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How Much to Top Up This Black Friday: 18% Extra at $100, 30% at $500

Four budgets from $50 to $500, in video seconds and images

Nov 11, 2026 3 min read

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Top up $300 during HiAPI's Black Friday (Nov 24–30 PT) and you end up with $375 of credit; $500 becomes $650. Two offers stack, a top-up bonus of up to 10% and spend-back of up to 20% on image, video and audio, and both are tiered, so a small change in what you top up or spend can move you up a tier. Here's every budget worked out.

$50 to $500: what you end up with

Assuming you top up in one payment and spend that amount on image, video or audio models during the event:

Top up	Bonus (instant)	Spend-back (Dec 3)	Total credit	Extra
$50	+$2.50	+$2.50	$55	10%
$100	+$8	+$10	$118	18%
$300	+$30	+$45	$375	25%
$500	+$50	+$100	$650	30%

$500 is where both offers max out. The bonus is capped at $50 and spend-back at $100, and $500 hits both caps. Topping up more still gets you the credit, but no extra bonus.

In video seconds and images

Same four budgets, in output. "Normal" is what the cash alone buys at list price; "Black Friday" uses the total credit.

Model (list price)	$100 → $118	$300 → $375	$500 → $650
Seedance 2.5, 720p ($0.204/s)	490 → 578 s	1,471 → 1,838 s	2,451 → 3,186 s
Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p + audio ($0.25/s)	400 → 472 s	1,200 → 1,500 s	2,000 → 2,600 s
Kling 3.0, 720p, no sound ($0.108/s)	926 → 1,093 s	2,778 → 3,472 s	4,630 → 6,019 s
Nano Banana 2.1, 1K ($0.011/image)	9,091 → 10,727	27,273 → 34,091	45,455 → 59,091

At $500, a 5-second Seedance 2.5 clip that costs $1.02 at list price works out to about $0.78.

Four rules that can cost you bonus

1. The bonus is per payment. One $300 top-up gets $30. Three $100 top-ups get $8 each, $24 in all. Make it one payment.

2. Spend-back is on your week's total. All image, video and audio spend from Nov 24 to Nov 30 is added up, and the tier you reach applies to the full amount. Spend that happens after 23:59 PT on Nov 30 doesn't count, even if you topped up during the event.

3. Text models don't count toward spend-back. LLM calls are fine to pay for with the credit, but they don't move your spend-back tier. The free DeepSeek tokens don't count either, since they cost $0.

4. New accounts: first-top-up reward or Black Friday bonus, not both. You get whichever is higher.

Spend $20 more, get $17 more back

Because the tier applies to the whole amount, a small top-up or a little more spend near a threshold can pay for itself:

Where you are	Move	What changes
Planning a $90 top-up	Make it $100	Bonus goes from $4.50 to $8
Planning a $250 top-up	Make it $300	Bonus goes from $20 to $30
$280 of media spend	Spend $20 more	Spend-back goes from $28 (10%) to $45 (15%)
$460 of media spend	Spend $40 more	Spend-back goes from $69 (15%) to $100 (20%)

The last two rows are the ones to watch on Nov 29–30. If you have a batch planned for December, running it a few days early can move you up a tier.

Pick by what you'll actually make

Testing a model or two: $50–$100. You'll get 10–18% extra, and you can still top up again later in the week. The bonus from each payment adds up (to $50 total), and spend-back counts your total spend.
Running production video or image jobs every week: $300–$500. Most of the value is here.
Already spending more than $500 a month on media: top up $500 to max the bonus, put at least $500 of media spend through during the week, and top up the rest whenever you need it.

See the Black Friday offer →

FAQ

If I spend the bonus credit too, does it count toward spend-back? The event page says spend-back is based on what you actually spend on image, video and audio. The table above only counts the amount you topped up, so it's the minimum.

When do I get spend-back? December 3, added to your balance.

Can I use the credit after the event? Yes. Bonus and spend-back credit stay in your balance like any other credit and work on every model.