How ranking works
- Each board keeps every verified listing visible through pagination. The top 100 determine paid-placement eligibility.
- You can list free by publishing the prepared LastSpot post on X and verifying its public URL.
- Free listings are ordered newest first. New paid or free activity can move older free listings to later pages.
- Only the top three receive featured styling. Styling does not change the ranking calculation.
- Payments use whole US dollars. The first paid position on an empty board starts at $1; taking #1 costs enough to exceed the current #1 by the next whole dollar.
- A new payment or a listing’s combined value after a top-up must be strictly higher than position #100 when payment completes.
- A listing’s live value compounds down continuously by 5% every 24 hours and keeps approaching zero.
- Top-ups add to the value remaining at payment time. For example, a $1 top-up changes a $1.90 live value to $2.90, and decay continues from $2.90.
- Ranking compares exact live values before display rounding. Exact ties favor the older successful payment.
- To move to #1 immediately, the combined value after payment must be strictly above #1.
Checkout changes
Free listings require verification through one public X post. Paid listings can go directly to Stripe Checkout and publish after Stripe confirms payment. A board can change while checkout is open; if the payment no longer qualifies for the same board when it completes, LastSpot automatically initiates a full refund.
Products, apps, and links
- Submit a public product website, Apple App Store page, or Google Play page reachable over HTTP or HTTPS.
- Tracking query strings and fragments are removed; identifiers required for store links are preserved. LastSpot may add its own attribution parameter on outbound clicks.
- The same canonical URL has one listing. Any later payment tops up its current live value instead of replacing it.
- Listings previously shown on Outbid & friends were merged into this board on August 22, 2026. Their former paid totals entered as live value at migration time and follow the same decay rule as every other listing.
- Illegal, deceptive, phishing, malware, explicit sexual, or abusive content is prohibited.
Monthly sponsor links
- Up to ten monthly links share four visible tiles beside the board and are separate from the 100 ranked positions.
- The launch rate starts at $50 per month and rises by $50 with each new launch buyer until it reaches $500 per month.
- A sponsor keeps the rate accepted at checkout while that subscription remains continuously active. Canceling and later returning uses the rate available at the new checkout.
- Monthly links do not add leaderboard ranking value. Four links display at once and rotate at a regular interval among the active subscriptions. Their order is not sold as a rank, and no exact share of impressions is guaranteed.
- LastSpot extracts the public name, description, and favicon from the submitted link. Creative uploads are not accepted.
- Stripe bills subscriptions monthly until canceled. A tile stops displaying when its subscription is no longer eligible under the Terms.
Moderation
We may remove listings that violate these rules or create a safety risk. Policy-violating listings are not guaranteed a refund. Refunds, partial refunds, reversals, and disputes remove their corresponding ranking contribution.
What payment does not include
Payment purchases online advertising placement under these rules. It does not guarantee impressions, traffic, clicks, leads, engagement, conversions, sales, revenue, return on spend, rank duration, or permanent placement. Monthly sponsor charges guarantee only an eligible link tile for the applicable paid subscription period. No ownership interest, cash, or financial return is offered.