# 30pitch

> 30pitch (https://30pitch.com) is a website with one stage that shows one 30-second video pitch at a time. Founders and indie hackers pay to put their product on the stage; the next person to pay takes it over. It's built as the opposite of spam: instead of pushing promotion at people who didn't ask for it, a product is pitched to people who came to watch pitches.

## How it works

- One stage, one pitch at a time. A pitch is a video of at most 30 seconds, recorded on 30pitch itself: a person talking to the camera, or a screen recording of the product with the founder's camera in a small circle.
- Anyone can take the stage by paying the current price. There's no account: record a video in the browser (camera, or a screen demo with the founder's camera in a corner), add a title and a link, and pay. Uploading pre-made videos isn't supported.
- Every pitch is guaranteed at least 15 minutes on stage. Someone who buys during those 15 minutes joins a line and takes over automatically when the time is up, then gets their own 15 minutes. With nobody waiting, the current pitch stays on until someone buys.
- After its time on stage, a pitch stays in the Hall of Fame (https://30pitch.com/archive) with its own page (https://30pitch.com/p/<id>), including its transcript and how long it held the stage.

## How to pitch in 30 seconds

30pitch teaches a four-beat formula on its front page: open with the problem, not your name.
- 0–5 s, the problem: "Everyone who [does X] wastes [Y] on [Z]."
- 5–15 s, your fix: "[Product] fixes that by [how it works, in one sentence]." Show it if you can.
- 15–25 s, the proof: one number, one customer, or a before and after.
- 25–30 s, you and what's next: "I'm [name]. I built it because [reason]. Try it at [link]."
The recorder has a teleprompter that scrolls your script while you look at the camera.

## Price

- Prices are in US dollars. The price never goes below $5.
- After each purchase the next price starts 25% above what was last paid. The part above $5 then halves every 12 hours, so the stage gets cheaper the longer nobody buys.
- Every purchase moves the price, including joining the line.
- The card is only charged if the purchase actually gets the spot. If someone else takes the stage first while you pay, the card is not charged.
- You can't outbid yourself, and after losing the stage you have to wait an hour before taking it back.

## Rules

- Every pitch is reviewed automatically before payment (video frames, transcript, title and link) and can be reported by viewers; reported pitches are reviewed by a human.
- Not allowed: nudity or sexual content, violence, hate or harassment, scams and fraud, anything illegal, malware or deceptive links.
- Full rules and FAQ: https://30pitch.com/terms

## Pages

- [The stage](https://30pitch.com/): the pitch on stage right now, the line and the current price.
- [Hall of Fame](https://30pitch.com/archive): every pitch that held the stage, ranked by how long it lasted.
- [Facts](https://30pitch.com/facts): dated key facts about 30pitch, with sources.
- [Rules, terms and FAQ](https://30pitch.com/terms)
- [Privacy policy](https://30pitch.com/privacy)
- [Sitemap](https://30pitch.com/sitemap.xml): every pitch page.