Two Indie Developers Ship Paid Bidding Leaderboards in Two Days

A "paid bidding leaderboard" was built and launched by two indie developers within two days: the highest bidder takes the #1 spot, with no signup—just a URL and a credit card. Both sites are live and have seen real bids and traffic, showing the model is fully replicable.

Confirmed

prasenx built outbuilt.lol in a single day (08-22): no ads, no algorithm, no revenue split, no API keys required; new slots start at $2 with $1 minimum increments, and paybrackets.com placed a bid within the first hour.
aliscodes published a full recipe on 08-23: a Master Prompt pasteable into Cursor / Claude Code / Antigravity that generates a real-time paid leaderboard on Next.js 14 App Router + TypeScript, with a complete database schema.
The stack: Next.js (App Router, TypeScript), Supabase (PostgreSQL + RLS), Stripe Hosted Checkout + Webhook, deployed on Vercel—claimed to ship in one night.
Core mechanics: users bid money for rank, top bidder holds #1; repeat bids on the same URL accumulate into the original entry, no accounts or logins.
aliscodes followed his own tutorial to launch getloud.lol ("your bid decides your rank"), which saw 55 visits in 24 hours with ScreenSnipper at the top (per the post).

Why it matters

It demonstrates that one Master Prompt plus mainstream SaaS building blocks can deliver a complete payment-enabled product in hours—a copyable launch template for indie devs.
Details like bid accumulation and RLS suggest AI-assisted generation now covers data consistency and security design, not just static pages.

2026-08-22 ~ 2026-08-23 · 6 related posts

Primary sources

Dev builds a pay-to-rank leaderboard in a day: top spot costs $5 — prasenx · 2026-08-22 19:34 (UTC+08:00)
Master prompt builds a full pay-to-rank app: schema, Stripe, RLS included — aliscodes · 2026-08-23 18:06 (UTC+08:00)
Author ships getloud.lol end-to-end using the same prompt-built stack — aliscodes · 2026-08-23 18:06 (UTC+08:00)

[source] Dev builds a pay-to-rank leaderboard in a day: top spot costs $5 — prasenx · 2026-08-22
Developer builds a bidding leaderboard to pay for ranking — prasenx · 2026-08-23
Core mechanics: highest bid takes #1, repeat bids top up your entry — aliscodes · 2026-08-23
The stack: Next.js, Supabase, Stripe, Vercel — live in one evening — aliscodes · 2026-08-23
[source] Master prompt builds a full pay-to-rank app: schema, Stripe, RLS included — aliscodes · 2026-08-23
[source] Author ships getloud.lol end-to-end using the same prompt-built stack — aliscodes · 2026-08-23