Exchange
BidMachine
bidmachine.io
BidMachine is an in-app programmatic exchange that plugs into mediation as a bidder.
Most of the 186,966 apps that declare bidmachine.io reach it through a reseller: 98% have a RESELLER line, 33% a DIRECT one (27,873 files, 15,339 of them through PubNative's account). Its sellers.json lists 2,246 sellers, and 92% of the 348,315 lines we checked against it match. 1 seller left its sellers.json in the last 30 days.
- Apps declaring it
- 186,966
- Sellers in sellers.json
- 2,246
- Lines verified
- 92%
- Lines with errors
- 27,370
- Avg. supply path score
- 51.2 / 100
62,385 DIRECT · 183,935 RESELLER
0% confidential
326,207 of 353,577 checked lines
353,577 lines in total
183,826 apps scored
App counts, the sellers.json breakdown and the directory ranking are as of , recomputed daily (the same numbers as the directory). Line counts are recounted every 10 minutes. sellers.json last read 14 October 2026. The supply path score sums up how short and clean the declared paths are, 0 to 100 (how it is computed).
How to add BidMachine to app-ads.txt
One line per account, in the app-ads.txt at the root of the domain your App Store and Google Play listings name as the developer website.
bidmachine.io, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, DIRECT
bidmachine.io, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, RESELLER
- Field 1:
bidmachine.io, the domain BidMachine uses in app-ads.txt. - Field 2: your account ID with BidMachine. It must equal the
seller_idin BidMachine's sellers.json. - Field 3: DIRECT if you hold the account, RESELLER if a partner holds it and sells your inventory. DIRECT vs RESELLER
- Field 4 (optional): a certification authority ID. Most lines naming bidmachine.io carry none, or different ones, so we do not suggest one.
sellers.json at a glance
- Status
- Published
- Sellers listed
- 2,246
- Confidential
- 0 (0%)
- Passthrough
- 0
- Removed, last 30 days
- 1
- Last read
- Oct 14, 2026
- PUBLISHER2,084
- INTERMEDIARY162
- BOTH0
Cross-check of lines naming bidmachine.io
- Verified 326,207
- Seller ID not found 20,227
- DIRECT but intermediary 3,083
- RESELLER but publisher 4,060
- Seller type BOTH 0
- Confidential seller 0
- No sellers.json 0
- Unchecked 0
Every line naming bidmachine.io is looked up in its sellers.json. What each status means
Common errors with bidmachine.io lines
-
Seller ID not found
20,227 lines
Ask BidMachine for the account ID it lists for you in its sellers.json, correct the line, or remove it if you no longer work with them. Buyers that check sellers.json drop these paths.
-
RESELLER but publisher
4,060 lines
If the account is yours, declare it DIRECT. If a partner holds it, ask BidMachine why the account is listed as PUBLISHER.
-
DIRECT but intermediary
3,083 lines
If a partner holds this account and resells your inventory, the line should say RESELLER. If the account is yours, ask BidMachine to list it as PUBLISHER.
Intermediaries most declared as RESELLER
Accounts on bidmachine.io that its sellers.json lists as INTERMEDIARY or BOTH, by the number of app-ads.txt files declaring them. Confidential sellers are left out.
| Seller domain | Type | Files |
|---|---|---|
| pubnative.net | INTERMEDIARY | 15,339 |
| mintegral.com | INTERMEDIARY | 15,229 |
| chartboost.com | INTERMEDIARY | 15,099 |
| algorix.co | INTERMEDIARY | 13,640 |
| thunder-monetize.com | INTERMEDIARY | 13,391 |
| toponad.com | INTERMEDIARY | 12,286 |
| unity.com | INTERMEDIARY | 11,321 |
| thebrave.io | INTERMEDIARY | 9,660 |
Apps that declare bidmachine.io
| App | Store | Relationship | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live |
Questions about BidMachine
Does BidMachine publish a sellers.json?
Yes. Its file at https://bidmachine.io/sellers.json listed 2,246 sellers when we last read it on 14 October 2026: 2,084 publishers, 162 intermediaries and 0 listed as both; 0% are confidential.
How many apps declare BidMachine in app-ads.txt?
186,966 apps in Stoqlab's data (delisted apps included) declare bidmachine.io: 62,385 with at least one DIRECT line and 183,935 with at least one RESELLER line, across 27,873 app-ads.txt files, as of 14 October 2026 (recounted daily).
Why do bidmachine.io lines fail verification?
Of 353,577 lines naming bidmachine.io, 27,370 contradict its sellers.json. The most common case is "Seller ID not found", on 20,227 lines. Ask BidMachine for the account ID it lists for you in its sellers.json, correct the line, or remove it if you no longer work with them. Buyers that check sellers.json drop these paths.
Not sure whether your line should say DIRECT or RESELLER? DIRECT vs RESELLER in app-ads.txt
Sources: the public app-ads.txt files of tracked apps and the sellers.json of bidmachine.io. Something wrong? Tell us.