Rules

How ranking works

The board is sorted by bid, highest first. Pay more than whoever's in the spot you want and it's yours. Any rank, not just #1. Nobody gets removed. Everyone just shifts down.

$5 gets you a spot at the bottom. To take someone else's rank, beat their bid by at least $1. Once you're in, you stay there until someone outbids you. No expiry, no renewal.

Anyone can outbid you at any time. If this rank matters to your business, it's worth protecting.

Paying & going live

Payment runs through Stripe. Whatever you type in is exactly what your card gets charged, no extra fees tacked on. Your listing goes live the moment the payment clears, usually a few seconds.

Cards only for now: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and Apple Pay or Google Pay if your browser supports it.

Launches

Launches is the free daily board, separate from the paid leaderboard above. Ten free spots open up every day and reset at midnight ET. No bid, no payment, just first come first served. It's not permanent: tomorrow it resets and you'd need to submit again. Want a spot that sticks around? That's what the paid leaderboard is for.

Refunds

None. If someone outbids you five minutes after you pay, that's the game. Decide your bid accordingly.

Not allowed

Affiliate links, URL shorteners, DM links (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord), adult content, and unverified financial or gambling offers. Your submitted URL gets cleaned up automatically before it goes live, and listings that don't belong get taken down.

About

MapleBid is a directory for anything Canadian operated: startups, indie makers, banks, agencies, grocery chains, whatever you've got. Every other leaderboard buries Canadian businesses under global noise. Here, you're not competing with the world, just with other Canadians.