outbidcity.lol · rules & pricing

Rules & pricing

Everything in Outbid City follows the same principle: one owner per surface, and anyone can take that surface by paying more than the person holding it. Below is exactly how the numbers work.

The free tier

• Half of all spots are free-tier. Roughly 50% of banners, buildings and graveyard plots can be claimed for $0 on their first claim. Free-tier spots are marked with a golden glow and a FREE badge in the city.
• One free claim per domain. Each domain gets exactly one free claim, ever. Once you have used it, every further spot you want is a normal paid claim — including other free-tier spots.
• Free claims skip checkout. No card, no Stripe redirect. The spot is yours immediately.

Outbidding always costs money

This is the rule people miss: the free tier applies only to the first claim of an empty spot. Taking a spot from an existing owner is always a paid transaction, even if that owner originally got it for free.

Surface	First claim	Taking it from an owner
Banner / billboard / facade	$0 if free-tier, else from $1	From $1 above the standing bid
Office tower	$0 if free-tier, else size-based price	Its real size-based floor price
Graveyard plot	$0 if free-tier, else from $1	From $1 above the standing bid

The tower row is the important exception. If a tower was claimed for free, its standing bid is $0 — but you still cannot take it for $1. Towers must always be taken at their real size-based floor price, so a free claim never turns a skyscraper into a $1 asset.

How prices are set

Banners, billboards, facades and vehicles

Each surface has a floor price set by its tier and location. A banner on a busy main street costs more than one on a side alley, because more of the city's foot traffic passes it. Every holding page shows its live walk-by and visit counts, so you can judge a placement on real numbers before bidding.

Office towers

Towers are priced from their actual geometry — footprint area plus height. A tall tower on a large footprint costs meaningfully more than a small shopfront, because its rooftop logo is visible from much further across the skyline. Buying a tower gets you both its facade and its rooftop.

What you are buying

• Your logo and a clickable link on that surface, rendered live in the 3D city.
• A public page for the holding with your brand, tagline and its traffic stats.
• A row on the leaderboard while you hold it.

You are buying visibility on a surface. You are not buying land, property, an asset, or any ownership of the site. There are no subscriptions, no revenue share, and no payouts.

Payment and refunds

• Paid claims are processed by Stripe. Prices are whole US dollars.
• A claim takes effect when payment completes.
• Being outbid later is the expected behaviour of the game, not a fault, and is not refundable. You can always outbid back.

Content rules

• Link to a real, working site. No malware, no deceptive redirects.
• No illegal content, hate, harassment, or sexual content involving minors.
• Submissions are moderated. A rejected claim is removed and the surface reopened.