One leaderboard, ranked by what you pay

How ranking works

• Your rank is your total bid, highest first. When two listings have paid the same, the one that listed earlier stays ahead.
• To take someone's rank, pay at least $1 more than they have. Bids start at $1.
• Bids accumulate rather than replace. Top up whenever you like and everything you have already paid still counts toward your total.
• Each listing picks one country. The same bid ranks it on the global board and on that country's board — you never pay twice for the two.
• A listing stays hidden until its first payment settles, so the board only ever shows listings that have actually paid.

Why paid ranking

Most directories rank by upvotes, recency, or an opaque score, all of which can be gamed by whoever has the biggest audience on the day. Paying is also a form of gaming — the difference is that here it is the whole rule, stated up front, and visible to everyone. You can see exactly what every position cost and exactly what it would cost to take it.

So treat the board as what it is: a ranked list of who was willing to pay the most for attention. That is genuinely useful information, but it is not a quality ranking.

What a bid buys

Placement, and nothing else. Your listing appears at its rank with your name, one-line description, country, and a link that we count clicks on. We do not promise traffic, signups, revenue, coverage, or that your rank will last — anyone can pay more than you at any moment, and being outbid is the expected outcome rather than a fault.

A high rank is not a review, an endorsement, or a safety check. We do not vet the products listed here.

Payments are final

Because your rank is published the instant a payment settles, the service is delivered immediately and there is nothing to return. All payments are final and non-refundable — please read the no-refund policy before you bid. The one thing we always fix is our own error, such as a duplicate charge or a payment that never published the rank you paid for.

Payments are handled by Dodo Payments as merchant of record, which means they process the card, break tax out of your tax-inclusive bid, and issue the invoice. We never see your card details.

Privacy, briefly

Your listing details are public by design. Your email is stored so we can reach you about your listing, and we send no automated email at all — after paying you are shown a private link to edit your listing, and that page is the only place you get it. The full detail is in our Privacy Policy.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections, or takedown requests go to contact@startupboost.io. If something about a bid is unclear, ask before you pay — we would much rather answer up front.