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Credit-to-currency conversion controls for wallet-based billing

by ShreyaChaurasia·Feb 19, 2026·7 points·2 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My Problem

Dual conversion rates for credits, but existing billing platforms already handle this.

Strengths
  • •Separates spend vs. topup conversion rates cleanly, solving real promotional pricing friction.
  • •Keeps invoices in single base currency while wallets store credits—smart accounting separation.
  • •Directly addresses a concrete use case (promotional topups, bonus credits) product teams face.
Weaknesses
  • •No public demo or live example showing the UI or API—hard to evaluate usability.
  • •Doesn't explain how it differs from Stripe Billing, Recurly, or Zuora's credit/promotional pricing systems.
Category
SaaS
Target Audience

Product and finance teams at SaaS companies with credit/token-based billing systems.

Similar To

Stripe Billing · Recurly · Zuora

Post Description

If you sell credits or tokens, at some point someone asks: “What is one credit actually worth?”

We shipped explicit Wallet Conversion Rate controls in Flexprice to answer that cleanly.

Each wallet can now define: • conversion_rate — how credits map to currency when spending • topup_conversion_rate — optional rate used only when adding credits

This supports use cases like promotional top-ups, bonus credits, or discounted purchases while keeping invoice calculations consistent.

Wallets store credits.Invoices remain in a single base currency. Conversion defines the relationship between the two.

The goal is simple: make credit systems flexible for product teams and predictable for finance teams. Happy to answer questions about edge cases or implementation details.

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