Back ideas.
Solve challenges.
Build the future.
Prepare a reward campaign, a cause, a venture introduction or an open challenge. This South African marketplace is in preview: examples can be browsed and drafts saved locally; accounts and payments are closed.
- Evidence review planned
- Four clear ways to help
- Approval details pending
One million ideas. One shared future.
Every idea starts
with someone like you.
We’re working towards collecting 1,000,000 ideas on Launchpad. Follow the real submission count as the community grows.
Prepare your ideaLaunchpad ideas submitted
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of 1,000,000 ideas · our collection goal
The live total is temporarily unavailable.
Each idea counts once after a successful Launchpad submission. Example campaigns and unsent drafts are excluded.
Submissions are currently closed. You can prepare a local draft; it will count only after submission opens and you submit it.
Check submission availabilityOne marketplace, four ways to take part.
Every campaign is exactly one type, so you always know what you give and what you get back.
Pre-order or back a product.
- Supporters give
- a pledge
- They get
- a reward or pre-order
Creators share a product or project and set a funding goal. Supporters pledge to pre-order it or claim a reward, and the creator keeps them posted with updates until every reward is delivered.
Good forNew productsCreative projectsFirst production runs
Ideas worth backing
illustrative examples; launch date unconfirmed
From a hunch to real impact in five steps.
- 01
Choose a path
Reward, donation, venture or challenge. The builder adapts to what you pick.
- 02
Build it
Prepare a local draft; export a backup because browser storage can be lost.
- 03
Get reviewed
Planned: a documented evidence review before publication.
- 04
Go live
After launch approval, share a published page and keep supporters informed.
- 05
Deliver & report
Deliver what you promised and show the impact it made.
Trade an hour.
Build a community.
Give an hour of your skill, earn an hour of someone else’s. A haircut hour equals a bookkeeping hour, because every skill counts.
- TMHair braiding for BookkeepingThandi M. · Soweto
- SNBookkeeping for PlumbingSipho N. · Tembisa
- LKGraphic design for Sewing repairsLerato K. · Mamelodi
- JVPlumbing for Website helpJohan V. · Centurion
- Fictional members · no real exchanges
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