# Credits and paid activation

Availability: Planned API.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-28.

Paid activation is a later, separately authorized step. Developer signup, application creation and authentication do not require a card or enable spending.

## Use the existing account balance

Market Monolith's existing Ledger remains the financial authority. A workspace view or application usage record is not a new wallet. Account-owned funding and explicit payer delegation must stay consistent across the application and its workspaces.

## Prepare funding deliberately

Saved payment-method setup and hosted Checkout have their own lifecycle. A redirect back from payment does not prove settlement. Verified payment, exactly-once prepaid credit and intended-work resume must agree before business work advances.

Saving a card is not consent to recurring charges. Prepaid auto-topup requires an explicit mandate and the applicable independent account/application limits.

## Preserve the quote

A saved Catalog quote does not expire. Its approved scope and price remain attached to its immutable identity. A different scope or new pricing is a separate reviewed action, not a silent replacement.

Funding a shortfall does not authorize unrelated prerequisites or expanded work.

## Availability

This developer release does not include paid activation or business execution for new keys. Do not add funds in order to unlock a planned API. See [funding and settlement](/docs/guides/funding-earnings-settlement) for the intended later outcome.