worldmap.lol turns the world map into one giant leaderboard - every country is up for grabs, and startups outbid each other to own it. I built it because "own a country" is a way more fun way to buy an ad than a boring banner: you get a permanent link, real clicks, and a crown to defend. Watching founders scrap over France in real time never gets old — think Million Dollar Homepage meets Map and Competition.
Startups fighting over countries on a map is the kind of dumb-brilliant that actually spreads, I can already see founders screenshotting their conquest for LinkedIn. My marketing brain has one question though: does staking a country send anything measurable back, visits or clicks, or is the whole product the flex? Honestly either answer works, I just want to know what I'm buying haha.
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@yelyzaveta_kibets For sure! Yeah all of the product listed get their own dedicated page + clicks counter. So it's a nice backlink + traffic source. But the flex is the biggest part of course haha.
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This could become rather addictive... I've already bought two countries :D
Have you considered dividing certain countries into their states/provinces? The United States alone would give you 50 more slots to sell. And you wouldn't necessarily need to stop allowing the US as a whole to be sold. (Let's say I bought Louisiana. Then when someone zooms in on Louisiana, they would see both my site AND whoever bought the US.)
If you implement that then you could ultimately scale in both directions--down to the county/municipality level AND up to the continent level.
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@jay_bienvenu I appreciate it! Yeah good idea, I might do that later, first I need to make sure that people are buying over countries or outbit each other :)
my first thought was which country would become the most expensive. I feel like founders are going to develop very strong opinions about map territory.
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Startups fighting over countries on a map is the kind of dumb-brilliant that actually spreads, I can already see founders screenshotting their conquest for LinkedIn. My marketing brain has one question though: does staking a country send anything measurable back, visits or clicks, or is the whole product the flex? Honestly either answer works, I just want to know what I'm buying haha.
@yelyzaveta_kibets For sure! Yeah all of the product listed get their own dedicated page + clicks counter. So it's a nice backlink + traffic source. But the flex is the biggest part of course haha.
This could become rather addictive... I've already bought two countries :D
Have you considered dividing certain countries into their states/provinces? The United States alone would give you 50 more slots to sell. And you wouldn't necessarily need to stop allowing the US as a whole to be sold. (Let's say I bought Louisiana. Then when someone zooms in on Louisiana, they would see both my site AND whoever bought the US.)
If you implement that then you could ultimately scale in both directions--down to the county/municipality level AND up to the continent level.
@jay_bienvenu I appreciate it! Yeah good idea, I might do that later, first I need to make sure that people are buying over countries or outbit each other :)
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I think that this one is more interactive than outbid! :)
@busmark_w_nika Thanks! I hope it's more interesting 🫡🌎
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my first thought was which country would become the most expensive. I feel like founders are going to develop very strong opinions about map territory.
@isabella_wandrei good time to be first to claim 😉
Love the idea! The interaction is great. Just bought a spot.
@adarsh_ron let's goooo
I like how this combines startup , discovery, and a game mechanic without making it feel overly complicated.