Report a problem you've lived. The community tests whether it's real, idea generators propose solutions, and builders take the best one all the way to launch — with every contribution on record.
Free to join · Reporter and Voter active from day one
Each phase has a gate, so effort goes into problems that are real and products that are ready.
Someone reports a problem they've personally hit. Voters back it and add their own experience; the Reporter collects evidence and decides whether it's worth building.
Reporter · VoterIdea Generators propose solutions. Members score each one on 10 success indicators and flag risks; the best-evidenced idea is selected and positioned.
Idea Generator · ReporterAn Investor backs it, Developers build and claim bounties, Testers run test rounds on every platform until it passes.
Investor · Developer · TesterLaunch and operations checklists are cleared, the product goes live in stores and channels, and its KPIs and business model are tracked.
Seller · Marketer · WholesalerLanding pages, interviews, sign-ups and willingness to pay — then a clear Go or Not yet.
Severity, urgency, pull, differentiation and more, plus the failure risks — compared side by side.
Who it's for, the one-line promise, the alternatives and the pricing hypothesis — set before funding.
Build and test work posted with acceptance criteria; claimed, delivered, reviewed and credited.
App Store, Google Play, web and operations checklists generated from what you're actually shipping.
Business model, prices, running costs and KPIs — target versus where you really are.
Plus duplicate detection while you write, releases per platform, and an admin trail of every decision.
Everyone starts as Reporter and Voter. Turn on more roles from your account; the four that handle money, builds or goods are checked by an admin first.
The guided example takes a real-world problem — smallholder farmers who can't afford soil-moisture sensors — through every stage with a demo team. You make the key decisions; the team does the rest.
Yes. Joining, reporting, voting and proposing ideas are free.
You keep meaningful rights to it. ProblemBank gets a non-exclusive licence to show it and move it through the pipeline, and every contribution is recorded so credit is clear. Full ownership terms are being finalised with a lawyer — see the Terms.
Not yet. Funding pledges, bounty rewards and prices are agreements on record; real payments come later, after legal review.
Passwords are hashed, two-factor codes and passkeys are available, and every change is written to a tamper-evident log you can check on the Trust & Security page.
While you write, ProblemBank shows similar problems so you can back the existing one instead of splitting support.
Write it down. If it's real, it can become the next product people use.
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