Conditions
Rules.
Effective 24 August 2026.
These rules define the public order. The terms, refund policy, and acceptable use policy govern payment and what may be presented.
Place follows investment.
Places are written in whole US dollars. The minimum is $5, the maximum is $999,999, and every raise moves in $1 steps. Claiming an existing place costs $1 more than the amount holding it. A lower investment is still listed wherever that amount belongs. Ties preserve the earlier place.
It stays until a higher place is claimed.
There is no expiry. A paid listing remains. When a higher amount is written, it stands above you and your place moves down. The first page contains one hundred names. Places 1 through 10 form Top 10. Places 11 through 50 form Top 40. Places 51 through 100 complete Top 100. The later bands are Top 250, Top 500, and Top 1000.
Floors.
Board ranks websites. Company ranks companies. App ranks apps. Article, Hiring, Seeking, Newsletter, Domains, Events, People, and Tools each have a separate book. YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and GitHub present the listings that attached those accounts without requiring another payment. Hiring is for companies presenting roles. Seeking is for people presenting their talent. Search looks across every floor. If a leading place on Board or Company is beyond your plan, you may still present the same company through video, writing, or another relevant book.
Raise your own row.
Enter the same website, title, or handle again. The new amount must be at least $1 above your current amount. You pay only the difference. Another person cannot claim your place by paying only that difference.
What may be listed.
You may list a product website, company, app, game, article, genuine role, professional profile, newsletter, domain, event, person, or tool. The same place may attach YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, GitHub, Facebook, Threads, Twitch, Reddit, Bluesky, Pinterest, Snapchat, Substack, Beehiiv, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Calendly, Stan, or Beacons. Chat invitations, adult destinations, and NSFW destinations are not accepted. Outbound links are not sold as a backlink service. The full standard is set out in acceptable use.
Payment claims the place.
Stripe Checkout processes the payment. A signed webhook writes the place only after Stripe confirms the session is paid. An email is required and remains off the public board. We use it to operate your place and to write to you about Elite Marketing Society. Refunds and the terms apply to that payment.
Categories.
Every place chooses a category. Categories include work, books, real estate, brands, and the other types available on that floor. More may be added as the Society expands. When raising a listing, you may correct its category.