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I love this idea Jeff. Seems like designers wouldn’t be limited to their coding knowledge is this actually happens. This is def something I’ll be looking forward to. Not only will you have the WP version of the PSD but the designer could also start learning how to code slowly by looking at the code of the PSD they created initially! Let’s make this happen!

Here’s how it could work.

Suppose I submit a PSD .. but I don’t want to code it. I can choose an option wich make that theme available to be coded.

So there could be a page showing all theme ready to be coded and then people could bet on them .. Exemple , they would bet : I want to give the PSD author 40% , or 50% etc etc …and the guy show a portfolio of stuff he coded.

Then the author choose someone based on the % he gave and his skills.

And the % of sales go directly in both authors account at every sales..

But who earn the $ made for the % raise .. I mean .. if someone code a WP for me .. I want my sales number and $ amount to go in my account so that I have bigger % and bigger exposure .. etc etc ..

Personnaly , this is not something I would do .. I prefer paying 1 time and then its done.

Absolutely can we get this running by weeks end!? Seriously, this would be a more than welcomed addition to the markeplaces, and something that people have been asking for – I think it’s a no brainer.

I will add however, the percentage thing, I think it needs to be able to be set and agreed upon between the 2 parties – or that as a designer I can set the percentage of a sister product produced by another author and then it’s up to the other author to accept before he creates the new file – so I could set one at 10% another at 40% etc

Can’t wait for this though – this is the single most exciting thing to happen – even more important than the redesign in my opinion!

@JeffreyWay, your coffee seems to be a good one.

@JeffreyWay – my comment about weeks end was meant as a joke due to my enthusiasm

What about 3 levels of percentage:

20% author 40% author 60% author

and then there were not basically 99 options from 1 – 99% – maybe easier.

I totally agree that designers should be able to choose the coder – I personally would want to make sure I could choose, or how would I defend my designs from bad coding just because someone did a bad job.

Maybe there should also be an inspection of the finished item from the coder where the author of the design can see the submission and check an approval box – only then would it be submitted for review – I think it’s important – you may choose a great coder and yet for some reason he does something bad, then you will not have been able to stop the item before it went on sale.