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Homelab & always-on selling

Many sellers keep a PC or home server running around the clock — remote desktop, media, inference, backups, or other background work. The GPU is already powered on; between your own jobs it sits idle. IdleChip is built for that pattern: list the spare hours, keep the agent on the machine, and operate listings from any browser — including your phone while you are away.

How it works

1. Install and pair the IdleChip agent on the always-on PC (once).
2. On My GPUs, enable scanning, register the card, and start heartbeats so buyers see you online.
3. Post an offering or reply on buyer threads with hours and rate you are willing to share.
4. While you are out, open the site on your phone to check threads, sessions, and Profile — the GPU work stays on your home machine.

What to watch for

• Spare capacity only — if your server uses the GPU for Plex, local AI, or rendering, only list hours you can pause or share without breaking your own setup.
• Keep the box awake — sleep mode and reboots stop heartbeats; homelab sellers usually disable sleep and accept some uptime risk.
• Buyer access is remote — renters run workloads on your GPU, not on their phone. Plan how you hand off access (SSH, Jupyter, etc.) without exposing the rest of your network.
• Phone = dashboard — mobile works for browsing, posting, and managing listings. Scans and heartbeats still come from the paired PC, not the browser.