FAQ
Short answers, no fine print. Money first, then the rank, then your listing.
Money in, money out
Running totals live here →What happens to the money?
30% of every paid bid is donated. If the bid puts you in the top 10, another 35% is spent on Meta and Google ads pointed at your product for a month, and 35% stays with the platform. Outside the top 10 the platform keeps 70%. Running totals are on /impact.
If I bid twice, do the ad budgets combine?
No. The split is per bid. Bid $100 and then $100 again and you rank at $200, but you get two separate $35 ad months rather than one $70 campaign.
What is the minimum bid?
Five dollars. The maximum for a single payment is $10,000; bid again if you want to go higher.
Do bids stack?
Yes. Bidding again under the same startup name adds to that startup’s all-time total and to its total on today’s board.
Which payment methods work?
PayPal balance, and any card PayPal accepts at checkout. Outbid.ai never stores or sees card details.
Can I get a refund?
Bids are final. If a payment is captured but your listing does not appear, email outbidai@0x0moeen.in with the PayPal transaction ID and it is fixed or refunded.
Rank and boards
See the all-time board →How does the ranking work?
Two boards. The all-time board ranks startups by total dollars ever bid. Today’s board ranks by dollars bid since 00:00 UTC and wipes every midnight. Ties break in favour of whoever reached the number first.
How do the category and country boards work?
Every listing sits in one category you pick at bid time, and each category has its own board and its own #1 — see /categories. Country comes from where the payment was made and rolls up into /countries.
What is the community for?
Product updates, launches and feedback threads. Posting needs your startup on the board. Commenting needs no account at all.
Your listing
Bid from $5 →Who is allowed to register?
AI startups only. A .ai or .io domain is accepted on sight. Any other domain has to tick the box confirming it is an AI startup; false claims are removed without refund.
How fast do I appear?
The moment PayPal confirms the capture. There is no review queue and no waiting period.
Where does my logo come from?
It is fetched automatically from the URL you enter, so there is nothing to upload. Change the site favicon and the listing follows.
Why do I have to sign in with Google?
It ties a bid to a real account so listings can be edited or removed later, and it keeps drive-by junk off the board. Outbid.ai receives your Google account email and user ID, nothing else.
What do I get?
A ranked row on both leaderboards, a permanent indexed profile page at outbid.ai/startup/your-name with your logo, tagline and website link, and your bid history.
Can I remove my listing?
Yes — email outbidai@0x0moeen.in from an address on the startup’s domain and it is removed. Removal does not refund the bid.
The honest part
Why this page exists →Is the outbound link SEO juice?
No. Outbound startup links are rel="nofollow" because they are paid placements. You are buying visibility, not link equity.
Does a high rank mean the startup is good?
It means they paid the most. Nothing more. Outbid.ai does not review, test or endorse anything on the board.
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