Let me start with an observation from examining 50+ panel billing systems: credits disappear. An IPTV Reseller Panel deducts credits when you create a user. Then it deducts credits again when that user connects for the first time. Then again when they change device. Some panels deduct for EPG updates. Some deduct for API calls. British IPTV resellers often lose 15-20% of their credits to "invisible" deductions that aren't documented anywhere. What actually works is tracking your credit balance daily for the first month and comparing it to the customers you've actually created. The difference is your panel's hidden tax.
The pattern that keeps showing up across experienced British IPTV operators is this: British IPTV veterans always ask for a written breakdown of exactly what triggers a credit deduction before they fund any panel. Your IPTV Reseller Panel provider should be able to answer: "Does a user resetting their password cost credits? Does a customer watching catch-up cost credits? Does the EPG updating every 24 hours cost credits?" I've watched resellers fund a panel with £500 in credits expecting 500 user-months, only to get 400 user-months because of hidden deductions. Honestly, read the fine print. If the fine print doesn't exist, that's not trust. That's a trap.