Coverage is still narrow. Live prices have been read from 1 of 129 panels (2,182 services). The rest are listed because they are real, reachable operators — not because we have seen their rates. Panels with no synced catalogue show no prices rather than an estimate. How the data is gathered.
8 guides to how this market really works — written from catalogue data and the API specification rather than from other people’s blog posts, with every figure attributed to its source and the date it was checked.
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An SMM panel is a prepaid storefront. You fund a wallet, pick a numbered service, paste a public link and a quantity, and the panel forwards the order to an upstream provider that does the delivery. Most panels deliver nothing themselves — an order typically passes through three to five hops before anything happens.
Read the guide7 min read, updated Sep 6, 2026
A provider aggregates real delivery sources and sells wholesale over the API. A reseller has its own domain and branding but forwards every order upstream and takes a markup, typically 1.8×–3×. Most panels you can find are resellers, and most orders pass through three to five hops before delivery.
Read the guide5 min read, updated Sep 6, 2026
A refill guarantee is a panel’s commitment to replace units that drop off within a stated window, measured against the start count recorded when your order began. It is the only durability promise in this market with a mechanism behind it — unlike non-drop, HQ or HR, which are claims with no remedy attached.
Read the guide6 min read, updated Sep 6, 2026
Drip-feed splits one order into repeated batches at a fixed interval. The quantity you enter is delivered per run, not in total, so 1,000 with 10 runs delivers and charges for 10,000 units. That single fact is the most expensive misunderstanding on any SMM panel.
Read the guide5 min read, updated Sep 6, 2026
Panel prices are a markup on a wholesale rate, typically 1.8×–3×, plus premiums for country targeting and refill guarantees. Country is the single largest driver — far larger than any quality label — and several categories are quoted in units that make headline per-1,000 rates uncomparable without normalisation.
Read the guide6 min read, updated Sep 6, 2026
The glossary defines every piece of vocabulary these guides use — drip-feed, refill, non-drop, start count, HQ, HR, child panel, API v2 — one sentence each, then what it means for a buyer.