Why: the goal or problem

Customers need a spending ceiling before consuming variable resources. An unrestricted bill at month-end makes budgeting difficult.

How: work toward a solution

A fictional export tool starts with 1,000 credits, spending one per export. Run the shared months of 100, 300 and 600 exports: balances become 900, 600 and zero. Any further export is blocked until a simulated top-up. Credits here do not expire; purchase price, taxes, fees and refunds are omitted.

Buy a balance before consuming units.

Illustrative example

Prepaid credits

Export tool · initial three months: 100 / 300 / 600 exports

Balance1000

credits · 1 per export

Exports completed: 0

Insufficient balance blocks the whole request. No expiry here. Credit purchase price omitted.

Fictional amounts. Taxes, fees and refunds omitted.

A fictional demo within this article. Reset or reload restores its initial state.

What: the concept

Prepaid credits collect payment before usage and reduce a balance as units are consumed. Credit value, expiry and eligible uses depend on the offer.

Explain balance rules; combine with metering.

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