INTERNAL MEMO — RE: WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE IS WORTH
Flat rates leave money on the desk.
slotsbid runs your sponsor slot like an auction house runs a lot. The brands already in your inbox bid against each other — past your standard ask — you stamp every ad APPROVED before money moves, and you collect every cent your audience is worth.
YouTube video, podcast episode, newsletter issue, stream — if a sponsor would pay to be there, you can auction it. Free to set up, no subscription, and we only earn when your slot sells.
Old filing: flat rate — $500
why 500? nobody remembers.
- DevTool Co.$500
- LaunchKit$520
- Acme Cloud$585
- DevTool Co.$640
SOLD
specimen entries — clearly marked in every demo
Standard operating procedure
Three forms between your guess and your price.
FORM 01
We open your file
A hosted auction page with your name on the folder — or one script tag on your own site. Whatever you make, whatever you publish on: nothing to install, nothing about your setup changes.
FORM 02
Sponsors bid on the record
Forward your sponsor emails to the page. Every bidder files a card deposit before bidding and attaches their ad up front — in the open, or as a sealed offer.
FORM 03
You stamp it, we settle
The gavel falls, the winner you already approved pays at the counter, and the slot runs. You keep 90%. The tax paperwork stays on our desk.
Filed under: appearances
Your page never shows “0 bids.”
An empty auction would look worse than your rate card — so that state doesn’t exist here. Quiet weeks sit in sealed-offer mode: the page reads “accepting offers · 3 received,” amounts stay in the envelope, and the public ledger only opens once there’s real competition worth showing. Slow weeks look exclusive, never empty.
Terms of business
We take 10%. Only when it sells.
There is no subscription, no listing fee, and no charge for a slot that doesn’t sell. When one does, slotsbid keeps 10% of the winning bid and you keep 90%. That 10% covers card processing, the merchant-of-record checkout, and the sales-tax and VAT paperwork — none of which lands on you.
Specimen settlement — lot no. 001
- Winning bid
- $640
- slotsbid fee (10%)
- −$64
- Paid to you
- $576
The fee is rounded down to the whole dollar, always in your favour.
The full terms, in detail — including what the fee covers and how payouts work.
IF IT SELLS
10% of the winning bid
Taken once, at settlement. The sponsor pays the full amount at checkout; your 90% is paid out after the slot runs.
IF IT DOESN’T
Nothing
An unsold slot costs you nothing. Bidders’ deposits are refunded in full and the slot can be relisted.
EITHER WAY
No subscription
No monthly fee, no listing fee, no charge to set up your page. We are paid out of a sale or not at all.
Posted by management
Office policy. No exceptions.
Notice to all parties
- No fake bids, ever. Demo ledgers mark every specimen entry. Live ledgers carry only verified, deposit-backed bids.
- Bidders sign the register first. A small refundable deposit before the first bid. No burner names, no deadbeat winners.
- Nothing runs without your stamp. Sponsors file their creative with their first bid; you approve it before any money moves.
- The sealed envelope is always open. Sponsors who won’t bid in public can always make a private offer.
The arithmetic
A flat price can’t find your ceiling. A bidding war can.
Niche audiences clear $60–150 CPM in 2026. At rate-card prices, a 10,000-strong audience goes for $200–600 a placement — a number most creators copied from someone else’s file. When two sponsors want the same video, episode or issue, the gap between your guess and your ceiling is money that never reaches your ledger.
Telegram — reply paid
OPEN YOUR SLOT STOP NAME IT AND SET THE OPENING BID STOP SEND THE LINK TO THE SPONSORS ALREADY IN YOUR INBOX STOP WE TAKE TEN PERCENT ONLY IF IT SELLS STOP
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