slotsbid takes no percentage of a sale. The sponsor pays the creator directly — bank transfer, PayPal, a payment link, whatever the creator already uses — and that money never passes through slotsbid at all. What slotsbid charges for is the software that ran the auction.
We changed this deliberately. Routing a creator's money through a platform they have known for a week asks them to trust a stranger with their income, and a percentage of a sale we report on ourselves is a number we have an interest in. Neither is a good foundation, so we removed both.
Every plan, line by line
| Free | Pro | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per month | $0 | $29 | $99 |
| Per year | $0 | $290 | $990 |
| Cut of your sales | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sold slots included | First 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Auctions, sealed offers, roll-down | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Embed on your own site | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing and payment tracking | — | Yes | Yes |
| Category price benchmarks | — | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domain | — | Yes | Yes |
| slotsbid badge on your page | Shown | Removed | Removed |
| Creator profiles | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| API access | — | — | Yes |
A year costs ten months, so two are free. Every plan takes 0% of what you sell, including the free one.
A worked example
Winning bid $640 slotsbid fee $0 --------------------------------- Paid to the creator $640
The sponsor pays the creator $640 directly. slotsbid issues the invoice and records the sale; it does not touch the payment.
What the free plan is
Your first 2 open slots, with the whole product working — auctions, sealed offers, the approval gate, automatic roll-down to the runner-up, and the embed. It is not a crippled tier and it is not time-limited. It exists so you can find out whether slotsbid sells your slot before you pay us anything.
A slot counts the moment its ladder opens. Publishing a slot and collecting sealed offers are free on every plan.
What a sponsor pays
Their bid, and nothing on top of it — paid directly to the creator. Sponsors never pay slotsbid anything, and bidding is free:
- Lose the auction — you are charged nothing. There is no deposit and no bidding fee.
- Win the auction — the creator invoices you for the amount you bid, and nothing beyond it.
- The slot goes unsold — nobody is charged and the slot can be relisted.
Getting paid
Directly, on your own terms. At close, slotsbid issues an invoice from you to the sponsor carrying your payment details, and emails it to them. They pay you. You mark it paid on your desk, which settles the auction and records the sale.
There is no payout queue, no holding period, and nothing to chase slotsbid for — we never have your money in the first place.
Tax
The sale is between the creator and the sponsor, so the invoice and any sales tax or VAT on it are the creator's, not slotsbid's. slotsbid is merchant of record only for its own subscription, which is billed through Polar.