builtonideas.com — help build the platform itself
Posted by Michael van Diermen
https://builtonideas.com lets anyone post an idea and have a community pick up the work — development, design, marketing, funding — in exchange for a share of what gets built. The MVP is live: people can register, post projects, list the roles they need, and have others ask to join, with AI helping turn a raw idea into a task plan.
Now I want to grow it the way the platform is meant to work: by having contributors build it with me. There's plenty to do across code, design, marketing, and early funding, and I'm looking for people who want in early on something they help shape.
Where it's at: working PHP/MySQL site with accounts, project posting, join requests, a contact system, and AI idea-to-tasks suggestions. Next up: a contribution-points system, richer project pages, and getting the first real projects and members onto the platform.
p.s.
Looking for someone to test this site with me and help make it like more like https://cofounderslab.com/ or https://www.indiehackers.com/.
I can make it the way you want (anything is ok), just don't have time with no users or no suggestions right now is just me here.
I have noticed on https://cofounderslab.com/ there are a lot of scammers, https://www.indiehackers.com/ prevents this by checking comments, with this site AI will read the message and flag scammers and we block, its not soemthing will add if no users
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Roles
- Designer — Refine the brand, page layouts, and the post/join flows
- Growth / marketer — Get the first founders and contributors onto the platform; social + outreach
- Backer / advisor — Early funding or guidance on the equity/legal side of sweat-equity
Building this (2)
- S sakib kai
- M Marco Linde
Build log (2)
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Michael van Diermen · Sep 8, 2026getting no new projects added after the competition
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Michael van Diermen · Jul 31, 2026The homepage now separates genuine collaboration projects from idea showcases, and every project has community voting — 👍 I'd use this / 🔨 I'd help build this. Also new: a Builders directory (add your skills under Account → Builder profile to be listed), build logs like this one with optional email subscriptions, a visible stage pipeline on every project, deal terms shown up front so you know what contributors get, and an AI-generated "what this needs next" checklist owners can edit. Categories were reorganised into 11 clearer groups too. Come vote on ideas, subscribe to projects you want to follow, and list yourself as a builder.
Idea appraisal
An automated appraisal by builtonideas.com — guidance only.
Appraisal for: builtonideas.com — help build the platform itself · by Michael van Diermen
Appraiser: builtonideas.com · Jun 16, 2026
Appraisal score
The builtonideas.com platform presents a strong value proposition by leveraging community contributions for idea development, design, marketing, and funding. Its current MVP demonstrates core functionality, with a clear roadmap for enhancements like a contribution-points system and richer project pages. The approach of building the platform using its own model is a clever demonstration of its core concept.