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TRON energy for hosting, VPN and SaaS billing

A subscription business that accepts USDT receives it free. It pays when it moves revenue out, refunds a customer or pays a reseller, so energy is a cost of the outgoing side only.

See it workRent energy
  1. 1

    Customers pay for a plan

    A subscription is paid in USDT to the billing address. Receiving it needs no energy from the service.

  2. 2

    Energy for moving revenue

    Sweeping revenue to treasury, or paying a reseller, is a transfer sent from the billing wallet, and that needs energy.

  3. 3

    Treasury holds USDT

    A treasury wallet already holds USDT, so each sweep is the cheaper 65,000 Energy case.

What grows when subscribers grow

What you send out

Payments received

2,000 · no energy

Energy cost, a month

167.88 TRX

Per subscriber

$0.0277

Tick what applies to you. Revenue sweeps and reseller payouts stay the same however many subscribers you have, so the cost per subscriber keeps falling. Only refunds grow with the base. USD uses an indicative TRX rate.

Where energy is spent

Revenue sweeps
A regular transfer from the billing address to the treasury wallet, one or a few a day.
Reseller and affiliate payouts
Periodic transfers to partners, each priced by the recipient's USDT balance.
Refunds
A refund is an outgoing transfer to the customer's address.

What helps here

  • REST API
  • Pay by invoice
  • Webhooks

What this does not cover

Recurring charging, invoicing and tax are outside this page. It counts only the energy for the USDT transfers you send.

Questions

Does a customer's recurring payment cost me energy?

No. Each payment is sent by the customer, who pays the network cost of their own transfer.

How often should I sweep revenue?

More often means more transfers and more cost. Weigh it against the risk of leaving funds on the billing address.

Count your own case

Paste the address you send from and see what the next transfer needs.

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