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title: "Pricing — 10% of the winning bid, only when it sells"
description: "slotsbid charges 10% of the winning bid, taken once at settlement. No subscription, no listing fee, and nothing at all for a slot that does not sell."
canonical: "https://slotsbid.com/pricing"
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# We take 10%. Only when it sells.

There is exactly one charge on slotsbid. It is a percentage of a sale that already happened, and it is deducted at settlement rather than invoiced.

## The whole price list

| When | What slotsbid charges |
| --- | --- |
| Creating an account | $0 |
| Listing a slot | $0 |
| A slot that does not sell | $0 |
| A slot that sells | 10% of the winning bid |
| Monthly / subscription | $0 |

## A worked example

    Winning bid                 $640
    slotsbid fee (10%)          −$64
    ---------------------------------
    Paid to the creator         $576

The creator keeps 90%. The fee is rounded **down** to the whole dollar, always in the creator's favour, and the two halves always re-add to the gross.

## What the 10% covers

- Card processing on the sponsor's payment.
- **Merchant-of-record checkout**, so the sale is on slotsbid's paperwork, not the creator's.
- Sales-tax and VAT collection and remittance.
- Deposit handling and refunds for every losing bidder.

## What a sponsor pays

Sponsors pay their bid, and nothing on top of it. The 10% comes out of the creator's side. Before bidding, each sponsor puts a refundable $25 deposit on file for that auction:

- **Lose the auction** — the deposit is refunded in full.
- **Win the auction** — the deposit is credited against the winning bid.
- **The slot goes unsold** — every deposit is refunded and the slot can be relisted.

## Payouts

The creator's 90% is paid out after the slot runs. The fee rate is frozen onto the payout record at the moment it is written, so a later platform-wide rate change never retroactively alters a settled deal.