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Notes from inside the market
Methodology, investigations, and buyer's guides. No affiliate spam, no sponsored top-10 lists.
Featured · Methodology
May 14, 2026 · 8 min read
How we score 200+ SMM panels — without trusting any of them
Inside the 7-signal scoring model: domain age, API uptime, refill enforcement, claim authority, review fingerprinting, price stability, and dispute trail.
SMM Supply · Editorial
Guide
May 10, 2026 · 12 min
The honest 2026 buyer's guide to Instagram followers
What 'real', 'HQ', 'premium', and 'bot' actually mean in 2026, which panels are pricing them fairly, and where to never spend a dollar.
Investigation
Apr 22, 2026 · 14 min
Anatomy of an exit scam: tracking 14 panels that vanished in Q1
We tracked 14 panels that went dark in Q1 2026. Same domain registrars, same Telegram cluster, same payout wallet patterns. Here's the playbook.
Methodology
Apr 8, 2026 · 6 min
Why refill is the only panel promise that actually matters
Speed, quality, drip-feed — every panel claims these. Refill is the one promise that costs them money to keep, which is exactly why it's the only signal worth weighting.