Reselling and running a panel
What is a child panel in SMM?
Last updated by The PanelCompare editorial team
What do you actually get for the monthly fee?
| Dimension | Child panel | Main / reseller panel |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | Hosted by the parent panel | Own hosting, or a panel-script subscription |
| Cost to run | ~$10–$30/mo, sometimes with a free tier | $50–$1,300/mo for Perfect Panel-class hosting, or a one-time script licence |
| Providers | Locked to the parent as sole supplier | Unlimited; connect any API provider |
| Pricing control | Markup over the parent’s rates only | Full |
| Admin API, multi-currency, affiliates, coupons | Usually stripped | Yes |
Source: PanelCompare domain research, 2026-09-06. Perfect Panel pricing verified against perfectpanel.com; child-panel fees recorded as corroborated rather than measured.
What is the catch a first-time reseller misses?
That you have bought a storefront, not a supply chain. A child panel inherits its parent’s every outage, price change and exit, and cannot add a second provider to hedge any of it. When the parent stops delivering, your customers experience that as you stopping delivering, and there is nothing in the product you bought that lets you fix it.
That is the right trade while you are testing whether you can sell at all, and the wrong one the moment you have customers who expect continuity.
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.