Rules

This is a public leaderboard where your rank equals your total donation, nothing else. No ads, no algorithms, no favors. You give more, you rank higher. All proceeds are donated.

How ranking works

• Bids are whole US dollars. $5 minimum for a new spot, and amounts move $1 at a time. A bid already on the board keeps its total until you top it up or someone ranks past you.
• You don't have to chase #1 — any bid lands you at whatever rank that amount earns. When two listings are tied, the earlier bid holds the higher spot.
• To climb, submit the same URL or @handle again with a new donation of at least $1. Your totals stack, and each top-up is a fresh donation — nobody can steal your rank by matching your number.
• Links to the same app on different stores (App Store, Play Store, GitHub, etc.) count as separate listings. Tracking parameters are ignored when matching.

Where the money goes

• All proceeds are donated, minus unavoidable card fees. When you bid, you pick a cause: ending malaria, fighting extreme poverty, saving children's sight, vaccinating every child, clean water, protecting the climate, feeding the hungry, educating every child, protecting animals, or wherever it helps most.
• If you top up an existing listing, the new donation goes to whichever cause you select at that moment. You can switch causes on every bid.
• Each cause is funded through established, independently vetted organizations. Grant receipts will be published on the transparency page.
• Donations are final. There are no refunds; the money is committed the moment your payment completes. Being outbid is not a refundable event. It is the business model.

Organizations we plan to fund

Each cause on the board maps to organizations with strong independent evidence of impact per dollar, drawn from GiveWell's recommendations and similar evaluators:

outbid.gives is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these organizations. Names are listed to show where donations will be directed.

What you can list

• A product website or an X @handle.
• No group-chat invite links (Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, and the like). Products and profiles only.
• No adult content or NSFW platforms. This board funds children's health programs; keep it something a charity would be proud to be next to.
• No affiliate, referral, or link-shortener URLs. Query strings get stripped, and shortened links are replaced with their final destination.
• Keep messages classy. We moderate anything hateful, misleading, or gross off the board — without refunds, see above.

After you donate

• Your listing goes public immediately, and clicks go straight to the URL or profile you submitted.
• Only a completed payment claims a rank — the leaderboard updates when the donation settles, not when you press the button.
• You'll get a donation receipt by email. In many countries that makes your bid tax-deductible, which means outbidding your rival is also tax planning.

Questions

Wrong cause on your listing, a description that needs fixing, or anything else about the board: DM @AntreevB on X.