panel-ops

Burn rate

How fast a panel exhausts upstream API quota during a sale.

Why it matters

When a service is 70% off, every reseller in the channel rushes in. Cheap services often partial-cancel for 24 hours after a sale announcement because the upstream key is rate-limited.

Related terms

API throttling

Rate-limiting on a panel's API endpoint.

Uptime

Percentage of time the panel API is responsive.