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How Billing Works on IPbnb
This page explains how payments work for both renters and owners.
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IPbnb uses a straightforward, day-by-day billing system. You always know exactly what you're paying for - and when.
IPbnb LLC purchases resource availability and usage rights from IP owners and resells IPv4 leasing services in its own name and for its own account. Renters pay IPbnb for its own services. Payments to owners settle IPbnb's purchase debt for the resource availability and usage rights it purchases from them.
For Renters
The price you see in the catalog is the final price - there are no extra fees or hidden commissions added on top.
Your lease is with IPbnb LLC, which provides the IPv4 leasing service in its own name and for its own account.
Your Credit Balance
Everything starts with your Credit Balance (CB) - an advance you fund for your company's IPbnb services. All lease payments are charged from it, and you can top it up at any time.
How to add funds:
Credit or debit card via Stripe
PayPal (coming soon)
Bank wire transfer
Cryptocurrency (USDC via Stripe)
Refunds of unused funds
Your Credit Balance is an advance for your company's IPbnb services, not a payment account. Unused refundable cash advances are returned under our refund policy:
Approved refunds go to the original payment method, or to your Credit Balance - your choice.
If the original payment method is no longer available, the refund requires a verified, lawful alternative.
Promotional credits are not refundable in cash.
How Lease Payments Work
When you start a lease: IPbnb charges the first 30 days upfront from your Credit Balance. If your balance doesn't have enough funds at that moment, you can top it up by the required amount - or more - before proceeding. This covers your first month and gets the subnet active immediately.
During these first 30 days, the lease can be cancelled, but the upfront payment is non-refundable - except in cases where there's a technical problem with the subnet or an issue on the owner's side. In that case, IPbnb will refund the full payment under our refund policy and terminate the affected lease. You are then free to start a new lease on any other available subnet.
After the first 30 days: Billing switches to a daily model. Every day, the cost of one day is automatically deducted from your Credit Balance. The charge happens at midnight UTC - or more precisely, at 23:00 UTC of the day before the one being billed.
When does the first billing day start? The day you sign the lease does not count as a billable day. Billing starts from the next UTC day. For example, if you lease an IP subnet at 2:00 PM UTC on December 10, your first billing day is December 11.
Example: You lease a subnet on December 10 at 2:00 PM UTC. The daily rate is $2.50.
$75 is charged upfront (30 days × $2.50).
Billing starts December 11. The last prepaid day is January 9.
Starting January 10, $2.50 is deducted automatically each day at midnight UTC.
How to Cancel a Lease
You can submit a termination request at any time after the first 30 days. Note that the initial 30-day payment is non-refundable regardless of when you cancel.
When you submit a termination request, you choose the final date of service - either the next day or any later date you prefer. The subnet will remain active until that date and then be automatically cancelled. Before that date, you can change the end date or cancel the termination request entirely.
When the lease ends, you must stop your BGP announcements within 24 hours of the effective end date. This is an operational deadline only - it doesn't add a paid lease day or renew the lease. Unauthorized continued use may result in separately established remedies under the Terms of Service.
If Your Balance Gets Low
IPbnb monitors your Credit Balance automatically and will notify you before things become a problem. What happens next depends on whether you've enabled Automatic Replenishment.
About Automatic Replenishment
Automatic Replenishment is optional and requires your separate, recorded authorization. Saving a card to your account doesn't turn it on.
When your authorized coverage reaches three days or less, IPbnb attempts to charge the advance amount disclosed in your authorization, based on 30 days of the active daily rates it covers.
You'll receive a notice no later than the attempt itself.
You can turn off future automatic attempts in the platform.
