Rules
Rank is bought, not earned.
How the ranking works
Every listing is ranked by the total it has paid, highest first. Paying less than #1 still gets you listed, at whatever position that amount earns. There is no editorial judgement and no algorithm.
Topping up
A second payment for the same listing adds to its running total rather than creating a new row, so it climbs from wherever it already sits. Anyone can top up any listing, but only the wallet that created one can change its description or category.
Ties
Equal totals are separated by whoever got there first, using the timestamp of the block their first payment landed in. Being early is worth something.
Paying
USDC on Base, sent straight from your wallet to the treasury. There is no processor and nothing is held on your behalf. The minimum is $5.
Your payment is credited once it has 3 confirmations. The amount that counts is the amount the chain says arrived, read from the transfer itself.
Reversals
Rank follows money that is still ours to count. A USDC transfer settles on a public blockchain and cannot be undone by us or by anyone else once it is confirmed - that is a property of the chain, not a policy. A card payment that is later reversed or charged back is deducted from the listing total, and the listing loses the position that amount bought.
Removal
Listings that phish, impersonate, drain wallets or point anywhere illegal are removed. The domain stays blocked afterwards, so paying again will not bring it back.
Clicks
Outbound links carry ?utm_source=frontrun.auction and are counted server-side. One click per visitor per listing per minute, and obvious bots are not counted, so the number means something.