hill.bid
Own the hill. Until it melts.
$1
Outbid for $2 · #1 is dynapik.com
Last updated · Content reviewed
hill.bid is a king-of-the-hill pay-to-rank board that ranks product URLs and X handles by current power, then cuts every listing in half every 24 hours. Ralph Ngo launched it on 24 August 2026 at 8:40 AM; the board credits @hillbid. A completed payment adds its face value as power. Existing listings pay only the difference. Power never drops below $1. On 28 August 2026 the live board had 3 listings, $6 funded, and @ralphilius on top at $1.25 power, with $3 to take #1.
Our take
This is one of the few boards where yesterday's $5 crown can be a $1.25 rental today. The melt is the product: #1 is priced to come back into reach, and the claim button already rounds power plus $1 up to the next whole dollar. Traffic is still tiny (69 visitors and 53 listing clicks in the first four days), so you are buying a mechanic and a screenshot, not a crowd. If you want a rank you keep after you close the tab, skip it. If you want a board that cannot freeze at a five-figure stalemate, this is the cleaner idea.
Key metrics
- Cost per click
- $0.04/click
- Avg clicks
- 28
- Value score
- D (35/100)
- Monthly traffic
- 360/mo
- Total revenue
- $6
| Listings | 3 |
| Total clicks | 83 |
| Revenue per bid | $2 |
| Domain rating | 0/100 |
| Growth trend | → Stable |
| Board age | 8 days |
How we calculated this
3 listings from the hill.bid homepage payload. Rank is current power after the 50% / 24h melt, not last payment. $6 lifetime funded via /api/revenue. 96 visitors, 1 online via /api/stats. 3 power/click pairs. CPC = median(current power / clicks). Ahrefs DR: 0/100.
Bid history
Sep 1
dynapik.com
Aug 30
dynapik.com
Aug 28
@ralphilius
Only bids that changed are listed.
How does hill.bid work?
hill.bid ranks product URLs and X handles by current power, not by a lifetime bid. A completed payment adds its face value as power right away. Every 24 hours after your last payment, that power loses half. Power never falls below $1, so melted listings stay on the board waiting for a refill. New listings pay the target in full (the spot's current power plus $1, rounded up to a whole dollar). Existing listings pay only the difference. A refill of $1 or more adds on top of whatever remains and restarts your private 24-hour clock. Equal power keeps the older listing higher. Chat and invite links are blocked. Query strings are stripped. Outbound listing links use rel="sponsored noopener noreferrer". Categories on the board are AI, SaaS, e-commerce, crypto, gaming, tools, media, and other.
Bidding rules
- New power is whole US dollars, $1 minimum
- Every 24 hours after your last payment, power loses half
- Power never falls below $1
- Taking a spot costs its current power plus $1, rounded up to a whole dollar
- Existing listings pay only the difference; a $1+ refill restarts the melt clock
- Equal power keeps the older listing higher
- Chat and invite links are blocked; query strings are stripped
What does a listing include?
- Product URL or X @handle
- Category, current power, melt clock, and click count
- Public row with a rel=sponsored outbound link
Is hill.bid worth it?
Pros
- +Power halves every 24 hours, so #1 cannot freeze
- +$1 floor; melted listings stay on the board
- +Existing listings pay only the difference
- +Public /api/stats and /api/revenue
- +Per-listing click counts and melt clocks
- +rel=sponsored outbound links
- +Eight category filters
- +No accounts
Cons
- −Four days old and three listings at review
- −69 visitors since launch
- −Payment processor is not named on the site
- −No public listings JSON route
- −Power-based CPC changes every melt
- −Cloudflare robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and Google-Extended
Who should advertise on hill.bid?
- Founders who will refill power instead of sitting on a lifetime bid
- Products that want a cheap, climbable #1 during a launch week
- Anyone comparing decay boards to frozen rank-by-bid clones
How it compares
| Board | CPC | To outbid | Traffic | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hill.bid | $0.04/click | $2 | 360/mo | D (35) |
| Outofbudget | $0.06/click | $2 | — | C (54) |
| Outbidception | $0.07/click | $6.03 | — | C (55) |
| Bidtree | $0.07/click | $100 | 20.6K/mo | D (36) |
| Appmog | $0.10/click | $36 | 6.3K/mo | D (36) |
Frequently asked questions
- What is hill.bid?
- hill.bid is a public king-of-the-hill leaderboard at hill.bid. You list a product URL or an X handle, pay for power in whole US dollars ($1 minimum), and the highest current power holds #1. Every 24 hours after your last payment, that power loses half.
- How does the melt work on hill.bid?
- Every 24 hours after your last payment, your listing loses half its power. Pay again and the new amount is added on top of whatever remains, and your private 24-hour clock restarts. Power never falls below $1, so melted rows stay on the board. The live board prints a melt clock and a will-be-after-melt dollar line on every row (hill.bid rules, 2026).
- How much does it cost to take #1 on hill.bid?
- Taking #1 costs the current top power plus $1, rounded up to the next whole dollar. On 28 August 2026 the king sat at $1.25 power, and the claim button asked $3. Existing listings pay only the difference over their current power.
- Who built hill.bid?
- The about page says the board was built by @hillbid. This directory's verified claim is tied to Ralph Ngo (@ralphilius), maker of Sheetson. The site launched on 24 August 2026 at 8:40 AM and reports cookieless analytics via datafa.st (hill.bid/about, 2026).
- What can I list on hill.bid?
- A product website or an X @handle. Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Messenger, Signal, and similar chat invites are blocked. Query parameters are stripped, so affiliate and tracking URLs will not survive. App Store, Play Store, and GitHub links are keyed by path so two apps do not share a row.
- Does hill.bid report real traffic?
- Yes, in small numbers. /api/stats reported 69 visitors, 1 person online, 3 listings, and $6 funded on 28 August 2026. The three live rows showed 17, 17, and 19 clicks. Treat those as board-reported figures, not a monthly forecast.
- Is a hill.bid listing a dofollow link?
- No. Listing links on the live board use rel="sponsored noopener noreferrer". Clicks go through /api/go/{id}. That is a sponsored attention link, not an SEO backlink.