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Rules

Short enough to read before you lose rank #1.

Bidding

  1. rule 1

    Highest bid wins. Always.

    Rank is bid amount, descending. Bids are whole US dollars, $5 minimum, $1 at a time above that. Equal bids keep the order they landed in — the earlier bid holds the higher row. There is no other signal: not followers, not engagement, not vibes.

  2. rule 2

    Raising costs only the difference.

    Already on the board? You pay the gap between your current bid and the new one, not the full amount again.

  3. rule 3

    One seat per handle.

    Bidding again on a handle you hold raises that seat instead of creating a second row. You cannot outbid yourself into two spots.

  4. rule 4

    You pay before the seat exists.

    Bids go through Stripe Checkout. Nothing appears on the board until the payment clears, and a canceled payment changes nothing. You are buying a row on this page. Not reach, not followers, not money. No refunds for changing your mind.

  5. rule 5

    If the seat is gone, you get your money back.

    Someone can outbid your handle while you are still on the payment page. If your payment clears and the seat can no longer be given to you, it is refunded in full, automatically — you are never charged for a row you did not get.

  6. rule 6

    Getting dethroned is free.

    You keep your seat and your bid when someone passes you. You just move down.

What you can put on the board

What gets your seat deleted

Break one of these and the listing comes down. You do not get the money back — that is the deterrent.

After you pay

Your seat is yours the moment the payment clears. The board is cached hard so it loads fast for everyone, so the page you land back on is usually a few seconds old — it keeps checking until your row shows up rather than making you refresh. It then stays public: handle, bid, and timestamp. Clicks from the board go straight to your X profile. If the number would embarrass you, do not enter it.