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Why does minimum deposit matter to a buyer?

Minimum deposit decides whether you can test a panel before trusting it. A $1 minimum lets you place one small order, watch it deliver, and check the delivered count against what you ordered. A $50 minimum forces you to trust an unknown operator with real money before you have any evidence. Given that the dominant failure mode is a panel that takes deposits and stops delivering, cheap testing is a genuine risk control.

It also interacts with payment friction. A crypto-only panel with a $10 minimum has an effective entry cost well above $10 once network fees and exchange steps are counted, which is why the minimum should be read next to the accepted payment rails rather than on its own.

How does minimum deposit show up in a price list?

The figure appears on the add-funds page rather than in the catalogue, and it frequently varies by payment method — a $5 card minimum beside a $20 crypto minimum is common, because the processor’s own floor drives it.

It is rarely exposed through the API, so a comparison index has to record it per method with the date it was checked.

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Terminology in this market is set by the panels that use it, and it moves. If a panel uses minimum deposit to mean something other than what is written here, send us the listing and we will either correct the definition or record the variant. The process is on the about page.