Waitline marketplace · Waitline live

One line.
Bought fairly.
Shown during a verified wait.

Waitline places a single sponsored command-line message inside opted-in developer wait states. The earner receives 60% of accepted ad revenue. A referrer can receive a separate 10% commission. No code, prompts, or AI responses ever leave the developer's machine.

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Minimum bid $1.00 CPM · One block = 1,000 qualifying impressions · Waitline live

claude — wait

$ claude "refactor auth handler"

↳ Thinking…

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↳ 4.2s elapsed · qualifies at 5.0s

Example placement · not billedone line · one impression

Example creative. Live campaigns compete by CPM for each eligible placement. A qualifying impression requires ≥5s server-verified visibility during a genuine wait.

For developers

Earn from verified wait time without sharing code, prompts, or responses.

· Opt in per surface: Claude Code status line, terminal wrappers, VS Code status bar.
· We measure only that a message was on-screen — never what you were working on.
· Earner share: 60% of accepted ad revenue. Referral commission: a separate 10% from referred earners.
· Provisional → available after a 72-hour fraud-review window; payouts operator-processed, no invented balances.

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For advertisers

Buy one uncluttered, measurable line shown to opted-in developers during a verified wait.

· Highest valid CPM wins. No black-box relevance model, no prompt/code targeting.
· No account required — pay via Stripe, manage via a secret you keep.
· Human moderation before your line ever goes live.
· Currency in USD, monetary budget debited only on accepted impressions.

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The measurement contract

A qualifying impression means the line was on-screen for at least five seconds of a genuine wait — verified on both ends.

Server issues

A short-lived, single-use, cryptographically signed token bound to the earner, device, and surface.

Client displays

The line renders in the sanctioned wait surface. Client reports on-screen duration.

Server accepts

Both server-elapsed time and client duration must clear 5s. Budget atomically debited. One click max per token.