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TRON energy for vouchers, top-ups and travel services

A service selling gift cards, phone top-ups or travel for USDT receives payments at no cost, then pays its suppliers or refunds customers. The sending side is where energy is spent.

A month's ledger

LineA monthEnergy eachRented
Customer payments in2,40000 TRX
Payments to suppliers4065,00083.20 TRX
Refunds to customers72131,000287.20 TRX
Total370.40 TRX

Example shape, not your books. Suppliers are assumed to hold USDT; a refund is assumed to go to an address with none, the dearer case.

Where the energy goes

  1. 1

    Customers pay in USDT

    A purchase arrives as USDT. Receiving it costs the service no energy.

  2. 2

    Energy for what goes out

    Paying a supplier, or refunding a customer, is a transfer from the service's wallet, and that is the one that needs energy.

  3. 3

    The recipient gets USDT

    A regular supplier usually has a funded wallet, the cheaper case. A customer refund can go to an address with no USDT.

What helps here

  • REST API
  • Pay by invoice
  • Webhooks

Where energy is spent

Supplier settlement

Regular payments to a handful of suppliers, whose wallets usually already hold USDT.

Refunds

Returning USDT to a customer is one more outgoing transfer, sent to whatever address they give.

Small and occasional

At low volume there is no point in holding energy. Rent it for the moment you pay.

What this does not cover

Receiving USDT needs no energy. This page is about the payments you send.

Questions

Do I need an account for a handful of payments a day?

No. Pay an invoice in TRX each time. An account helps once you want a balance, rules or the API.

What if a refund goes to a new address?

If that address has no USDT, the transfer costs the higher energy figure. Check the address before sending.

Count your own case

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

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