDT on TRC-20) are deducted from what you send, so withdraw the invoice amount plus the fee. If the invoice comes up short, the order holds as underpaid until you top up the difference — we email you the remaining balance.

On the NOWPayments invoice, double-check you selected the same network you're withdrawing on. USDT sent on the wrong network to a payment address is the one mistake a reseller often *can't* fix — it may be unrecoverable.

• Choose a plan at the checkout — the USD total is itemized before you pay.
• Pick USDT or USDC and your network on the invoice.
• Send; confirmation is typically under a minute on Tron/Solana.
• The official gift redemption link arrives by email within 12 hours — redeem at claude.ai/gift/redeem.