IPTV Reseller Credits vs Customer Subscriptions

New resellers sometimes conflate credits and subscriptions. They are related but distinct — understanding the difference makes the reseller model much clearer.

Credits: Your Inventory

Credits are what you purchase. They sit in your reseller panel balance. They are potential subscriptions — the raw material of your reseller operation. You can have 200 credits in your balance with no active subscriptions at all.

Subscriptions: What You Create for Customers

Subscriptions are what you create using credits. When a customer wants 6 months of access, you create a 6-month subscription in the panel, and 6 credits are consumed. The subscription is now active, running for 6 months, independent of your credit balance.

The Independence of Active Subscriptions

This is the important point: once a subscription is created and active, it runs until its expiry date regardless of your credit balance. If your credit balance drops to zero, active subscriptions are unaffected. You only need credits to create new subscriptions or renew existing ones.

When the Distinction Matters

The credits vs subscriptions distinction matters most when:

• Calculating how many credits you need — forecast based on subscriptions to be created, not subscriptions already running
• Managing cash flow — purchasing credits is a cost; running subscriptions is a revenue activity
• Understanding the 6-hour trial — the trial is a subscription that costs zero credits, not a credit itself