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# What are broadcast credits?

> How campaign and newsletter sends are metered when broadcast-credit metering is switched on for your club.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Available when a superadmin enables **Broadcast Credit Metering** for your club. CCM never metered mail, so a migrated club sends unmetered until then.
  * One credit sends one broadcast email. Test sends, member League Email and transactional emails (receipts, confirmations) never use credits.
  * Monthly grants arrive on the 1st: one credit per dollar of the previous month's completed online payments, capped at 6,000. A club with no online payments receives none.
  * Only Uplifter can add or adjust credits. Club administrators see the balance and the activity, but no **Add credits** button. Ask your Uplifter contact for a top-up.
</Note>

**Communication → Broadcast Credits** shows your balance ("credits available") and an **Activity** list of the latest 100 entries — **Monthly grant**, **Purchase**, **Broadcast send** and **Adjustment**. Until the first grant lands it reads **No activity yet — the first monthly grant arrives on the 1st.**

Credits are deducted per recipient successfully sent, at send time. If the balance cannot cover a campaign, **Send Now** is refused with "Not enough broadcast credits: N needed, M available." A scheduled campaign is checked the same way when its time comes; if the balance is short then, it is marked **Failed** with the reason instead of being sent. A campaign that runs short while sending is also marked **Failed**, and the reason appears in its details.

To top up, ask Uplifter. A superadmin signed into your club sees **Add credits** on this page and enters an **Amount** and an optional **Note**. A positive amount is recorded as a **Purchase** that never expires; a negative amount is an **Adjustment**. Both appear in your **Activity** list.

While metering is off, the grants still accumulate in the ledger, so a club that turns it on later starts with a balance.

**Related:** [How do I send an email campaign?](/club/communications/how-do-i-send-an-email-campaign) · [How do I send a newsletter?](/club/website/how-do-i-send-a-newsletter) · [How do I check email usage?](/club/communications/how-do-i-check-email-usage)


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