How to buy proxies with crypto, and what to check before you send

To buy proxies with crypto, you top up a balance through the provider's crypto checkout, send the exact amount on the exact network the payment page shows, and wait for the network to confirm it. At ProxyPanda the checkout is run by CoinGate, and it takes Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, USDC and Litecoin. Cards work too, at the same price.

Most crypto payment problems come from the same few slips: the wrong network, an amount that arrives short, a payment sent after the checkout expired. This guide is the checklist that avoids them, followed by how refunds and receipts work when you have paid in coin.

Why pay for proxies with cryptocurrency?

People who buy proxies pay in crypto for ordinary reasons.

• No card, or a card that keeps getting declined. Some banks refuse small payments to foreign merchants. Crypto does not depend on your bank agreeing.
• The money is already in crypto. If you earn or hold coins, converting them to spend by card adds a step and a fee.
• Less to hand over. A ProxyPanda account needs an email address and a password. A crypto payment adds no card number, because there is none.
• Stablecoins behave like dollars. USDT and USDC track the US dollar, so the amount you send and the value you get stay close.

One thing crypto does not do is change the rules. Paying in coin does not make an account anonymous in any useful sense, and the acceptable use policy applies the same way whichever method you use.

There is no surcharge on either method. Card and crypto top-ups cost the same, and both land in one balance that pays for every product. The balance never expires, and residential traffic you buy from it does not expire either. That is the pay-as-you-go part.

Which coins can you buy proxies with?

On ProxyPanda, through CoinGate:

• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• USDT
• USDC
• Litecoin

The list is kept current on the payments page, along with the smallest top-up. Your balance is kept in US dollars, and the payment page shows how much of your chosen coin covers the top-up.

If you hold several of these, the choice is worth a moment's thought, because of how refunds work. A refund goes back to the wallet you paid from, in the coin you paid with, at the coin amount received. With a stablecoin that amount is worth about what you paid. With Bitcoin, Ethereum or Litecoin it is worth whatever the coin is worth on the day. More on that below.

The checklist before you send

Crypto payments cannot be pulled back by a bank, so the checking happens before you press send.

1. Match the network, not only the coin

USDT and USDC each exist on several blockchains. An exchange or wallet will ask you which network to withdraw on, and the payment page will show which network its address belongs to. They must match. An address on one network can look perfectly valid on another, and a transfer on a network the recipient did not ask for may never reach them.

Read the network name on the payment page, then pick the same name in your wallet. If your wallet does not offer that network, stop and choose a different coin or network on the payment page.

2. Make sure the full amount arrives

The payment page shows an exact amount. What matters is the amount that arrives, and two things eat into it:

• Exchange withdrawal fees. Some exchanges subtract their fee from the amount you type. Check the "you will receive" figure on the withdrawal screen, not the figure you entered.
• Splitting the payment. Send it in one transaction. Several small transfers to one checkout are harder to match and easier to get wrong.

If you are sending from an exchange for the first time, do a dry run: withdraw a small amount to your own wallet first and see what arrives.

3. Pay before the checkout expires

Crypto checkouts usually fix the exchange rate for a limited window and show a timer. A payment that lands after the window can need a person to sort it out. Open the payment page when you are ready to pay, not an hour before.

4. Wait for confirmations

A transaction is only final once the network has confirmed it, and the processor waits for that before it marks the payment paid. How long it takes depends on the coin, the network and how busy it is. Card top-ups are usually quick; crypto ones can take a while.

If it seems slow, do not send the payment again. Look the transaction up on a block explorer using its hash. If it shows as pending, it is on its way.

5. Save the transaction hash

The hash (also called the transaction ID) is the one reference both sides can check. Copy it into your notes as soon as your wallet shows it. It is what you need for a receipt, a question or a refund.

What if you send the wrong network or the wrong amount?

First, do not send more money to fix it. A second payment to the same checkout is the quickest way to turn one problem into two.

Then gather:

• the transaction hash;
• the coin, the network you sent on, and the amount;
• the time you sent it;
• the email address on your account.

