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Frequently asked questions

Cards are ranked by how much they paid. Higher payment, higher position. There are two boards over the same cards: today’s, which starts over every day, and all time, which never does.

The price

How much does a spot cost?

A spot starts at $10.

To take first place, you must pay at least $10 more than today’s leader. The leaderboard shows the current amount, and the wizard calculates the minimum for you.

Only today’s board sets the price. Whatever was paid on an earlier day, however large, never makes today more expensive.

What are the two boards?

Today is the one you buy into. It covers payments confirmed since midnight UTC and starts over at the next one, so the price to lead falls back to $10 every day.

All time is every card ever bought, ranked by amount, and it never resets. Your card is on both — one payment, one card, two rankings.

Whoever is #1 when a day closes is that day’s champion, and keeps the crown permanently.

How does ranking work?

Cards are ordered by the amount paid.

To pass any card except the leader, paying $0.01 more is enough. If you pay the exact same amount, you appear behind it because ties go to whoever paid first.

Within a single day the price for #1 only goes up. At midnight UTC it drops back to $10 and the day starts again.

Why was my amount rejected?

You cannot pay an amount that is above today’s leader but less than $10 higher.

Either pay enough to take #1 or choose an amount below the leader.

All payments must also be at least $10 and use whole cents.

Your card

How long does my card stay published?

Forever, on the all-time board. Nothing is ever deleted from it and nothing expires — a card only moves down as higher-paying cards appear.

On today’s board it stays until midnight UTC, when the day closes and a new one starts. If it was #1 at that moment, it is crowned champion of that day and shown as such from then on.

The only exception is content removed under our terms.

Can I edit or remove my card?

No. Your title, description and link are fixed once the order is created.

Check the preview carefully before paying. If you want to move higher later, you need to create a new spot.

Do I need an account?

No.

There is no email, password or wallet connection required. You receive a link to your order and can pay from any compatible wallet.

Only your card is public.

Paying

How can I pay?

We accept stablecoins, with 1 USDC or USDT counted as $1:

  • BaseUSDC~1 minute
  • PolygonUSDCorUSDT~1 minute
  • EthereumUSDCorUSDT~3 minutes

Your card goes live after the required network confirmations. Congestion may increase the wait.

Each order receives a unique payment amount, so send the exact amount shown. Paying directly from your wallet is recommended because exchanges may round withdrawals.

What if something goes wrong with my payment?

You have 30 minutes to pay after creating an order. If you pay later, the payment can still be credited because your exact amount remains reserved.

Your card joins the board of the day the payment is confirmed on, not the day the order was created. Pay across midnight UTC and it lands on the new day, where the ranking starts from scratch.

If you send the wrong amount or use an unsupported network, automatic matching may fail.

Blockchain transactions cannot be reversed, and payments are non-refundable, so always check the amount and network before sending.

The full rules — what we take down, what we do with data, and what this experiment is not — are in the terms.