I know, for this service specifically I will spin it in a different direction, more towards of a professional contracting network.
But for now I'm more curious whether the whole buying into a project is realistic.
I would at least like to raise the bar a bit. A $50 buy-in would shave off 90% of spam bids, and I would do the same for buyers with an even larger buy-in cost. If there are no offers then you lose the money, which means something's wrong with your specs.
