crowdSpring – crowdsourcing solution

Crowdsourcing Sites, here is another wanna be entering the "crowded" space. crowdSRING is currently in beta and the "Spring" twist is that the first project they are posting is their own site, $5000 prize for the best homepage design submission. Sign up here to access the beta, otherwise wait till April.

The difference between crowdSPRING and other crowdsoucing sites like Kluster, FellowForce, and Cambrian House is that contributors have to put up completed work, not just concept designs. This way their work competes directly with everyone else’s, specially since everybody is able to view your submission. It avoids design by a committee, while it still allows one design to inform another – but it might also discourage more talented providers to spend yet unpaid time on a complete design without knowing if it will pay off.