Bidception
Big project. One budget. The right people for each part.
A launch needs design, development, video, copy, and outreach. No one freelancer does all of it well. Bidception funds the whole project in a single budget, puts a captain in charge of the split, and gives each part to the person suited to it. The engine refuses to allocate more than exists.
Launch a new product site
$1,200
Captain
$120
Landing page
$360
Demo video
$240
Launch outreach
$300
Post-launch analytics
$180
Allocated: captain + child work packages + reserve reconcile exactly to the total. Example allocation. Not a live project.
- 1
Set the project budget
The sponsor sets the total budget for everything the project needs. The total is public on the project page. Funding is not live yet, so today this is the draft step.
- 2
Choose a captain
The sponsor picks a member for the coordination, and the captain is paid for it from the budget (example: $120 of a $1,200 project).
- 3
Each part gets its own budget
The captain splits the remaining budget into work packages. Each package is either a competitive bounty (several people, one winner) or a proposal-first project (one chosen provider).
- 4
The project settles
When every part is done, the project settles and any unused reserve goes back to the sponsor. Internally the model is a nested bounty: a funded parent with funded children.
Team projects
The write up
Launch updates
Interested in captaining?
Captains lead teams on funded projects and are paid for the coordination. Leave your email and we will write when funding opens.