What is ShoutOrbit
A creator sells a few places in their next video. Sponsors bid for them, bidding is free, and only the winners pay.
A creator is about to publish something: a video, a stream, a post. They open an Orbit for it and promise to name a few sponsors out loud: "the top three get a shout-out in Friday's video." Those places are slots. Sponsors bid for them, the highest bids take them, and the creator performs the shout-out in the content.
Bidding is free. If your bid wins a slot you pay your bid, once, after bidding ends. If it doesn't, you pay nothing. Your card is never charged and then refunded, and nothing is held on it while you wait.
Who it's for
Sponsors
A founder or a small company that wants to reach a creator's audience, without cold emails or a four-figure deal.
Creators
Get paid for a video you were making anyway. All it asks is a few names said out loud. You set the slots and the minimum, and you can turn down anyone.
Fans can bid too, under exactly the same rules as companies. Every bid is ranked on one list, whoever placed it.
Why it exists
A small company that wants a creator to mention it has two options today. It can cold-email creators and negotiate a deal that usually starts in the thousands, or it can buy ads and bid against companies with far bigger budgets. Neither works for someone spending fifty dollars.
A creator fits two sponsors into a video at most, and most creators never get asked. An Orbit takes any number of bids, lets the price set itself, and the creator only has to do what they were already going to do: make the video, and say a few names in it.
The rules that make it work
- Only winners pay. Losing costs nothing, so you can bid on every Orbit that fits and pay only for the shout-outs you get.
- Highest bid wins, and ties go to whoever bid first. Nothing else affects your rank, so what the page shows when bidding closes is exactly who gets charged. No hidden deals and no surprises.
- The deadline is hard. A last-second bid does not extend it, so you know your final price at a fixed time, and the creator knows their list before they record.
- The creator is paid when the content is published, not when you are charged. If it never goes up, every sponsor gets their money back. You never pay for a shout-out that didn't happen.
- The creator can turn down any bid, including the top one. Creators only say what they are willing to stand behind, which is what makes a shout-out worth buying.