The fine print
How this works
Put On Top is a share-link money list — a dare, a scoreboard, a public ranking people pay to move. You are not winning a prize. A completed payment is what counts. Failed payments do nothing.
Two kinds of list
- Poll. Creator sets a flat vote price (default $3). Ranking is most votes, not most dollars. Polls require an end time.
- Fight. Variable bid amounts, $3 minimum, whole dollars. Most money wins. Open-ended, or with an end time. Equal totals keep older items above newer ones.
Creating and publishing
- Creating a list is free. You get a shareable URL immediately.
- The list stays off the public homepage until the first confirmed paid vote. Anyone with the link can vote before that.
- Each list gets one topic — Sports, Food, Entertainment, Places, Animals, or Everyday — so people can browse instead of scrolling forever.
- Up to 50 items at list creation. Make it complete on day one.
- Missing something? Anyone can add an item later for $5. That $5 is a seed bid, so it starts on the board with real money.
- A list can grow to 1,000 items. After that, the set is closed.
- Bids, votes, and add-item fees are not refundable. You’re paying for rank, not buying a prize.
Creator payout
- Leave proceeds with the platform. No extra forms. Vote and add-item money stays with Put On Top. This is not a donation and not charity.
- Get paid. Stripe Connect Express in TEST, Stripe-hosted onboarding only. Put On Top never collects SSN or bank details.
- On Get paid lists, charges use destination charges. Stripe’s processing fee is estimated at 2.9% + $0.30 and comes out first. Of the remainder, the creator receives ~80% and the platform keeps ~20%. Stripe’s actual fee is taken from the platform share. Example: a $3 vote → Stripe ~$0.39, remainder $2.61, creator ~$2.09, platform ~$0.52.
- TEST mode only. Live Stripe keys are refused.
Content policy
Do not create lists or items that include:
- Hate, slurs, or targeted harassment
- Illegal activity, scams, or fraud
- Sexual content, especially anything involving minors — zero tolerance
- Doxxing, private addresses, or calls to harm people
- Spam, malware, or payment-processor banned categories
New lists are scanned. Obvious violations are blocked. Borderline lists can be held for human review. Anyone can report a list. Admins can hide, lock, or remove lists and items.