Reseller guide
What Are IPTV Credits? How Reseller Credits Actually Work
Every reseller panel runs on credits, and almost nobody explains what a credit is before asking you to buy 500 of them. So here it is.
One credit = one subscription = one month
That is the entire definition. Open a line for a customer, choose one month, one credit leaves your balance. Choose twelve months, twelve credits leave at once.
There is no separate "channel package" cost, no per-device fee, no activation charge. The duration is the only thing that consumes credits.
What that means for your cash flow
A yearly customer is a cash flow event, not just a sale. You spend twelve credits the moment you create the line, but you have already been paid for the year — so it is positive for you, provided you have the stock in the balance to cover it.
The trap is the opposite case: you sell three yearly subscriptions in one week, discover you only have 20 credits left, and have to buy an emergency block at whatever rate you can afford right then. Keep a buffer.
Credits do not expire
This matters more than it sounds. It means buying stock ahead of demand carries no time risk — only the opportunity cost of the cash. So the question when choosing a block is never "will these expire?" but "can I use these within a reasonable period, and is that cash better spent on something else?"
Why bigger blocks cost less per credit
Volume pricing exists to reward committed stock. On our ladder the entry rate is $3.00 per credit and the top block is $1.50 — half the price for the same product.
| Block | Price | Per credit | Cost of a 12-month customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 credits | $150 | $3.00 | $36.00 |
| 100 credits | $225 | $2.25 | $27.00 |
| 200 credits | $400 | $2.00 | $24.00 |
| 500 credits | $900 | $1.80 | $21.60 |
| 1000 credits | $1500 | $1.50 | $18.00 |
The right-hand column is the one to internalise. The same yearly customer costs you $36 at entry rate and $18 at volume rate. Nothing about the service changes — only your margin.
Where credits actually go
Three places, and only three:
- New lines you create. The obvious one.
- Extensions on renewal. Extending a line consumes credits exactly like creating one.
- Sub reseller usage. If you have sellers under you, their line creation draws from your balance at the rate you set them.
If your balance drops and you did not create anything, check the third one first.
Trials do not cost credits
Trial lines are free and unlimited on every package. This is deliberate: a trial that fails on a customer's device costs you nothing, while a refund costs you the credits, the payment fee and the review.
The one number to track
Your monthly credit burn — how many credits leave your balance in a normal month. Once that number is stable for two months, you know exactly which block to buy and when. Before that, you are guessing, and guessing upward is how resellers end up with dead stock and no ad budget.