Bring that to the #pricing-and-billing channel in Discord, or email us from your account address. Whether a payment on the wrong network can be recovered depends on the network, the address and the processor, and nobody can promise the outcome before looking. Our payment pages do not promise one for that case, so this guide does not either. What we can promise is that a person will look at it with you in the open.

An amount that arrives short or over is usually easier. Checkouts handle it in different ways: some let you send the difference, others mark the payment as underpaid and need someone to settle it by hand. Either way, the hash and the account email are what we will ask for.

Refunds when you paid in crypto

The refund rules are the same for everyone, with a few details that apply to crypto. From the refund policy:

• Unused balance is refundable within a window after the top-up that created it, and you do not need to give a reason.
• A refund goes back where the money came from. For a crypto top-up, that is the wallet the payment was sent from, or a wallet you control if you paid from an exchange and show us its withdrawal record for that payment. We do not send it anywhere else or turn it into account balance.
• It comes back in the same coin, at the amount of coin we received for the unused part, whatever that is worth in dollars on the day. A payment in Litecoin is refunded in Litecoin.
• The network fee for sending it comes out of the refund.
• We may ask you to confirm the sending address before we send anything.

To ask, email from your account address or open a ticket in Discord and say "refund". Including the top-up's transaction hash makes the payment, and the wallet it came from, quick to find.

One thing to settle before you pay: if you send from an exchange account, the address the payment leaves from usually belongs to the exchange. A refund can still reach you. Show us the exchange's withdrawal record for that payment and we send it to a wallet you control instead; without that record, it goes back to the sending address, which belongs to the exchange. Paying from a wallet you control avoids the question, and #pricing-and-billing is there if you want to check first.

A worked example, in round numbers. Say you top up with 100 units of a coin, spend part of the balance on a test, and ask for the unused part back within the window. If you spent a quarter of the balance, the refund is worked out on the coin amount we received: about 75 units of the same coin, sent to the wallet the 100 came from, less the network fee, whether the coin has risen or fallen since. With a stablecoin the value barely moves. With a volatile coin it moves in whichever direction the market went.

After the window the balance is still yours and never expires; it only stops being refundable. The FAQ on refunds covers the rest, and the honesty page explains the separate cases where we credit traffic back to your account without being asked.

Receipts and records

Keep three things for every crypto top-up:

1. The transaction hash, which proves the payment on the public chain.
2. Any confirmation the payment page shows once the payment is marked paid.
3. The top-up on your account, as the balance change you can see in the dashboard.

If you need a formal invoice for bookkeeping, ask in #pricing-and-billing before or after you pay; that channel handles invoices as well as meter and refund questions. Spending crypto can have tax consequences where you live, so check the local rules if the amounts matter to you.

Crypto or card?

	Crypto	Card
Price	Same	Same
Speed	After network confirmations	Usually quick
Unused balance refunded to	The wallet the payment came from, in the same coin	The original card
Refund measured in	The coin amount received, less the network fee	The amount charged
Personal details	Email and password for the account	Email and password, plus your card with the processor

Neither is the better choice for everyone. If your card works and you want a refund to come back at the amount charged, use it. If you would rather pay from coins you already hold, pay from a wallet you control, and pick a stablecoin unless you are happy to take the price movement on any refund.

Quick answers

Can I buy proxies with USDT? Yes. ProxyPanda takes USDT and USDC through CoinGate, as well as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Send on the network the payment page shows.

Is there a fee for paying in crypto? We add no surcharge. The blockchain's own network fee is paid by whoever sends the transaction, as with any crypto transfer.

How long until my balance shows up? Once the network confirms the payment, which depends on the coin and how busy the network is. Check the hash on a block explorer before worrying.

Where does a crypto refund go? Back to the wallet the payment was sent from, in the coin you paid with, at the coin amount received for the unused part, less the network fee for sending it. If you paid from an exchange, it can go to a wallet you control instead, once you show us the exchange's withdrawal record for that payment. It cannot go to any other wallet or coin.

Start small

The first top-up is a test budget. Pay the smallest amount in the coin you prefer, confirm the balance appears, then order a small amount of the line you need and check the meter against your own count. Testing a provider on a small top-up has the plan, the payments page has the current methods and minimum, and the pricing page has the rates. Billing questions are welcome in Discord, where they get answered in public.