I REALLY REALLY want to help people test out these ideas early on with their community and grow social proof with real capital from their networks. Check out http://baqqer.com/ to help grow your side project and your community simultaneously.
Hey this is Nathan, co-founder of Baqqer. Just to echo what Dan just said, we built baqqer with the idea that individual creators/makers/developers/designers should be able to test out their ideas with minimum effort to see if they have legs. Unlike Kickstarter where users need to have their product costs down to the penny, we let users build community and long-term funding around their ideas(side-projects) until they prove the model. This allows for pivoting, product recognition, and idea validation. We see ourselves as a pre-kickstarter platform.
Thanks! Funny story: I pitched an early group of investors this idea, and they stopped me and asked me why I settled on this name. I replied, "Because the domain was available." and the entire room erupted in laughter. Pretty solid experience.
