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The internet keeps inventing new ways to make money out of thin air.
Ad space on a toilet, a leaderboard where the price is your rank, one million pixels at a dollar each: every one of them raises the same question.
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Does it really make money? The boards below answer that, and they keep the answer after a project stops. Live tracking starts with the pay-to-rank wave of August 2026, the older cases are on the History page.
Imagine an airport: Every project here is a flight. Some are already taking off, some are still boarding, some never left the ground.
Which ideas fly, and which never leave the ground?
The pay-to-rank wave of 2026 has passed its peak, and somewhere the next idea is already being built. Weird Revenue is here to catch it, and the one after that, each with the number and the proof beside it. Come back whenever you wonder whether something new actually makes money.
Startups stake countries on a spinning globe. Product Hunt top five, $965.
Why it works: Product Hunt top five and a creator with 30 followers added up to $965.
CreatorArthur Bodachevskiy @byartorius · 274 followersLaunched24 Aug 2026 · 53 days so farRevenue$3,733 USDVerified · as of 16 Oct 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 999 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 3 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $1,076 all-time, verified through the Whop API · $1,076 · source
Sixty-two ad spots on a Mercedes-AMG, for a year of driving through four Nordic capitals.
Why it works: The scarcity is physical and visible: a car has a fixed number of panels, and the site shows which ones are already taken.
CreatorDan @d4m1n · 32,349 followersLaunched28 Aug 2026 · 49 days so farRevenue$3,170 USDPublic counter · as of 16 Oct 2026Post views219k public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 1168 daily snapshots
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16OCT
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First 24 h n/a · attention peaked on day 7 · 16 % of revenue came after the peak · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 2 shown
03SEP
Post by the creator
Launch post on X, over 200,000 views according to the site · source
The auction for iOS and macOS apps. Top bid $172, then nothing moved.
Why it works: Sold in the first two days, then stopped.
CreatorJulien V @julesvcode · 2,939 followersLaunched20 Aug 2026 · 57 days so farRevenue$2,952 USDClaimed · as of 27 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 997 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 2 shown
27AUG
Article by a third party
outbidstory.lol: $2,952, more than 16,700 visitors · $2,952 · source
Pay from $39, rank by what you paid, and get a real backlink from a domain rating of 71.
Why it works: The only board whose top spot holds around $200 instead of $25, because the backlink has a measurable SEO value.
CreatorJaisal Ratheej @ratheejaisal · 9,464 followersLaunched24 Aug 2026 · 53 days so farRevenue$2,951 USDClaimed · as of 28 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 998 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h $1,804 · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 3 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $174,860 all-time for the whole directory since 2008, $4,199 in the last 30 days, Stripe-verified · $174,860 · source
17PREMIERDELACLASSERANK€2.7K24AUG260.0%STALLEDProject: Premier de la Classe, Category: Rank, Revenue: €2.7k, Launched: 24 Aug 26, 24h: 0.0%, Status: Stalled
Premier de la ClasseA rank on a list · Stalled · 53 days live
The paid ranking of French startups. Your rank is what you paid, from 30 cents.
Why it works: Same product, same week, same rule: the French page made 2,687 € and the English twin $21.60. The scene is the product.
CreatorJulien Jimenez @julienjimenez42Launched24 Aug 2026 · 53 days so farRevenue€2,687 EURPublic counter · as of 28 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 999 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 3 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $2,721 since the domain exists ($2,728 all-time), Stripe-verified · $2,721 · source
Buy a plot in a 3D city and an AI draws your building. Downtown costs $999.
Why it works: A city instead of a list, and a $1,000,000 tier as the joke.
CreatorDaniel Kempe @danielkempe · 13,494 followersLaunched23 Aug 2026 · 54 days so farRevenue$2,257 USDVerified · as of 16 Oct 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 998 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
The same auction for iOS apps. 34,000 views, $2,000.
Why it works: Second-weakest visitor-to-revenue ratio after xme.lol.
CreatorSatya @heysatya_ · 66,856 followersLaunched21 Aug 2026 · 56 days so farRevenue$2,000 USDClaimed · as of 27 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 997 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 1 shown
27AUG
Article by a third party
outbidstory.lol: $2,000, more than 33,000 visitors · $2,000 · source
Rank bids for vibe-coded apps from $1. "Every app below paid real money for its rank."
Why it works: A niche (vibe-coded apps) on the same mechanic.
CreatorBrooks Halladay @brookshalladay · 10,513 followersLaunched21 Aug 2026 · 56 days so farRevenue$1,889 USDClaimed · as of 27 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 997 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 1 shown
27AUG
Article by a third party
outbidstory.lol: $1,889, more than 7,800 visitors · $1,889 · source
Players control your character. At number one, your brand becomes the hero of a playable RPG.
Why it works: The rank is a game character, and the revenue came over six months, not one weekend.
CreatorRPGJS @rpgjs_dev · 37 followersLaunched14 Oct 2025 · 367 days so farRevenue$1,861 USDVerified · as of 16 Oct 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue up 17.2 % in the last 7 days.
Performance · 997 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days +17.2 %
Evidence · 1 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $1,070 all-time, $1,040 in the last six months, $119 in the last 30 days, Stripe-verified · $1,070 · source
Bigger bid, better position. Plus a $150-a-month sponsor slot that three companies actually bought.
Why it works: The only board in the wave that sells a subscription next to the bids, and the subscription is what makes it recurring.
CreatorNick @nick_333ch · 1,297 followersLaunched21 Aug 2026 · 56 days so farRevenue$1,855 USDPublic counter · as of 15 Sep 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 1010 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 2 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $2,498 earned in August 2026, the month the site exists; $250 MRR from 3 subscriptions · $2,498 · source
A bid leaderboard for the e-commerce scene, in euros, plus a 19 € banner per week.
