384 live auctions right now
Where ad spots fight for the best price.
Bid Wars is a real-time auction marketplace for creator ad inventory. Streamers list spots, advertisers bid them up. No middlemen — 85% to the creator, immutable audit log on every bid.
$14.2M
paid to creators in 2024
38k+
auctions monthly
6 seconds
median bid latency
How it works
Four steps. No long contracts.
85% to creators
15% to platform
No hidden fees
1
List a spot
Creators define dimensions, duration and a minimum bid. Each spot lives in your OBS widget.
2
Bid in real time
Advertisers bid up against each other. Auto-bidding, anti-snipe extensions, buy-now options.
3
Highest bid wins
Funds are held when you bid, released when you're outbid. Winners run immediately or queue.
4
Earn or run
Creators take home 85%, paid weekly. Advertisers get audit-logged proof of every impression.
For creators
Monetise your stream without giving up 40%.
List spots, approve bids, set anti-snipe windows. Each spot lives in your OBS browser source. You keep 85%, paid weekly.
- OBS browser source — paste a URL, done.
- You approve every ad before it serves. Block lists, content rules.
- Heat score increases bid traffic as you ship reliably.
- Weekly payouts, full audit trail, dispute resolution.
For advertisers
Reach the audiences that matter, at the price you set.
Bid on inventory live. Auto-bid up to a cap, snipe-protect your favourites, post RFPs and let creators counter-offer. Funds held until won; refunded if outbid.
- Live auctions with sub-10s latency. Anti-snipe protection.
- Auto-bid up to a cap — never miss a slot at your ceiling.
- Verified impressions. Focus-tracked, audit-logged, CSV exportable.
- Funds held, refunded on outbid. No commitments locked in.
Simple, fair pricing.
No subscriptions. No hidden fees. Just a clean revenue split.
85%
to the creator
Paid weekly. No platform markup on bids; the full amount flows through.
15%
platform fee
Hosting, ad serving, analytics, support, fraud monitoring. That's it.
Ready to take control?
Join Bid Wars and start earning or advertising today.