Sell unused OpenRouter credit: check the balance and list it
You can list an OpenRouter key on UberLLM in about two minutes with `npx uberllm sell --provider openrouter`. It checks the key with OpenRouter, shows how much the key may still spend, and lists the models you choose only after you say yes. Read OpenRouter’s terms first: when we read them, they did not allow reselling API access, so list only with OpenRouter’s written permission.
List it in one command
npx uberllm sell --provider openrouter
You are asked for your OpenRouter key. Typing is hidden, and the key goes only to OpenRouter at this point. After the check you choose the models and the price, and nothing is listed until you type yes. To check the key and stop there, add --check-only.
Prefer the browser? Open the seller form with OpenRouter chosen and paste the key there.
What the check shows
uberllm sell asks OpenRouter about the key itself (GET /api/v1/key, the current key endpoint). You see:
- Left before this key is refused: what remains of the key's credit limit, or of the budget that blocks the key first when your workspace has one.
- Limit and Used by this key so far.
- A note when the key expires, is a free-tier key, or is a management key.
OpenRouter shows the account's total credit only to a management key, and a management key cannot serve requests, so the account total is not read. If the key has no limit you are told so, and no number is made up.
What OpenRouter's terms say
We read OpenRouter's Terms of Service on 2026-11-13. Section 7 said you may not use the service for "reselling API access to Models", and may not "sell or otherwise transfer the access granted under these Terms". Section 4.4 said credits are "non-transferable, including between accounts".
That reads to us as: do not list an OpenRouter key unless OpenRouter has agreed in writing that you may. Terms change, so read the current text yourself. If you list a key against your provider's terms, the provider can close your account, and we remove the offer.
Before you list
- OpenRouter keys start with
sk-or-v1-. A key in another form is refused before anything is sent. - Create a key only for selling and give it a credit limit in OpenRouter. The limit is the most that key can ever spend, and it is the number the check shows.
- A management key cannot be listed. Use a normal API key.
- Stolen, leaked, shared, free-trial and evaluation keys cannot be listed.
After you list
Each model is tested with one small request on your key. Then we check that the offer serves the model it lists, and a person on our team approves it. We email you when it is live. Buyers pay your price, all of it is credited to you, and UberLLM takes no fee from your sales. Your own cost is what OpenRouter charges your key. The rules and the API are in the sellers doc.