Why it works: A vertical (e-commerce) on the mechanic, with a clean payment history from day one.
CreatorThomas N @thomas_nrr · 855 followersLaunched24 Aug 2026 · 53 days so farRevenue$1,446 USDVerified · as of 16 Oct 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 997 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 1 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $1,005 all-time, all of it in the first week, Stripe-verified · $1,005 · source
A bid board that ranks the other bid boards. Last payment: 26 August.
Why it works: The feed with timestamps is the clearest signal in the whole wave: payments stopped on 26 August.
CreatorDamon Chen @damonchen · 99,159 followersLaunched21 Aug 2026 · 56 days so farRevenue$1,233 USDPublic counter · as of 27 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusRevenue moved only 0.0 % in 14 days.
Performance · 997 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
Fifteen muscles auctioned as tattoo space for one HYROX race. $112,000 in three days.
Why it works: The surface is a person with an audience of 395,000, and the price ladder doubles instead of creeping: a takeover costs twice what the last buyer paid, so every outbid is a headline.
CreatorMarc Lou @marclou · 395,358 followersLaunched8 Sep 2026 → 11 Sep 2026 · 3 days activeRevenue$112,000 USDPublic counter · as of 14 Sep 2026Post views4.2M public views of tracked posts, 30 daysEndedSold out · All fifteen zones sold when bidding closed on 11 September 2026; the race itself is on 19 September.
Performance · 2 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 14SEP.
First 24 h n/a · attention peaked on day 0 · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 3 shown
14SEP
Counter on the project website
Final price of every zone in the page payload: fifteen zones, paid amounts add up to $112,000 · $112,000 · source
The naming rights of a privately owned alley in San Francisco, auctioned once.
Why it works: Exactly one thing to sell, a hard deadline, and two tech companies bidding against each other in public.
CreatorRiley Walz (with Theo Bleier and Patrick Hultquist) @rtwlzLaunched2 Apr 2026 → 7 Apr 2026 · 5 days activeRevenue$140,000 USDVerified · as of 7 Apr 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysEndedSold out · The auction closed as planned. The name will never be auctioned again, so there is nothing left to sell.
Performance · 1 daily snapshots
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First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
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07APR
Article by a third party
SF Standard: Notion wins with $140,000; Automattic bid $135,000 · $140,000 · source
Twenty-six logo slots on a wedding tuxedo. The sponsors paid for the suit.
Why it works: The existing audience did the selling; the wedding was the content. The suit was paid for and deductible.
CreatorDagobert Renouf @dagorenouf · 116,000 followersLaunched24 Jul 2025 → 25 Oct 2025 · 93 days activeRevenue$12,000 USDClaimed · as of 5 Nov 2025Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysEndedSold out · All 26 slots sold and the suit was worn at the wedding on 25 October 2025. The end was the plan.
Performance · 1 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 05NOV.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 1 shown
05NOV
Article by a third party
South China Morning Post: about $12,000 gross, 2,300 € net · $12,000 · source
4SHAFEEK’SBALDHEADTHINGSPACE$57508FEB2589DAYSSOLDOUTProject: Shafeek’s bald head, Category: Thing space, Final: $575, Launched: 08 Feb 25, Lifetime: 89 days, Ended: Sold out
Shafeek Hashim’s bald headSpace on a thing · Landed · Sold out · 89 days active
A vlogger in Kerala rented his bald head to a hair clinic for three months: 50,000 rupees.
Why it works: The head was the hook; the 28,000 subscribers were the product.
CreatorShafeek Hashim @70mmvlogs · 28,000 followersLaunched8 Feb 2025 → 8 May 2025 · 89 days activeRevenue$575 USDClaimed · as of 20 Jul 2025Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysEndedSold out · The three-month contract ran its course. No second client is documented. End date is the contract length counted from the first report.
Performance · 2 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 20JUL.
A copy of outbid.lol that reached $24 and went offline within a week.
Why it works: Same mechanic, no audience, gone within a week.
Creatorn/aLaunched21 Aug 2026 → 27 Aug 2026 · 6 days activeRevenue$24 USDClaimed · as of 3 Sep 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysCauseNever found buyers · Found offline on 27 August 2026 (a DNS failure).
Performance · 2 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 03SEP.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 2 shown
28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $134 all-time, $19 in the last 30 days, $16.50 MRR from 2 subscriptions, Stripe-verified · $134 · source
A copy of outbid.lol that reached $21 and went offline within a week.
Why it works: Same mechanic, no audience, gone within a week.
Creatorn/aLaunched21 Aug 2026 → 27 Aug 2026 · 6 days activeRevenue$21 USDClaimed · as of 3 Sep 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysCauseNever found buyers · Found offline on 27 August 2026 (a DNS failure).
Performance · 2 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 03SEP.
First 24 h n/a · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 1 shown
23AUG
Article by a third party
outoutbid.lol directory: last published figure · $21 · source
A leaderboard where you bid in trees. One tree is $5, and your total never goes down.
Why it works: Charity as the currency, a year before the outbid wave, and one of the few boards with recurring revenue.
CreatorBenjamin @bfzli · 1,060 followersLaunched1 Sep 2025 → 15 Sep 2026 · 379 days activeRevenue$9,956 USDVerified · as of 28 Aug 2026Post views0 public views of tracked posts, 30 daysCauseCreator quit · The domain redirects to the creator’s personal blog; the leaderboard is no longer online. Subscriptions on the Stripe account were still renewing when we checked.
Performance · 2 daily snapshots
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28AUG
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28AUG
Public transaction record
TrustMRR: $9,956 all-time, $1,022 in the last 30 days, $603 MRR, Stripe-verified · $9,956 · source
