100,000 tiles · chapter one
The first 250 tiles are FREE.
The first 250 tiles are free. After that, $1. Pick a square on a 500 × 200 public canvas, leave a color, a name, maybe a message. It stays.
Payments support this project and its creator. This is not a donation or charity, and it is not tax deductible.
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Founding Tiles
The first 250 tiles are FREE.
1 / 250 Founding Tiles Claimed
One free tile per person. Email verification required. No Stripe for this claim.
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How it works
- 1. Pan the 100,000-tile canvas and click an open square.
- 2. We hold it for 10 minutes while you customize.
- 3. The first 250 people verify an email and claim one tile free. After that, pay $1 (optional tip). The browser never marks a tile owned.
- 4. Color and text can go live immediately. Images wait for a human look.
- 5. Your tile gets a permanent number and URL. Share it; referrals are counted.
Progress
2 / 100,000 tiles claimed (0%).
Founding Tiles are the first 250 free verified claims — Founder #1 through #250 — not the lowest grid numbers and not paid purchases. 249 free slots remaining.
The story
The internet used to feel like a place you could scribble on. Tile Crowd is a giant shared artwork: cheap enough that anyone can join, permanent enough that it might outlast the feed that sent you here.
FAQ
Is this a donation or a charity?
No. After the first 250 free Founding Tiles, you claim a tile for $1. Payments support the project and its creator. They are not tax deductible. Free claims are also not donations.
Do I need an account?
No. Email is only used to verify a free Founding Tile (one per person) and to send your receipt and tile link.
What is a Founding Tile?
The first 250 people who verify an email and claim one tile free. Founder #1–250 is the order those free claims succeed — not the lowest tile numbers. Paid tiles after that are not Founding Tiles. Founders may still buy more squares for $1.
How do I claim a free Founding Tile?
Pick an open square (10-minute hold), customize it, verify your email, then confirm. There is no Stripe checkout for the free claim. One free tile per normalized email. When 250 are gone, the site switches to $1 automatically.
The first 250 are free.
The first 250 tiles are free. After that, $1.
Claim Your Free Tile