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Refill is not the same as Refill: via API and in the title

A refill promise in the offer name is a promise, not a button. Why the number of offers with the refill field set is the metric that actually matters. Data as of 01.09.2026.

From Social Rocket editorial team

This text was created with AI assistance and reviewed editorially before publication. All sources are linked below.

Blue arrows as a symbol for restoration, redelivery and refill processes
Photo: Xiang Ji / Unsplash

All figures in this text come from the catalogue index, as of 01.09.2026.

Two places for the same promise

A catalogue entry carries a refill promise in two different places, and the two do not always match. The first is in the offer name: a marker such as "♻️ 30 Days" or "Lifetime Refill", written by the panel as a sales argument. The second is in a technical field of the same interface through which orders are placed, and this field says something different from the name: whether the refill can be triggered directly when ordering, via a button, without anyone writing in.

These two places, the name and the field, recur across 83.790 catalogue entries in this index, and they are far from always consistent.

What the difference means in practice

If the promise appears only in the name, this usually does not mean there is no refill. It means it does not come at the press of a button. It runs through the panel's support: a message, a ticket, a waiting period whose length appears in no catalogue field, and often an order number or a screenshot as proof before anyone responds at all.

If the same promise also appears in the technical field, that detour disappears: the reorder can be triggered directly in the order form, just like the original order.

That is why this comparison records both pieces of information separately rather than merging them into a single promise. The name describes the offer; the field describes the ordering route. Anyone who reads only the name knows the promise. Anyone who knows the field knows how to claim it, and how long they might otherwise wait for an answer.

How often a refill promise appears in the title at all

Before reading the two statements against each other, there is a simpler question: how often does a name promise anything about refills at all? Of 83.790 entries in the index, the figure with a time-limited window in the name is 18.278, the figure with a promise without an end date is 5.899, the figure with an explicit disclaimer is 13.779, and the figure with no information on the subject at all is 45.834.

This fourth figure is rarely small: a name with no reference to refills is an ordinary case in this index's catalogue, not an exception. Only for the promise a name actually makes does the question from the next section arise: whether it is also present in the technical field.

Why this is the positive metric

For this reason, the category pages of this comparison consistently show the number of offers for which the panel itself reports the refill field as set. Across the whole index this currently stands at 7.776. This is deliberately the positive side of the distinction: not a criticism of panels whose promise appears only in the name, but a selection aid for anyone who reorders regularly and has no patience for ticket chains.

This matters in practice for Instagram Followern in particular, since follower offers are especially often advertised with refill windows and can therefore be compared directly on this property.

And when the two diverge

The difference is never resolved into a single figure. Where the name promises more than the field shows, exactly that stays visible, as two separate statements side by side rather than a verdict. What you make of it depends on how often you reorder: for a one-off order, the name promise is enough information; for an account that needs continuous supply, the field is the harder criterion.

On every category page of this comparison you can filter and sort on this basis. A starting point for an overview across all networks: buy followers and the SMM panel comparison. How much apparently different panel catalogues can overlap is also shown in the article When two panels sell the same catalogue.