Rent theback ofyour lid
Brands want their sticker on the laptops of people who work where you work. You decide which ones get there. Signing up is free, refusing is free, and you are never charged for anything.
work email · one code · about two minutes · you keep 80% of every rate
Your tier is your employer
These are your takings at the floor: 80% of what the brand pays, per zone, per month. Rates climb above the floor once a tier runs out of open zones.
| Tier | How you get it | You earn / zone | All 8 zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | work email proved at a frontier AI lab | You earn$80/mo | All 8$640/mo |
| Big tech | proved at a household-name tech company | You earn$40/mo | All 8$320/mo |
| Startup | proved at any other company inbox | You earn$12/mo | All 8$96/mo |
| Explorer | claimed, no work email proved yet | You earn$4/mo | All 8$32/mo |
Filling all 8 zones takes 8 separate offers you each said yes to, so read the last column as the ceiling at today's floors rather than a promise. A verified big-tech lid with every zone let earns $320 a month; an empty lid costs you nothing.
Three steps, one code each
A tier comes from a domain you proved, never from a company name you typed. That is the whole reason a brand will pay more for one lid than another.
- 01
Claim the lid
Sign in with a one-time code to your email. No password exists. Then set up your profile: where you work, your city, your region.
- 02
Prove where you work
A second one-time code goes to your work email. The domain you prove sets your tier, not the company name you typed. We store the domain and a one-way hash of the address, never the address itself.
- 03
Keep it honest
The tier follows the employer, so it moves when you do. Verifying with a work email you are not entitled to use is grounds for removal.
You are renting space on something you carry every day
So every default is set in your favour, and none of them are ours to change later.
You approve every decal
Nothing lands on your lid without an explicit yes. You see the brand, the artwork, the declared category, and the rate before anything is agreed, and refusing costs you nothing.
You can block whole categories
Rule out entire kinds of advertiser up front and those offers never reach you at all. The categories are: dev tools & infra, AI products, consumer apps, fintech, crypto & web3, gambling & betting, political & advocacy, everything else.
You can peel it off any time
The vinyl is die-cut and residue-free, and nothing is ever permanent. End a placement whenever you want: the zone reopens, your payout is prorated to the day, and the brand is refunded the rest of that month.
Paid monthly, and only on a photo
Every offer you see is already funded
Brands pay for a campaign before it reaches you. Owners are paid monthly through Stripe, and you are never charged, for anything.
A cycle releases on a photo
The money for a cycle releases after the full 30 days close and you upload a fresh photo of the lid with that cycle's code visible in the shot. The code does not exist before the cycle opens, so last month's photo cannot pass for this month's.
Earning starts when the sticker is on
A placement starts earning when your first photo of the placed sticker passes review, and the sticker has to stay on while it earns. Spot checks can ask for another photo.
Ending early is prorated to the day
End a placement early and your payout prorates to the day, down to the cent. The number in your dashboard is what you are paid, unrounded.
We ship within the US only for now, so you need a US shipping address to receive vinyl. bidmylid is in early access: claim a lid and the offers arrive as brands launch campaigns that match it.
The rest of it
Does bidmylid charge me anything?
No. Owners are never charged. The 20% platform fee is built into the rate the brand pays; you keep 80% of that rate, and what you see in your dashboard is what lands in your account.
Do brands bid on me personally?
No. They bid on segments: a company's verified employees, a city, a region. If your lid matches the segment, the offer reaches you at the segment rate, and while they are shopping they see nothing about you at all. Once you accept, the brand paying for that zone sees what it paid for: the employer you verified, your tier and city, and a masked stub of your email. Never your name, your full email, your handles, or your address.
What if I do not want a particular sticker?
Refuse it. Every placement needs your explicit approval, and you can block entire campaign categories in advance so those offers never appear. Refusing costs you nothing.
What actually goes on the laptop?
Die-cut removable vinyl, sized to one of your zones, supplied by the brand and mailed to you by us. It is residue-free. Nothing is permanent, and the center of the lid is never used.
Do I have to be an engineer?
No. Any corporate work email you can verify puts your lid at tier B or better, and our registry decides whether it trades higher than that. Free inboxes and disposable addresses are not proof of employment, so a lid without a verified work email sits at tier C.
What if I change jobs?
Verify the new work email the same way and your lid moves to whatever tier that domain trades at. A work email can only ever verify one account.
Can I take a cheaper campaign than my tier?
Yes. A lid can accept work aimed at its own tier or any tier below it, paid at that lower tier's rate. A frontier-lab owner can fill an idle zone with a startup's sticker at the startup price rather than leave it empty.
When do I actually get paid?
Monthly, through Stripe, after a full 30-day cycle closes and you send a fresh photo of the lid with that cycle's code visible. That photo is the only thing standing between a closed cycle and the payout.
What if nobody bids on my lid?
Then nothing happens and nothing is owed. We are in early access and still filling the first lids, so there is no bidding volume to brag about yet. Listing a lid costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Could my employer object?
That is between you and your workplace. We never publish your name and brands only ever see the segment, but we cannot hand out permission either. If there are rules about branded gear where you work, follow them.
Something else? hello@bidmylid.com
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Claim your lid, prove your work email, and see what your segment is worth. Verified lids earn $12 to $80 a zone, every month, and nothing is permanent.