Coming soon · Crowdsourced ideas
Crowdsource ideas from real people (coming soon)Coming soon
Crowdsource ideas is a coming-soon format. Today you can test two or three shortlisted ideas you already have, using a pick-one question. The open brief, idea ownership and payment rules are not final.
We review requests by hand.
How to crowdsource ideas: what works today
First decide whether you want people to suggest an original idea or react to one you already have. Only shortlist questions are available now:
- Coming soon example: HoundRoute could ask people to suggest a new dog-walking service idea from a brief.
- Available now: which would help dog owners most, Updates, Flexible times or a Regular walker?
- Available now: which of three service names fits the idea best?
What a shortlist vote can tell you
Illustrative result: Example of a shortlist test you can run today: Updates gets 10 of 20 picks, Flexible times six and Regular walker four. Reasons suggest that updates reassure some owners, while others care more about scheduling. This is a preference result on options you supplied; it is not a set of original ideas generated by the crowd.
How the coming-soon idea brief differs
For now, write two or three options and ask which people prefer. Each verified member chooses without seeing the other votes, adds one reason and receives no pay during early access. A later idea-brief flow may invite original suggestions, but its judging, rights and payment terms must be published before that format opens.
The Ask hub covers other formats.
Crowdsourcing ideas platform: current limits
A crowdsourcing ideas platform can invite suggestions you had not considered, but PennyForYours has not launched that service. The available shortlist test can still show which of your existing ideas people understand or want most.
Honest limit: Open idea briefs are coming soon. Do not send original inventions or confidential plans through a shortlist question. The current pool is mixed UK adults, not a chosen customer segment; no ownership or prize terms for idea submissions have been set.
What it costs
Shortlist quick takes are free to ask during early access, by invitation. At paid launch they start from 30p an answer plus 50p a question (launch example), so 20 would come to about £6.50. Pricing for original idea briefs is coming soon and has not been set.
Your questions, answered
How do you crowdsource ideas?
A true idea brief invites original suggestions against a defined problem, with clear ownership and judging terms. That PennyForYours format is coming soon. Today, you can list two or three ideas of your own and ask members which one they prefer and why.
What is a crowdsourcing ideas platform?
It is a service that invites ideas from people beyond your own team. Models vary: some pay for every contribution, others run contests. PennyForYours has not fixed its original-idea terms; its available quick take is a vote on a shortlist you provide.
When will idea briefs open?
No date has been set. The idea format remains “Coming soon” until the ownership, judging and payment terms are ready and the feature works. A current shortlist test does not reserve a place or create any right to later idea submissions.
Who owns the ideas?
Terms for original ideas have not been finalised. Do not assume that submitting or receiving an idea transfers rights. For the available pick-one test, you supply the options and receive opinions on them, not a new idea to own.
What can I do today instead?
Test a shortlist of two or three options with one neutral question. In the illustrative HoundRoute vote, Updates leads 10 to six and four. Read the reasons before choosing: a small mixed group can show confusion or appeal, but it cannot validate market demand.
How much does this test cost?
Shortlist quick takes are free to ask during early access, by invitation. At paid launch they start from 30p an answer plus 50p a question (launch example), so 20 would come to about £6.50. Pricing for original idea briefs is coming soon and has not been set.
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