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Rules

leadbid is a public leaderboard. There are no ads, no API keys and no revenue share. You pay to stand above everyone else. Rank is the bid — nothing else.

minimum to get on the board (climbs to $5 by 30 listings)
$1 → $5
what it costs to pass anyone, #1 included
their total + $1
what you pay to raise a listing
the difference
maximum total per listing
$999,999

How ranking works

  • New listings are whole US dollars, $999,999 maximum, $1 at a time. Bids already on the board keep their amount until they raise or get outranked.
  • Launch pricing: new listings start at $1 on an empty board. The minimum climbs $1 at a time as the board fills, reaches $5 once it holds 30 listings, and stays there. Raising an existing listing is always at least $1 more.
  • Passing any listing — #1 included — costs $1 more than its total. Paying less still puts you on the board at whatever rank that bid can take. Equal bids stay in the order they were placed — the older bid keeps the higher rank.
  • Enter the same website or @handle again to raise that listing to any rank. The new total must be at least $1 above its current total; you only pay the difference. Money paid toward a listing always counts for that listing — nobody can take a rank by paying the difference on someone else's.
  • App Store, Play Store, GitHub and similar platform links are keyed by their path, so different apps don't share a bid. Everything else is keyed by domain, so linear.app and www.linear.app/pricing are one listing.

What you can list

  • A product website, or a public social profile such as an X @handle.
  • Chat and invite links are not allowed — Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Messenger, Signal and similar. The board is for products and profiles, not group chats.
  • Links to sexual content are not allowed. If it is porn, NSFW or an adult platform, it does not belong on the board.
  • Query parameters are stripped from listing links. Affiliate, referral and tracking URLs will not work.
  • Link shortener URLs are replaced by the URL they redirect to.

How a listing looks

  • The name, description and logo come from the site or profile itself — nobody types them in and nobody can edit them here. To change how a listing looks, change your site; the board refreshes it with the next bid.
  • Listings that break these rules are removed at our discretion, without refund. Names and descriptions must describe the linked site.

After you pay

  • Your listing is public. Clicks go to the URL or profile you submitted, without your query parameters; we add utm_source=leadbid so you can see the traffic.
  • A completed payment is what claims the rank. Payments are final and non-refundable once ranked.
  • Payments are processed by Polar, our merchant of record, which handles tax and receipts. Clicks are counted for the trending strip; we don't guarantee any traffic.

FAQ

How much does it cost to outbid someone?
$1 more than their total, whatever their rank — taking #1 is no different from taking #10. Your total is what ranks you, so you can also bid any amount in between and land wherever that total falls.
What happens when someone outbids me?
Nothing is taken from you — your total stays exactly where it is and you simply move down one rank. Enter your URL again whenever you like, pick a new total, and pay only the difference to move back up.
Can I change my listing's name, description or logo?
Not on leadbid. They're read from your site's own metadata (title, description, icon) or from your public profile, so the board can't be defaced and always reflects the real thing. Change them on your site and the board picks the update up the next time anyone bids on the listing.
Can someone else pay to change or take my listing?
No. Anyone can add money to a listing, but that money counts toward that listing — it raises it, it doesn't transfer it. There are no accounts, tokens or owners; a listing is just a URL and its running total.
What counts as the same website?
The domain. linear.app, www.linear.app and linear.app/pricing are one listing, and subdomains are separate. For platforms where the path is the product — GitHub repos, App Store and Play Store apps, npm packages, YouTube channels — the path is part of the key, so different apps never share a bid. X profiles are listed as @handles.
Do you refund?
No. A completed payment is what claims the rank, and it's final once the board has credited it. Payments are processed by Polar, our merchant of record, which handles tax and receipts. Listings that break the rules are removed without refund.
Where do clicks go?
Straight to the URL or profile you listed, with your own query parameters stripped. We append utm_source=leadbid so you can see the traffic in your analytics. Clicks power the trending strip; we don't guarantee any amount of traffic.
Why is the minimum only $1 right now?
Launch pricing. A new listing starts at $1 on an empty board, and the minimum climbs $1 at a time as the board fills up — it reaches $5 once there are 30 listings and never drops below that again. Listings placed during launch keep their totals — nothing changes for them.
What do I actually get for being #1?
The top card on the board, first in every visitor's eye line, with your logo, name and one-liner — live, until someone pays more. That's the whole product: no ads, no API, no revenue share. Rank is the bid.

Ready?

Enter a URL or @handle on the board — it takes one payment.

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