MacBook Pro 14" lid
10 slots · from $125
Die-cut vinyl. Large 9.5 × 5.5 cm, medium 9.5 × 4 cm, small 4.5 × 4.5 cm.
Auction open — 18 slots left
Your brand on my Mac and backpack.
I'm Thomas, a software engineer who doesn't stay put. Ten sticker slots on the lid, eight patches on the bag. Japan in November.
Claim a spot Where it's going
20% deposit — refunded the second you're outbid
Secure checkout by Stripe
$0of $2,799 — be the first brand aboard
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01 — The surfaces
Pick your rectangle.
Click any slot to bid. Spots beside the centre mark carry a premium.
Backpack velcro panel
8 patches · from $25/mo
Woven patches, 3.5 × 3 cm. Leased 1 to 12 months and ranked by monthly rate, so slots keep coming back.
02 — The auction, live
Every spot, every bid.
Updates the moment anyone bids. Lid spots close on 15 September; patches run on their own clocks.
SpotSizeHeld byCurrent bid
- 2MarqueePremiumL9.5 x 5.5 cmAvailablefrom $500
- 1Top left bannerL9.5 x 5.5 cmAvailablefrom $400
- 3Top right bannerL9.5 x 5.5 cmAvailablefrom $400
- 9Bottom centrePremiumM9.5 x 4 cmAvailablefrom $250
- 8Left stripM9.5 x 4 cmAvailablefrom $200
- 10Right stripM9.5 x 4 cmAvailablefrom $200
- 5Inner leftPremiumS4.5 x 4.5 cmAvailablefrom $150
- 6Inner rightPremiumS4.5 x 4.5 cmAvailablefrom $150
- 4Outer leftS4.5 x 4.5 cmAvailablefrom $125
- 7Outer rightS4.5 x 4.5 cmAvailablefrom $125
- 1Panel A1PremiumP3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $35/mo
- 2Panel A2PremiumP3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $35/mo
- 3Panel A3PremiumP3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $35/mo
- 4Panel A4PremiumP3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $35/mo
- 5Panel B1P3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $25/mo
- 6Panel B2P3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $25/mo
- 7Panel B3P3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $25/mo
- 8Panel B4P3.5 x 3 cmAvailablefrom $25/mo
No bids yet. The first brand aboard gets the pick of the lid.
03 — What you actually get
Not impressions. Presence.
Placement
A laptop lid at eye level
Die-cut vinyl, hand-applied. Open on tables in cafés, coworkings and airports, in rooms full of people who build and buy software.
Content
Photos from every country
Each trip I shoot the lid where it actually is and post it, tagging the brands on it. You get the sticker and the photos it turns up in.
Link
A named sponsor spot here
Your logo and a live link on this page for as long as you're aboard, plus a place in the card shown every time someone shares this.
Terms
No lock-in on the bag
Patches run 1 to 12 months, your choice. Try a month, see the photos, decide then.
04 — What the money buys
One laptop. Exact specs.
MacBook Pro 14", Space Black
$2,799
- Chip
- M5 Pro
- Memory
- 32GB
- Storage
- 1TB
- Display
- 14.2" Liquid Retina XDR
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
- Finish
- Space Black
Still to raise$2,799 ≈ €2,575
Priced at Apple France, which is where I am buying it. Dollar figures on this site are that price converted. Anything raised past the goal pays for the trips the Mac goes on. Check the price at Apple
05 — Roadmap
Where your logo is going next.
Each stop suits some brands more than others. If one of these is your market, that's the slot to bid on.
Up next
Japan
Two weeks in November. Cafe-hopping through Shibuya, coworking in Kyoto, shinkansen between the two. The lid will be open in a lot of very photogenic rooms.
Route · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
developer toolsroboticshardwaregaminganyone eyeing JP market entry
France
Paris, Lyon, the Alps
Home base, and where the laptop opens most days: cafes, coworkings, and a lot of trains.
developer toolsfintechcoffeeoutdoor gear
Spain
Barcelona, Madrid
Long stretches of remote work from terraces that stay warm into November.
travel techSaaShospitality
Western Europe
Lisbon, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, Brussels
Nearly every country west of Vienna, mostly by train, mostly with this bag on my back.
B2B SaaSclimate techmobility
Indonesia
Bali
Two months of Canggu and Ubud coworkings, surrounded by founders shipping from laptops.
creator toolsno-codewellnessremote work
New Zealand
Auckland, Queenstown
Van, mountains, and patchy 4G. The bag earned its scratches on this one.
outdoor gearadventure travelsatellite connectivity
China
Shanghai, Beijing
A very different internet, and a crash course in how fast hardware moves there.
hardwareroboticsmanufacturinglogistics
Under consideration, nothing booked yet:
South Korea
Portugal
Tell me where to send it next
06 — How it works
Three steps. Skin in the game.
01
Pick a spot, pay 20%
Sign in with Google, name your brand, drop a logo. A 20% deposit through Stripe puts your bid on the board.
02
Hold the lead
Outbid? Your deposit comes back in full, the same second. Late bids push the clock out, so nothing is decided in the final second.
03
Win, then travel
When the clock stops, your deposit comes off the price and only the balance is charged. Then your logo starts collecting countries.
Outbid means refunded, instantly.
Every logo approved by hand.
Vector artwork, cut sharp.
07 — Questions
The honest answers.
Is this a real thing?+
Yes. I'm Thomas JEU, a software engineer, and I'm buying a MacBook Pro 14" that I'll use every day for the next few years. Rather than a bank loan I'm selling ten sticker slots on the lid. The auction is real, the machine is real, and the trips are already booked.
When am I charged?+
You pay a 20% deposit to place a bid, that's what makes the bid real, and it's the minimum $10 either way. If you win, the deposit comes off the price and only the remaining 80% is charged when the auction closes. If you don't win, you get the whole deposit back.
What if I get outbid?+
Your deposit is refunded in full, automatically, the moment it happens, not at the end of the auction, and not after an email exchange with me. It goes back to the same card and usually lands within a few days. You'll see the outbid on the page in real time and get an email confirming the refund.
Why take a deposit at all?+
Because free bids aren't bids. Without money attached, a slot can be run up to a number nobody intends to pay, and the brands actually willing to spend get pushed out for nothing. 20% is enough to keep the board honest and small enough that being outbid costs you nothing but a few days of float.
How does the backpack differ from the lid?+
The lid is a one-off auction with a single deadline, win it and the sticker stays. The backpack panel is leased: you bid a monthly rate and pick 1 to 12 months. Patches rank by monthly rate, not total, so a short generous bid can beat a long thin one, and slots keep coming back to the market.
What artwork should I send?+
SVG, please. It cuts perfectly at any size and it's what actually goes to the vinyl cutter. PNG and JPG are accepted up to 2 MB, but a raster logo at sticker size will show it. One or two flat colours reads best on a laptop lid.
Can you refuse my brand?+
Yes, and I might. I approve every brand and every logo by hand before anything is applied. If I turn yours down after you've won, you're refunded in full, no argument.
What happens after the trips?+
The lid stickers stay for the life of the machine, that's the deal. Backpack patches come off when the lease ends, and the slot goes back up for auction.
Do I get anything besides the sticker?+
A linked sponsor spot on this page, and photos. Every trip I post the lid where it actually is and tag the brands on it. That's most of the value, honestly.