HQ

HQ, short for high quality, is a catalogue label suggesting the delivering accounts have profile pictures, posts or history, chosen by the seller and verified by no one.

There is no shared standard behind the label. One catalogue uses HQ for accounts with a photo and a handful of posts; another uses it for accounts with a long posting history and plausible followers. Both are within their rights, because the term has no definition beyond what the seller means by it. Comparing two HQ services from different panels by name tells you nothing about how they compare in delivery.

The label also travels. A reseller importing services through an API often keeps the supplier's name, and sometimes adds HQ to a service the supplier did not describe that way, to set it apart from a similar listing. So the word can be added at any step between the account source and your order form.

An HQ listing usually carries a higher rate than the same panel's LQ listing for the same action, and the label alone does not show what the difference buys. Only a test order and a look at the delivered accounts can show that. Check a sample of profiles a few days after delivery, record the count, and check again later. If the service carries a refill window, that is the part of the listing the panel can be held to.

What it does not mean

HQ does not mean real people, does not mean non-drop, and does not mean refill is included. Accounts with photos and posts can still be automated, and they can still be removed. If the listing does not state refill terms, an HQ service has no more protection behind it than an LQ one.