Show HN: Pvsh - A reverse Kickstarter (make feature requests for any product)

The idea is not exactly new or popular (without proper moderation it inevitably turns into spammy, ads-filled swamp), and a request to log in to see more then 14 suggestions doesn't look all that inviting.<p>Also: Great, now we are moving from '-er without -e-' to '-v- instead of -u-'! I really hope it won't catch up. I mean, Romans were cool guys, but my brain constantly trips over unexpected V; it feels like noise, and not like a not-so-svbtle attempt at bringing in some Latin style. Sorry for the grvmbling.

This could be really powerful if users could put up actual $$$ for feature requests so the site actually performs more like kickstarter. This would also help the quality of requests.<p>Once the company completes the feature satisfactorily they get the cash. Or perhaps even a situation where they can grab the cash to start the feature- but this is obviously higher risk- like kickstarter- but the risk could be managed and even help the feature development process.<p>PS- With this in mind, importing feature requests from other sites could help growth. IE: People see a GREAT feature THEY want and are willing to put in $5... as compared to coming to the site to submit their ideas. Another idea: Use ad revenue from site to 'seed' a user's initial ability to donate $$$. Perhaps require CC input in order to contribute this 'free money', thereby making it easier to give real money. I know the free money would have to be incredibly small, but sometimes little acts of giving something for free can really change a system. Just some thoughts...

how exactly is this "A reverse kickstarter" No money changes hands in either direction, and nothing actually happens if enough people request something.<p>It's like saying "Come! Shout into this hole." We've placed a microphone in front of it to record your shout for all time... "Yes but... I'm just shouting into a hole right?"<p>"No no. it's a special hole. It's got a "reverse kickstarter" microphone!" ...<p>"You'll pay me when enough people shout into it about the same thing?"<p>"Er... no"<p>"So.... I'll have to build something if enough people shout?"<p>"No no."<p>"So, what you're really saying is. You've set up a microphone in front of a hole and have added the word 'Kickstarter' above it in in hopes that, despite the fact that you're not actually charging for a product you will make money? Or is it that you think that the current abundance of holes to shout in simply wasn't abundant enough and that by adding a brand new hole everything would be different?"<p>"Er... YES!"

I like how startups ran out of regular words, so now they use V instead of U and we have a whole new set of words to go through.

Idea: let companies/brands create accounts and commit to implementing features. Give them report cards based on the number of features they commit to and actually implement. Maybe include pages for individual products, and grade them individually. This could be a really useful tool to find out which product lines are actually getting love from makers.

What a cute little startup name. How the hell do I pronounce it?

Is this aimed at consumers or manufacturers/creators?<p>As a consumer, this doesn't strike me as something I would want to browse, which probably means a lot of people only post there if they want to <i>vent</i> about something.<p>It could be an interesting alternative to a GitHub Issues/Pull Request system if it's easy for creators to subscribe to requests for their brand or products, though.<p>But I still am not sure what the incentive for consumers to post this would be. Maybe some sort of reward structure should be in place for the first few months to give it traction. Just gamified badges and stuff to kick things off.

This seems to have a huge chicken-or-the-egg problem: the site is only valuable to consumers if they know their requests could have some influence, but companies will only listen to requests from Pvsh users if there's a critical mass (say, thousands or millions of votes for one feature).<p>Is there some way to re-jig the concept to get around this? Perhaps by focusing more directly on one particular product category and expanding outwards? Or by working with particular companies that are actively soliciting feature requests (in which case I'd know I'd be listened to)?

My product management team is looking for a product that sort of has some of the functionality you have in this app. What we would like is a way to keep track of feature requests and then have a way to keep track of votes for/against the feature request so we can use it to inform prioritization. So not an exact fit, but that was the first use case that I thought of when I saw your app. We won't be using it but this looks like good stuff. I wonder what % of customers will go to the length of making suggestions.

Sounds similar to uservoice. The utility of it really depends on the quality of the users. For example, if they're entering bugs and voting on each others' bugs, it can be useful.<p>But if they're suggesting things for which there are difficult tradeoffs without considering the implications, then it's not very useful. For example, requesting that stripe make their credit card processing free is not very useful feedback, but you can get a lot of these 'I want a pony' kind of requests.

This could become a rich field of great new startup ideas (<a href="http://www.pvshapp.com/#feature_requests/50b6b9796b411f9c00000014" rel="nofollow">http://www.pvshapp.com/#feature_requests/50b6b9796b411f9c000...</a>), or it could become a vast wasteland of stupidity (<a href="http://www.pvshapp.com/#feature_requests/50bcf7d5e4ca239c00000011" rel="nofollow">http://www.pvshapp.com/#feature_requests/50bcf7d5e4ca239c000...</a>).

For everyone criticizing the app name, you are aware that domain names are a finite resource that cost very little to sit on forever, right? Often naming your company comes down to what memorable domain name you can snag, even if you have to commit a spelling/grammar crime to get it.

I really hope they come through with the Chuck Norris API<p><a href="http://www.pvshapp.com/#feature_requests/50bcf99ee4ca239c00000015" rel="nofollow">http://www.pvshapp.com/#feature_requests/50bcf99ee4ca239c000...</a>

ahhh ffs, I drafted out my own vision of this concept just yesterday. Nice work none the less :)

McAfee Enterprise proxy server white-list thingy blocks this site as being a "medium risk" - So my comopany proxy server blocks it :(