Legal

Terms

These terms cover paying for a ranked seat on Hotseat. Read them before you bid.

The product

Hotseat sells a one-time ranked placement at the posted price. The price is $1.00 to open, then exactly $1.00 more than the current #1. You cannot jump the price.

When a seat starts

A listing joins the board only after payment is confirmed. Starting checkout or returning to Hotseat does not reserve a rank.

What you get

Every confirmed seat stays publicly ranked and directly clickable while Hotseat operates. The highest confirmed bid is featured as #1. New confirmed bids may move earlier seats down. Outbid seats stay on the board and are not refunded.

Refunds

The only automatic refund is a stale racing payment: if another checkout confirms first and this payment cannot join the board, that charge is refunded. Being outbid is not a refund.

Clicks

Clicks are outbound redirects through Hotseat. Repeat clicks count. Public counts are recorded redirects, not promised visits or sales.

No guarantees

No traffic, click, impression, rank, permanence, or revenue guarantees.

Your listing

You must submit a public https URL you are allowed to advertise. Hotseat may hide or refuse a listing that is unlawful, misleading, or unsafe. The board title is the website host.

Changes

The live rules are on /rules. Material changes to how bids, ranks, clicks, or refunds work are posted there. These terms do not create a permanent placement.

Contact

Questions about these terms go to the public repository secondarynick/Hotseat. Open a GitHub issue there.