# ShipOrDie.lol rules

> Binding rules for stakes, deadlines, proof, and the prize pool.

1. One active commitment at a time. You cannot hide from a live deadline by opening another.
2. Stake $25–$2000 in whole dollars. You pay the full amount via Stripe Checkout. Nothing goes live until payment clears.
3. Ship window is 2–21 days. Deadline is the end of that UTC day.
4. Proof is a live public https URL submitted after the stake has been live for 24 hours, on or before the deadline. We fetch the page; parked, empty, or error responses fail. Repos, social posts, localhost, and recycled URLs do not count. Loom or GitHub is required at $250+ and when the live URL matches your placeholder. Those extra-proof ships go to human review before any refund.
5. Success: stake comes back minus a 6% platform fee after a 24-hour contest window (or immediately after an admin approves review). You get a permanent On-Time Shipper badge and a share of that week's prize pool.
6. Failure: the full stake goes into the weekly prize pool. Your streak dies.
7. Prize pool: every Monday the previous week's failed stakes are split among that week's uncontested successful shippers (weighted by original stake). 3 reports hold a ship out of the split and hold the remainder refund until an admin reviews it. Cash transfers require Stripe Connect on /payouts.
8. No fake ships. You cannot restake a product you already shipped. Founders cannot cheer, watch, or report themselves. Admins can remove junk, refund+remove, and reverse fake outcomes.
9. Paid stakes stay off the public book for 10 minutes. Pending review does not auto-fail at the UTC deadline.
10. A dare is an invite, not a bet. Share a /commit?dare= link. They pay their own stake. You do not receive it if they miss.
11. Signed-in makers can watch a public stake and get the outcome by email. You cannot watch your own stake.

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