Buying Stars for a giveaway in bulk with ETH means paying once for the full pool — no stacking a separate card fee for every winner's individual Stars.
1Add up the Stars needed across all giveaway winners into one total.
2Pay that total in a single ETH transaction rather than many small ones.
3Break the total back down per winner for distribution.
4Send each winner's share of Stars to their username.
5Verify delivery without having paid a separate fee for every winner.
Pros
+ Only one Ethereum Mainnet fee for the whole pool, not one per winner.
+ Cheaper than covering many small card charges.
Cons
− The full pool still has to be paid upfront in ETH.
− Splitting the pool accurately still takes some bookkeeping.
Re-running a giveaway with a card means re-entering payment details or relying on a saved card each time; paying with ETH again just means sending another Ethereum Mainnet transaction, same as the first round.
ETH covers the entire Stars pool in one payment on Ethereum Mainnet — distribution to individual winners happens as a separate step afterward.
Does paying for Stars in bulk with ETH cost less than paying per winner?+−
Yes — one ETH payment for the full pool avoids the per-transaction fees that would stack up if each winner's Stars were paid for separately.
Are there still network fees on a bulk ETH payment?+−
Yes, Ethereum Mainnet fees still apply, but only once for the whole pool instead of once per winner.