A PUBLIC MONUMENT
Rules
Not an ad network. Not a dashboard. A clock with twenty-four hours.
01
UTC only
The clock uses Coordinated Universal Time. There are 24 separate hours, 0–23. The live face does not switch to your local time.
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One hour per claim
Each purchase is for one UTC hour. A buyer may hold more than one hour; every claim is separate. A claim does not cover the whole day.
03
$7, then $7 more
An open hour is a one-time payment of $7, not a subscription. Taking over an hour costs the amount paid for the current claim plus $7. Example: $7, then $14, then $21.
04
The dial, then the live face
Once payment is confirmed and the claim is recorded, the approved name and logo — if a logo was supplied — appear on that hour’s dial, even when another hour is live. The listing includes the approved link. When that UTC hour becomes live, its current holder is the face of the clock.
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The recorded claim wins
If two buyers pay the same price, the first claim successfully recorded at that price wins. A successful payment does not, by itself, make you the owner. The other payment can be reviewed for a refund. It is not decided by whichever payment timestamp is earlier unless that is also the claim that was recorded. Opening checkout does not hold the hour.
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Your name, logo, and link
You must have the right to use the name, logo, and link you submit. Do not impersonate a person, company, or brand, or imply a sponsorship or endorsement you do not have. A listing on the clock is not a verification or endorsement by Hold the Hour. Hold the Hour does not check every trademark before a claim is recorded.
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History
A successful claim is kept in that hour’s history, including the name, link, logo, amount, and time recorded for that claim. The intention is to keep that record while the site operates. It can still be corrected, hidden, or removed where moderation, a privacy right, or a refund requires it.
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First 365
Each brand can earn one numbered place, while numbers remain. If that brand claims another hour, the logo and link go on that hour’s dial, and on the clock face when the hour is live, but the original plaque and number stay. The account or email used to pay does not matter, and a guest purchase follows the same rule. The same person can buy a genuinely different brand, and that brand can earn its own place. If it is not clear whether two purchases are the same brand, the hour is still updated and no new number is given until that purchase is reviewed. A refunded claim loses the place awarded for that claim. The number is left empty. Other brands keep their numbers, and the empty number is not reused. Hiding a listing does not give that brand a second place.
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Guest Holds
A Guest Hold is a temporary promotional placement on an otherwise open hour. It is not a purchase, not History, and not First 365. Applications need approval. The placement lasts 7 days unless it ends earlier. A paid claim of that hour is still $7. That claim ends the Guest Hold, starts normal paid ownership, and can earn First 365 under the usual rules. There is no card, subscription, or automatic charge.
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What may not be listed
Adult or sexual content, gambling and betting, alcohol, impersonation, unauthorized brand or logo use, phishing, malware, and malicious or misleading links may not be named, linked, or shown. A listing that breaks the rules can be hidden from the dial, the hour page, public history, First 365, and the hosted logo. The hour stays owned. The price does not reset. The public clock says the brand is hidden because of a policy violation, and the next buyer can take the hour over at the current next price. Hiding a listing is not an automatic refund. The private payment record is kept. Restoring a hidden listing is a deliberate admin action, not automatic.
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Refunds
A takeover of a listing that was recorded is not normally a refund. A payment that loses the claim race can be reviewed for a refund. Whop payments are not refunded automatically from this site. If a refund is approved, it is returned through Whop. The amount can be affected by processing, service, or conversion charges that are not returned. Asking does not send the money by itself. If a recorded claim’s name and logo are still not on that hour’s dial within 24 hours, email us or use the refund request. If the listing appears late, you can keep it. If a refund is still approved, that claim’s public listing is removed, and any First 365 place awarded for it is withdrawn.