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Prepaid vs postpaid electricity in Nigeria
Understand prepaid meters vs postpaid billing cycles, what vending platforms usually sell, and how to guide customers.
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Prepaid meters
Customers buy credit before consumption; tokens or STS credit load onto the meter.
VendPower focuses on prepaid vending flows for supported billers — instant gratification when networks succeed.
Postpaid accounts
Postpaid customers receive periodic bills based on meter readings or estimates depending on disco rules.
Some programmes expose bill payment rails separately — always confirm bill vs meter paths inside your dashboard.
Guidance for shops
Train staff to ask ‘prepaid meter number or postpaid account?’ before touching the keyboard.
Save transaction references per sale — reconciliation beats arguing from memory at month end.