Rules

DealsRank is a paid public deal leaderboard where startup websites pay to rank higher. Your payment determines your placement. There are no subscriptions and no revenue share. You pay to stand above everyone else. Rank is the bid — nothing else.

How ranking works

  • New listings are whole US dollars, $1 minimum, $999,999 maximum.
  • Taking #1 costs at least $1 more than the current top bid. Paying less still puts you on the board at whatever rank that bid can take.
  • Every completed bid buys a live listing. Its bid amount determines its current position.
  • Equal bids stay in the order they were placed — the older bid keeps the higher rank.
  • A checkout does not reserve a rank. The board can move before payment is confirmed.
  • Already on the list? Enter the same URL again and raise your bid. The new amount must be at least $1 above your current bid; checkout only charges the difference. Someone else cannot take your rank by paying that difference.
  • App stores, GitHub, social profiles, and similar are not allowed. Tracking query strings are stripped from listing links.

What you can list

  • A startup website and the deal you are promoting. You must own or be authorized to run it, and the listing must be a direct link to the website. Subpages and subdomains are not allowed.
  • If you are not authorized to promote the deal, the listing may be removed without a refund.
  • Chat and invite links are not allowed — Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Messenger, Signal, and similar. Affiliate links, group-chat links, and invite links are not allowed.
  • Links to sexual, gambling, illegal, adult, or adult-platform content are not allowed. If it is porn, NSFW, an adult platform, or illegal under United States law, it does not belong on the board.
  • Query parameters are stripped from listing links. Affiliate, referral, and tracking URLs will not work.
  • Link shortener URLs are not allowed.

Deals must be active

Only active, usable deals may appear on the board. If a deal sells out, expires, or otherwise becomes unusable, the listing may be hidden. The owner can reactivate it once the deal is active again. No refund will be issued because a deal is hidden or removed for being inactive, sold out, expired, or otherwise unusable.

After you pay

  • Your listing is public. Clicks go to the URL and deal you submitted, without query parameters.
  • A completed payment is what claims the rank. Listings normally appear or move within a minute.
  • Submitting an existing domain and path updates its bid total instead of creating a duplicate listing.

Payments and refunds

  • Payments are processed securely by Stripe. We do not receive or store your payment-card details.
  • Bid payments are non-refundable. A position change is not a refund reason; your listing remains live on the board at its new rank.
  • Listings that break these rules may be removed without a refund.
  • If something looks wrong with a payment, contact contact@dealsrank.lol or @TheTinyMaker on X before opening a dispute or chargeback.

Agreement

Paying means you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, including the requirement that listed projects show valid company details.