Coming from the perspective of the DYI hardware community I have some thoughts. Most DYI enthusiasts post a build. This includes usually a detailed parts list

Coming from the perspective of the DYI hardware community I have some thoughts. Most DYI enthusiasts post a build. This includes usually a detailed parts list to a variety of sources. Overtime this list ages and that can be quite fast. Parts go out of stock, deprecate, or are no longer sold by the particular vendors / URL posted. I would love to see a platform that helps source and maintain those lists with the community. It could be an aggregate multivender list with a preference to your sources but allows a centralized purchase for the DYI kit. Perhaps there could be a small premium to help sustain the platform. Utilizing the above idea they're also could be a co-op concept. This allows the community to buy parts/manufacture in bulk. Allowing x amount of people to sign up for x number of kits providing a nice price to all involved.