There are a couple of plugins that I'd like to have developed however I am poor so I'd love it if there was a platform that allowed me to easily group with others that have the same need and pool our resources to pay a developer.
I have seen a lot of freelance developer job boards and bidding platforms but I was wondering if there were any platforms out there that would specifically empower a group of users/designers to pool their money behind a project they like, and allow for developers to bid out the project?
The way I would envision it working would be a hybrid between Freelancer.com (or elance.com) and Kickstarter.com. Actually, it would be similar to Area51 on the StackExchange.
In case this doesn't exist, I'll elaborate on my idea for anyone that wants to make such a platform...
Basically, someone could post a project, take bids, then open it up for crowd funding or before any project is even bid on it could be open to a vote in the sense that people have to commit to at least $5 and once it reaches a certain commitment level it goes out for bids.