From a page
to the chart.

The page era

Before this was a platform, it was a Facebook page called Designer Kicks — thousands of people a day pulling up to look at customized sneakers, argue in the comments about which one was harder, and tag the friend who needed to see it. The talent was always there. The argument was always there. What never existed was a scoreboard.

The relaunch

The Heat Chart is that scoreboard. Artists submit one-of-one work — sneakers, apparel, accessories. The culture votes in head-to-head battles. Winners climb the Heat List, champions keep their trophies forever, and every real sale gets recorded with provenance, so a piece's history travels with it. The argument finally has a referee, and it's you.

What we stand on

• Artists get the shine — and the money.

  When checkout opens, the seller fee here is 1%. Not 10, not 13. The person who made the thing keeps the money the thing made.

• Provenance is respect.

  A one-of-one deserves a paper trail. Every sale on the chart is claimed by its buyer and carried in the piece's history — who made it, who owned it, what it sold for.

• The culture keeps the score.

  No editors picking favorites behind a curtain. Rankings come from battles, and battles are decided by votes. One account, one vote, receipts public.