Rules & Operational Standards
Clear, transparent guidelines governing verified bids, dynamic rankings, moderation, and platform conduct.
1. What Topples Is
Topples is a digital product discovery and verified-bid board designed for founders, creators, software builders, and businesses. Topples is not a gambling, wagering, lottery, or prize service. There are no prize pools, financial payouts, or cash winnings. Topples provides verified board placement for online products, apps, SaaS tools, and digital services.
2. What Customers Are Purchasing
When placing a bid, customers purchase a clearly defined board-placement service, which includes:
- Active public directory listing on Topples, subject to moderation.
- Position on the real-time public product board.
- Direct high-speed outbound click tracking and attribution routing (
/go/:id). - Category-level discovery across curated industry sectors.
- A verified bid total calculated from settled payments less refunds.
- Inclusion in public platform transparency metrics.
3. How Bids Are Applied
A bid is applied after confirmed payment settlement through the configured payment gateway. The listing and board update after server verification. Webhook confirmation remains authoritative if a browser closes or the return redirect fails.
4. How Bid Totals Are Calculated
A listing's bid total is the cumulative value of its settled payments less settled refunds. Rankings use the net total; when totals tie, the listing that reached the total first remains ahead. A bid total is not a wallet, investment, transferable credit, or redeemable balance.
5. Difference Between Bid Rank & Trending Rank
Topples operates multiple distinct board views:
- Bid Board (All-Time & Today): Ranked by the product's cumulative or daily verified bid total.
- Trending Board (Organic Engagement): Ranked by our transparent algorithmic engagement score combining recent unique outbound clicks, profile views, and listing freshness—independent of promotional spend.
6. Dynamic & Fleeting Rank Disclaimer
Notice: Leaderboard positions are dynamic and non-guaranteed. Placing a bid increases a product's verified bid total, but does not guarantee retention of any specific numerical rank (#1, #2, etc.) for any specific duration. If another product receives promotional bids that raise another listing's total higher will naturally take a higher board position. No customer acquires ownership of a ranking slot.
7. Product Listings & Metadata Updates
Anyone may bid for an eligible public product on Topples to help it gain visibility. Product details (name, tagline, description, logo, and destination URL) are submitted during initial placement. If a founder or product team needs to update listing details or correct information, requests can be submitted directly via our Contact & Support channel for administrator verification.
8. Review & Moderation Standards
All promoted listings must represent genuine, accessible digital products, SaaS applications, open-source repositories, developer tools, or websites. Topples strictly prohibits malware, spyware, phishing, fraud, pyramid schemes, hate speech, defamatory material, or illegal content. Listings that violate these standards will be suspended or permanently removed by administrators.
9. Refund, Reversal & Point Adjustment Policy
Because board placement begins after settlement, bids are generally final. If an approved refund, payment dispute, chargeback, or moderation action reverses a payment, its value is deducted from the bid total and the board position is recalculated.
10. Prohibited Activities
Users and bidders agree never to engage in:
- Automated click-fraud, bot scripts, or fake traffic generation on tracking links.
- Fraudulent payment methods, unauthorized credit cards, or chargeback abuse.
- Impersonating another brand, company, or founder with intent to mislead.
- Submitting spam listings or promoting services in violation of local laws.
Questions or need support?
Review our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy, or reach out to our support desk for assistance.