What does the "Welcome bonus" entry in my Credits History mean?

Open your Credits History from the sidebar in Valid Email Checker and the first entry on a new account is labeled "Welcome bonus" with a +200 against the Pay-As-You-Go bucket. That row is the persistent record of your free credits being deposited the moment you confirmed your email. It is one of about a dozen transaction types we log on every credit movement in or out of your account.

What the row contains

Every row in Credits History shows:

• Date/time — when the transaction happened, in your account timezone.
• Transaction type — in this case, welcome_bonus. Other types you will see over time include purchase_payg, bulk_verification, single_verification, refund, auto_refill, and a few more.
• Bucket — which credit bucket was affected. Welcome bonus credits always land in PAYG (which never expires).
• Amount — the credit delta. Welcome bonus is always positive (+200).
• Resulting balance — your PAYG balance after this transaction.

Why the row is permanent

Credits History is an append-only ledger. We never delete rows, even after you spend the credits the row added. This matters for two reasons:

• Audit trail. You can always prove the welcome bonus happened, and our finance/support teams can do the same if there is ever a billing question.
• Filterable history. You can filter Credits History by transaction type (welcome_bonus only) and see every grant in the account lifetime. New accounts have one row; nothing else uses this type.

When you might not see the row

If the welcome bonus row is missing from a confirmed account, one of three things happened:

• Your signup hit our abuse hold flow and credits were withheld pending review.
• You signed up with Continue with Google but on a device fingerprint that previously redeemed a welcome bonus on another account.
• The grant call failed server-side. Rare, but it happens. Contact support and we will run it manually.