# Balance Top-Up

To use the goodPayments, a merchant must top up their account balance. When a merchant completes registration, goodPayments generates two separate deposit addresses:

**Service Fee Address (Forwarding Balance)** – used to top up the merchant’s main balance, from which the fees for invoice generation and forwarding funds are deducted. This address supports deposits in **TRX** and **USDT (TRC-20)**.

**Activation Address (Activation Balance)** – used to top up the activation balance. This balance is required to activate temporary addresses generated for processing USDT (TRC-20) payments. This address **only supports TRX deposits**. A detailed description of this mechanism is available in the [Address Activation](/docs/user-guide/address-activation.md) section.

### Topping Up the Forwarding Balance

The balance used to pay service fees can be topped up in the **«Balance»** section. Click **«Top Up Forwarding»**, and a modal window will open containing:

* The deposit address
* A QR code for quick scanning
* A currency selector (TRX or USDT TRC-20)

To top up the balance, send cryptocurrency from any external wallet to the provided address. Once the transaction is confirmed on the Tron blockchain, the funds will appear in your dashboard.

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**Supported deposit currencies:**

| TRX  | Tron (TRC-20) |
| ---- | ------------- |
| USDT | Tron (TRC-20) |

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**Important:** The merchant’s balance is internally calculated in **TRX**. Therefore, when topping up with USDT (TRC-20), the service will **automatically convert USDT to TRX** at the TRX/USDT rate at the time of deposit **plus a 6% service fee**.
{% endhint %}

### Topping Up the Activation Balance

Topping up the activation balance works similarly to topping up the forwarding balance.

In the **«Balance»** section, click **«Top Up Activation»**, and a modal window will provide the activation deposit address and QR code.

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Once funds are sent and confirmed on the Tron blockchain, they will appear in your activation balance.

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**Note:** The activation balance **can only be topped up with TRX**.
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### Transaction History

The **«Balance»** section includes a detailed history of all merchant balance top-ups and deductions.

The history includes:

* **Transaction hash** (with a link to a blockchain explorer)
* **Operation type** (Top-up / Withdrawal / AML charge)
* **Amount**
* **Balance type** (Main / Activation)
* **Date and time** of the operation


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