You may have noticed the recent “Outbid” trend going around.
The concept is incredibly simple:
A public ranking where you can take someone's spot by paying more than they did.
Most of the Outbid-style projects I came across were focused on SaaS products and startups.
So I thought:
What if I built one specifically for the WordPress industry?
So instead of just thinking about it, I decided to build my own WordPress-focused implementation inspired by Jonathan Wilke's original Outbid concept.
And that's how OutbidWP.lol was born. 😄
Check out 👉 OutbidWP.lol
The idea
The concept is straightforward.
You can list your:
- WordPress Plugin
- WordPress Theme
- SaaS Product
- WordPress Service
for a ranking.
Want to take someone else's position?
Outbid them.
A dollar can get you listed, but if you want someone's existing position, you need to bid higher than what they paid.
That's the entire system.
No complicated ranking algorithm.
No SEO score.
No voting system.
Just a public ranking where positions can change based on bids. 🔥
Built in just one day with AI
This was mainly a learning project.
I wanted to experiment with building and shipping something quickly using AI as part of my development workflow.
The entire project was built and launched in one day.
Tech Stack
⚡ Next.js
⚡ Supabase
⚡ Cloudflare Workers
⚡ Cloudflare R2
Even though this started as a fun side project, I ended up learning quite a few new things while building it.
Why Cloudflare Workers?
I bought the domain through Cloudflare, and while exploring the platform, I noticed that I could also deploy my Next.js project using Cloudflare Workers.
I had never used it before.
So I thought:
Why not use this project as an opportunity to learn it?
Trying Cloudflare R2
While working with Cloudflare, I also came across Cloudflare R2.
Since the project needed storage for uploaded assets, I decided to implement R2 as well instead of using another storage provider.
Another feature to build, and another opportunity to learn something new.
Real users brought unexpected problems
After launching the project, I noticed that some clicks were being artificially generated.
So I implemented filtering to reduce bot traffic and prevent duplicate clicks from being counted repeatedly.
This was another interesting learning experience.
Building the project was one thing. Handling real user behavior after launch was another. 😄
And people are actually using it 😄
The funniest part?
Even though this started as a small experiment, the #1 position has already been outbid 4 times. 🔥
I honestly didn't expect that much activity from a fun side project.
What I learned
This small project helped me experiment with:
- Building and shipping quickly with AI
- Next.js
- Supabase
- Cloudflare Workers
- Cloudflare R2
- Ranking and bidding logic
- Bot filtering
- Preventing duplicate clicks
The biggest lesson?
Sometimes the best way to learn a new technology is simply to build something with it.
👉 OutbidWP.lol
I'd also love to hear feedback from fellow developers and makers.
What would you improve?
And more importantly:
Would you build something similar for another niche? 👀
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