Rules
Shove is a public pay-to-rank leaderboard. Rank is the bid. Nothing else moves you. The rest of this page is the math and the bans.
How rank works
The board is sorted by bid, highest first. Clicks and cost per click are public so you can see what the money bought. They do not change the order.
What a listing costs
Bids are whole US dollars. Minimum is $1. Maximum is $999,999. A new listing pays the bid in full.
Top-ups
If the same URL or @handle is already on the board, the new bid must be at least one dollar higher than the current bid. You pay only the difference.
Taking first place
To take #1 you have to bid at least five dollars above the current #1, unless that listing is crown-locked. During a lock you can still bid; you just cannot become #1.
Equal bids
If two listings bid the same amount, the older listing keeps the higher rank.
Crown lock
Pay five times the current #1, or $25, whichever is larger. That holds #1 for three hours. Other bids still land at the rank the amount can take under the lock.
What you cannot list
Chat and invite links are banned: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Messenger, Signal, and their short hosts (t.me, chat.whatsapp, discord.gg). Link shorteners are banned (bit.ly, t.co, tinyurl, ow.ly, is.gd, cutt.ly, rb.gy, lnkd.in). Sexual and NSFW hosts are banned. Query strings are stripped. App Store, Play, and GitHub listings are keyed by path.
Questions
- What is Shove?
- Shove is a public pay-to-rank leaderboard. You paste a URL or @handle, pay a bid in whole US dollars, and sit at the rank that bid can take. Highest bid is number one. You pay more, you shove them off #1.
- How does rank work?
- The board is sorted by bid, highest first. Clicks and cost per click are public so you can see what the money bought. They do not change the order.
- What is the minimum bid?
- Bids are whole US dollars. The minimum is $1. The maximum is $999,999. A new listing pays the bid in full.
- What is a crown lock?
- Pay five times the current number one, or $25, whichever is larger. That holds number one for three hours. Other bids still land at the rank the amount can take under the lock.
- Do clicks change rank?
- No. Clicks and cost per click are listed on every row. Rank is only the bid.
- How do I list something?
- Paste a URL or @handle on the board, pick a category, set a bid of at least $1, and pay. You land at the rank that bid can take.
- How do payments work?
- Checkout is Dodo Payments. A new listing pays the bid in full. A top-up on the same URL or @handle pays only the difference. Rank updates when the payment is confirmed.
- How do I manage a listing after I pay?
- After payment you get a manage link with a claim token. Keep that URL. It is how you top up or crown-lock. Lose it and you cannot manage the listing.