I've had an app idea for quite a while now, don't know whether it's exactly a "million-dollar" idea, but I'm interested in at least contacting a developer and entertaining the thought.
I work in the IT industry, but admittedly don't have any coding/developer skills as such.
Has anyone explored this themselves? Who did you choose? and what should I be mindful of? (eg. signing a contract or non-disclosure agreement before collaborating)
As a developer, I've had many people come to me with ideas. 9/10 of the time it already exists :|
You could create an app that searches the Google play store to see if it already exists?
"Hotdog or not" app is already out
on a more serious note, I have searched for, but can't find an app to do the following: filtering out robo scam calls. My idea was for your phone to auto answer any silent and unknown numbers without ringing tone, then ask caller to press a number to continue, then if number pressed it would start the ringtone. Of course known callers would go straight through. Or does this idea already exist?
As a developer myself.
If you want a partner and you just have the idea, you should be prepared to show a very real prospect of a sale if X is implemented (and X should be able to be implemented in very short time).
Or
You should be putting up funding to pay the developer (a reduced rate) as well as equity.
Or
Try fiverr or the many other contract sites.
As the above replies, ideas are cheap and rarely validated before implementation which can lead to a lot of wasted time.
Not at all saying your idea is in this camp but as someone in the startup space, I see a lot of un-validated and half baked ideas, including my own :)
Don't give up though, keep at it, have a look on Indie Hackers and you might find a no-code option you can do yourself.
Feel free to DM me if you want to discuss more.
Happy hacking :)
Great advice, cheers :)
I'm looking at Android Studio tutorials, might give it a go myself and see how far I get!
You're already familiar with computers, why not build it yourself?
Freecodecamp, udemy, etc
Fair call haha. I'm just a n00b in this area, so I'm not feeling the most confident in tackling it.
Looking at Android Studio tutorials :)
I hate that we never get to hear what these secret "app ideas" are.
Facebook, OzBargain, Google, Amazon but better!
Would you spend a few thousand dollars on a prototype?
If yes, try freelancer.com
With a a prototype you have something to show/test/evaluate. You can validate your idea and see if it is appealing. You are then seeking a partner for the improved version.
If you won't spend that, why would a programmer give a few thousand dollars worth of their time to you?
I work with startups quite a lot and the first thing you need to do is to actually go and find the problem space and see if you have a market before finding a "dev partner". Many ideas which are "brilliant" have a market of one - the person with the idea. Just because it makes 110% sense to you doesn't mean it will survive reality.
where do you live
happy to live rent free in your incubator for 10%, and eat your food.
Nice try, Jian-Yang.
Your idea is worthless.
Hire someone off freelancer.com
I bet you're fun at parties.
Ideas are worthless, not just your idea. It's the execution where the value is. You can't patent an idea.
Ideas are a dime a dozen. If you want anyone to be interested you'll need to build a prototype and prove it is possible to do everything the app needs to do (the reason that the app you are imagining doesn't yet exist could be because it isn't possible in iOS or Android - eg say you wanted an app that would forward sms with particular keywords to an email. I don't think iOS allows apps access to your text messages and you wouldn't be able to constantly be doing stuff in the background). And then you'll have to pay them. Nobody is going to work for possible revenue share with someone who hasn't proved themselves in the industry yet. If you have a good prototype and you have researched the market (to make sure it doesn't exist yet and that the general public needs it and would be willing to use it) you might be able to sell the idea & prototype to a company and they can finish building it and get the profits.