Delivery, drops and refills
Is drip-feed quantity per run or the total?
Last updated by The PanelCompare editorial team
What does a drip-feed order actually cost?
Rate ÷ 1000 × quantity × runs. The interval only sets the spacing, not the volume. A row at $2.00 per 1,000 with quantity 500 and runs 20 is 10,000 units and $20.00, not 500 units and $1.00 — and the panel debits the whole amount at submission, not per run.
| Fields entered | What buyers often expect | What is actually delivered and charged |
|---|---|---|
| quantity 100, runs 10, interval 60 | 100 units over 10 hours | 1,000 units over 10 hours, at 10× the price |
| quantity 500, runs 20, interval 120 | 500 units over 40 hours | 10,000 units over 40 hours, at 20× the price |
Source: SMM Panel API v2 specification (runs and interval parameters), verified against justanotherpanel.com/api, 2026-09-06.
When is drip-feed worth using?
Whenever the shape of the growth matters more than the speed. Splitting delivery across runs makes the curve look less anomalous, costs nothing extra per unit, and gives you a chance to stop after the first run if the units are visibly wrong. It is also the correct way to exceed a row’s max order, rather than placing parallel orders that void your refill claims.
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.