Scoring SMM Panels with a 40-Line Python Script (Instead of Trusting Their Homepages)

Every SMM panel says it's the fastest and cheapest. Resellers in India hear this all day. So I stopped reading homepages and started logging test orders in a tiny script. Here's the idea, plus the code.

What we're measuring

For each panel, place a few small test orders and log four things:

• start_delay: minutes from order to first delivery
• completion: delivered / ordered
• drop_7d: how much fell off after 7 days
• support_hours: how long a simple ticket took to get a real answer

Then turn those into one score. Not perfect. But way better than "trust me bro."

The script

from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class TestOrder:
    panel: str
    ordered: int
    delivered: int
    start_delay_min: float
    after_7d: int
    support_hours: float

def score(o: TestOrder) -> float:
    completion = o.delivered / o.ordered            # 0..1
    retention = o.after_7d / max(o.delivered, 1)    # 0..1
    speed = max(0, 1 - o.start_delay_min / 120)     # 0 after 2h
    support = max(0, 1 - o.support_hours / 24)      # 0 after 24h
    return round(100 * (0.35*completion + 0.35*retention
                        + 0.15*speed + 0.15*support), 1)

orders = [
    TestOrder("panel_a", 1000, 1000, 12, 960, 2),
    TestOrder("panel_b", 1000, 870, 95, 640, 30),
    TestOrder("panel_c", 1000, 1000, 40, 910, 6),
]

for o in sorted(orders, key=score, reverse=True):
    print(f"{o.panel:10} {score(o):5}")

Output looks something like:

panel_a     96.1
panel_c     89.3
panel_b     63.4

Why weight retention so high?

Because cheap orders that drop 30% in a week aren't cheap. You pay again for refills or you lose the client. Completion and retention together are 70% of the score for that reason. Tweak the weights for your own business.

A few gotchas

• Test the same service type across panels. Comparing Instagram likes on one with YouTube views on another tells you nothing.
• Repeat tests at different times of day. Some panels slow down at night IST.
• Log everything in a CSV or SQLite. Your gut forgets.

If you want the non-code version of this checklist, there's a good write-up on how to pick an Indian SMM panel that actually delivers. And for API-based testing, SMMYodha's API docs follow the standard /api/v2 pattern most panels use, so the same script structure plugs straight in.

Happy testing. Numbers beat promises every time.