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

62,385 DIRECT · 183,935 RESELLER

Sellers in sellers.json
2,246

0% confidential

Lines verified
92%

321,355 of 348,315 checked lines

Lines with errors
26,960

348,315 lines in total

Avg. supply path score
51.2 / 100

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 13 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_id in 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 13, 2026
  • PUBLISHER2,084
  • INTERMEDIARY162
  • BOTH0

Cross-check of lines naming bidmachine.io

  • Verified 321,355
  • Seller ID not found 19,913
  • DIRECT but intermediary 3,048
  • RESELLER but publisher 3,999
  • 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 19,913 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 3,999 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 3,048 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.

Common app-ads.txt errors and how to fix them

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 domainTypeFiles
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

AppStoreRelationshipStatus
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
iOS RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
iOS RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android 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 13 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 348,315 lines naming bidmachine.io, 26,960 contradict its sellers.json. The most common case is "Seller ID not found", on 19,913 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.