Search this question and you will find a lot of screenshots and very few sums. This article does the arithmetic instead, using real credit costs and realistic retail prices, and it includes the parts that reduce the number rather than only the parts that inflate it.
Most active IPTV resellers earn between $500 and $5,000 per month, at a profit margin of 60% to 85% per subscription. A reseller with 50 retained annual customers clears roughly $250–$400 monthly. Established resellers with 300+ customers can exceed $8,000.
The margin is genuinely high — a 12-month subscription costs about $19.96 in credits and retails for $70–$100. What separates earners from non-earners is not margin but customer count and retention.
How much profit does a reseller make per customer?
An IPTV reseller typically makes $10 to $16 profit per monthly customer, or $50 to $80 per annual customer. The figures below use a 25-credit pack at $499, which puts one credit at $19.96.
| Subscription sold | Credits used | Your cost | Typical retail | Profit | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 0.1 | $2.00 | $15 | $13.00 | 87% |
| 3 months | 0.3 | $5.99 | $35 | $29.01 | 83% |
| 6 months | 0.6 | $11.98 | $55 | $43.02 | 78% |
| 12 months | 1.0 | $19.96 | $85 | $65.04 | 77% |
Note the pattern: the percentage margin is highest on monthly plans, but the absolute profit is highest on annual ones — and annual customers require a fraction of the support and renewal effort. Chasing the higher percentage is one of the most common ways new resellers work harder for less.
Monthly income by customer count
This is the table most people are actually looking for. It assumes annual subscriptions at $85 retail, credits at $19.96, and profit spread across twelve months to show recurring monthly income.
| Retained customers | Annual profit | Monthly equivalent | Realistic stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $650 | $54 | Month 1–2, friends and referrals |
| 25 | $1,626 | $136 | Month 2–4, first niche established |
| 50 | $3,252 | $271 | Month 4–8, referrals compounding |
| 100 | $6,504 | $542 | Month 8–14, a real side income |
| 250 | $16,260 | $1,355 | Year 2, requires consistent marketing |
| 500 | $32,520 | $2,710 | Year 2–3, effectively a full-time business |
| 1,000 | $65,040 | $5,420 | Top decile — few resellers reach this |
Read that table carefully
Those are retained customers, not total sales. If you sell 100 subscriptions and 40 do not renew, you have 60 customers, not 100. Churn is the single largest difference between the projections resellers make and the income they actually receive.
What a realistic first year looks like
Here is an honest month-by-month picture for someone starting with a $249 pack, working at it consistently but part-time, with no existing audience.
| Period | Customers | Cumulative profit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 3 – 8 | -$100 to $50 | Still recovering the credit pack |
| Month 2–3 | 10 – 20 | $150 – $600 | Pack recovered; first referrals arrive |
| Month 4–6 | 25 – 45 | $900 – $2,400 | Niche working; support load becomes real |
| Month 7–9 | 45 – 80 | $2,400 – $4,800 | Renewals begin; retention starts to show |
| Month 10–12 | 70 – 120 | $4,000 – $7,500 | Compounding, if churn is controlled |
A first year ending at 70–120 retained customers and $4,000–$7,500 cumulative profit is a good outcome. It is not the figure you will see in reseller advertising, and it is the one worth planning around.
IPTV reseller earnings by country
Retail price ceilings vary considerably by market, mostly tracking what local pay-TV costs. Credit costs do not vary, so the same subscription yields different profit depending on where your customers are.
| Market | Typical annual retail | Profit per customer | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $90 – $120 | $70 – $100 | Cable at $80–$130/month sets a high anchor |
| United Kingdom | £70 – £95 | $68 – $95 | Fragmented sports rights; Sky is expensive |
| Germany | €70 – €90 | $56 – $80 | Strong expat demand, moderate price tolerance |
| Canada | C$100 – C$140 | $55 – $85 | Expensive incumbents, large diaspora market |
| Netherlands | €65 – €85 | $52 – $75 | Excellent fibre; competitive local market |
| Sweden & Denmark | €75 – €95 | $60 – $85 | Premium sport split across services |
The United States and United Kingdom carry the highest ceilings, but they are also the most crowded. Smaller markets such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark convert well precisely because fewer resellers bother to serve them properly in the local language.
The costs nobody mentions
Credit cost is not your only cost. These are the ones that quietly reduce the headline margin.
| Cost | Typical impact | How to reduce it |
|---|---|---|
| Refunds | 2 – 6% of revenue | Qualify customers with a trial before selling |
| Support time | 5 – 15 min per customer per month | Send setup guides instead of explaining live |
| Churn replacement | 20 – 40% of customers per year | Sell annual plans; answer fast |
| Payment fees | 2 – 5% per transaction | Offer bank transfer or crypto for larger plans |
| Your own time | The largest hidden cost | Track hours honestly before scaling |
Support time is the one that surprises people. At 100 customers and ten minutes each per month, that is nearly 17 hours monthly of unpaid work. This is why linking customers to written guides — our Firestick install, EPG setup and buffering fixes — is a margin decision, not a convenience.
Why retention beats acquisition
A customer who renews annually for three years is worth roughly $195 in profit. Three customers who each churn after one year are worth $65 each — the same $195, but for three times the acquisition effort and three times the onboarding support.
This is the whole economic argument for answering messages quickly and selling longer terms. Retention is not a soft metric in this business; it is the difference between a side income and a treadmill.
An honest assessment
The margins here are real and unusually high. The startup cost is genuinely low. But reselling IPTV is not passive income, and anyone selling it as such is selling something else.
What you are actually taking on is a customer-service business with excellent unit economics. If you enjoy talking to customers, solving setup problems and building a referral base, the numbers above are achievable. If you were hoping to buy credits and watch money arrive, they are not.
Run your own numbers
See current credit pack pricing and work out your margin before committing.
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