Delivery, drops and refills
How long do bought followers last?
Last updated by The PanelCompare editorial team
Why can nobody give you a number?
Because the variable that decides it is a platform enforcement schedule that nobody outside the platform knows. Units bought the day before a sweep and units bought the day after have the same price and completely different lifespans. A panel advertising “permanent” or “lifetime” retention is making a claim about someone else’s future behaviour.
What does the market think the answer is?
The clearest published example in the sample is the Telegram premium-member refill ladder from a single provider, where the only variable is how long the guarantee runs. It is what a priced risk curve looks like.
| Refill window | Rate per 1,000 |
|---|---|
| 3 days | $1.65 |
| 15–20 days | $3.59 |
| 25–30 days | $4.79 |
| 30–45 days | $7.19 |
| 60–90 days | $12.00 |
| 120–180 days | $20.00 |
| 365 days | $147–$185 |
Source: PanelCompare domain research, 2026-09-06.
A supplier charging roughly ninety times more for a year of cover than for three days is telling you what it expects to happen over that year. When a cheap service offers the same year of cover for a few percent extra, it is not underwriting the same risk — it is not underwriting at all.
Think this answer is wrong?
Prices, refill terms and platform policies in this market all move, so an answer that was right in September may not be right in December. Every figure above names its source and the date it was checked; if one of them is stale or wrong, the correction process on the about page has a two-working-day reply target, and corrections are published with a dated note rather than quietly patched.