Rules & questions
How the two-slot advertising auction works, what a slot costs, what happens when you are outbid, and how long a winning brand stays on the board afterwards.
What is BidSurvivor?
BidSurvivor is a live ad auction with a clock on it — you bid on ad space measured in time, not clicks. The board is two tiles, one for each half of the UTC day: 00:00-12:00 and 12:00-24:00. Whoever holds a tile owns the front of the page for those twelve hours — their logo, name, one-line description and a direct link to their own site. Then the slot ends and the tile belongs to somebody else.
How much does it cost to advertise on BidSurvivor?
The first brand into an empty slot pays nothing at all. To take a slot somebody already holds you must beat their bid, and the floor is $1.00 USD. Every visitor also starts with $100 of house credit — before signing up — and any bid inside it costs nothing out of pocket. No bid can exceed $5,000. There is no subscription, no minimum spend and no contract.
What happens if someone outbids me on BidSurvivor?
You lose the slot and the money. There is no refund, because you paid for the time you held and you held it. This is the rule people are most often surprised by, so it is stated on the front page of the site rather than in a terms document.
What happens if my bid fails to beat the standing bid?
You are charged nothing. The card is authorised before the race and the authorisation is released the moment the bid loses, so no charge is ever captured. Failing to outbid somebody and being outbid later are different events with different costs.
How long does a winning brand stay on BidSurvivor?
A slot is twelve hours, and whoever holds it when it ends keeps it permanently. Winning also places the brand on the Hall of Survivors, which is three rolling boards showing the biggest bids of the last 7 days, 30 days and a year. Each board lists up to a hundred brands by rank, and can be filtered by category. A brand that takes the lead on a live slot appears there the moment it bids, and stays while it holds.
Can I book an advertising slot in advance on BidSurvivor?
Yes. Slots can be bought up to seven days ahead, so a launch or an announcement can have its twelve hours reserved early. Anyone can still outbid that reservation right up until the slot begins.
Is there a promo code for BidSurvivor?
Yes. WELCOME10 adds $10 of bidding credit to a verified account, on top of the $100 every visitor already starts with, so a new account that redeems it has $110 to bid with. It can be used once per account and is entered under "Your bids" in the menu. Credit is only spent by a bid that actually wins a slot.
Does BidSurvivor publish its traffic numbers?
Yes. The visitor count, card opens, click-throughs, the open-to-click rate and this week's bids are live on the front page of bidsurvivor.space, refreshed every thirty seconds, and each brand's own counts are on its page. Card opens and actual visits to a brand's own site are counted separately, because only the second delivers anything to an advertiser.
What do I need to place a bid on BidSurvivor?
A URL. The brand name, logo and description are read from the site automatically, and an empty slot requires no card at all. There is no signup wall on the board itself.
Is there a ranking algorithm on BidSurvivor?
No. Position on the board is simply the slot that was bought. Nothing is boosted or throttled, and spending more money moves a brand into a different slot rather than a better position.
How is BidSurvivor different from Google Ads?
Google Ads sells clicks against search intent and, on 2026 all-industry averages, costs about $5.42 per click. BidSurvivor sells a fixed twelve-hour block of a single page, starting at nothing, and publishes what that block delivered. Google Ads is the better choice for a product with proven high-intent search demand; BidSurvivor is for finding out cheaply whether anything happens at all.
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