If Automatic Replenishment is on
When | What happens |
|---|---|
10 days of funds remaining | Daily reminders begin - you'll receive a notification each day your balance stays below the 10-day threshold |
3 days or less remaining | IPbnb attempts to charge the disclosed advance amount (30 days of the active daily rates covered by your authorization). You're notified no later than the attempt. |
If the charge succeeds | No action needed - your lease continues without interruption |
If the charge fails | You receive a notification; another attempt is made the following day and support is alerted |
If your Credit Balance goes negative | Your lease will be cancelled |
If Automatic Replenishment is off (including payments by bank wire transfer)
When | What happens |
|---|---|
10 days of funds remaining | You receive a notification with a bill for the next 30 days and a request to top up |
Every day after that | Daily reminders as long as your balance stays below the 10-day threshold |
3 days remaining | Our support team is alerted. The lease is cancelled from the first day the Credit Balance goes negative |
Because wire transfers take time to process, we recommend topping up well in advance when your balance is running low - don't wait for the reminders.
Why this approach? We want to give you every chance to top up before anything is interrupted. Losing a lease unexpectedly can cause real disruption to your infrastructure - so we notify you early and repeatedly before terminating anything.
Your Monthly Invoice
IPbnb generates invoices on the 1st of each month, covering all your rental activity from the previous month. Invoices may be issued any time between the 1st and 10th.
Your invoice lists every subnet you leased and the number of days you used it in that month.
IPbnb LLC issues the invoice in its own name for the IPv4 leasing services it provides to you. Your payments are for IPbnb's own services.
Note: Subnets you received for free as part of a promotion will not appear on your invoice. This is intentional - including zero-cost items could create an unnecessary tax liability for you.
For Owners
Your Payout Balance
As an owner, you have a Payout Balance (PB) - a separate account that records IPbnb LLC's purchase debt to you for the resource availability and usage rights it purchases from you.
Eligible payouts are made by bank transfer to an account in your legal name, with a $25 processing fee.
Payments settle IPbnb's purchase debt to you.
Your Payout Balance cannot be converted to Credit Balance.
Your Holder Price
Your Holder Price is the price independently agreed between you and IPbnb for the resource availability and usage rights IPbnb purchases from you.
IPbnb resells IPv4 leasing services to renters in its own name and for its own account. The customer price is separate from your Holder Price: customer payments are for IPbnb's own services, while payments to you settle IPbnb's purchase debt.
Your payment is based on your agreed Holder Price and the applicable purchase terms, rather than customer rental earnings minus an agency commission.
Your Monthly Self-Billing Invoice
For each month, IPbnb prepares a self-billing invoice on your behalf - a document that records IPbnb's purchases of resource availability and usage rights from you for the previous month, at your agreed Holder Price. You don't need to create or send invoices yourself.
Invoices are generated on the 1st of each month (and may be issued up to the 10th) and cover the previous month's activity.
If one of your subnets was leased by more than one renter during the month, each rental period will appear as a separate line item.
The self-billing invoice documents your supply to IPbnb. It is separate from the invoices IPbnb issues to renters for its own IPv4 leasing services.
Withdrawing a Subnet with an Active Lease
If you need to remove a subnet from the platform while it's linked to an active lease, you can submit a withdrawal request. Withdrawal requires enough notice to meet IPbnb's customer commitments - normally at least 60 days, or longer if you prefer. This gives the renter time to make alternative arrangements.
During the notice period:
The renter will see the end date on their account.
They will receive reminders 45, 30, 15, 5, and 1 day before the deadline.
They may end their lease earlier.
How your supply consideration accrues:
Supply consideration - the amount IPbnb owes you at your agreed Holder Price - accrues while the linked lease remains active under the agreed supply rules.
Accrual stops when that lease lawfully ends, including when the renter ends it before the notice period is over.
Idle listings and quarantine do not earn supply consideration.
Why at least 60 days? We know that losing an IP lease can significantly affect a renter's operations. A notice period of at least 60 days gives renters enough time to find a replacement subnet and migrate - making IPbnb a platform that both sides can trust.
All Times Are in UTC
All billing calculations on IPbnb use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). A new billing day begins at midnight UTC (0:00 UTC). Please keep this in mind when planning lease start dates or terminations.
Have questions about your balance or invoices? Contact our support team at support@ipbnb.com.
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