Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 numbers	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Series D Warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Series E Warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member]	May 24, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	May 24, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Series A Convertible Preferred Stock 8% [Member]	May 24, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Series C Warrants [Member]	May 24, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Series D Warrants [Member]	May 24, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Series E Warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member] Series C Warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member] Series D Warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member] Series E Warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Option [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Option [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Option [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Common Stock [Member] Vendors [Member]
Shares issued for services (in shares)																										6,002,072	6,002,072
Shares issued for services					$ 5,409,807																					$ 600	$ 5,409,807
Stock issued for conversion of debentures (in shares)																										1,000,307
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Warrants Exercised																										378,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Placements Agents (in shares)																										371,666
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Placements Agents																										345,950
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued (in shares)														8,904,287	8,904,287	4,452,143	4,452,144
Preferred Stock, Call or Exercise Features												$ 0.35						$ 0.35
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Cash												3,116,500
Maximum Limit of Subsequent Placements Allowed													5,000,000
Maximum Purchase Limit													200,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage													8.00%
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	62,330	0		0	83,505	0
Description Of Market Price Detarmination													The market price is determined as 90% of weighted average prices of the common stock for 5 trading days preceding the conversion.
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share																		$ 0.10
Percentage of Securities Offered to Subsequent Placement													50.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Purchase Price of Common Stock, Percent													90.00%
Registration Payment Arrangement, Term													The Company was required to file a registration statement within 15 days and to have the registration statement declared effective within 105 days of the closing of the offering.
Warrants Expiration Date								Sep. 30, 2012
Registration rights penalties	0	0		0	77,913								77,913
Deemed dividend related to incremental beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock	0	0		0	1,085,797	0							1,085,797
Class of Warrant or Right Tem																				5 years	5 years	5 years
Class of Warrant Exercise Price																				$ 0.50	$ 0.35	$ 0.35
Derivative liability related to warrants					(21,982,187)	0													21,982,187							0
Derivative, Gain on Derivative	6,051,937	0		0	19,550,862	0		471,874
Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Mark To Market Warrants									756,858
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross					3,258,241																		2,958,241
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 0.26		$ 0.26		$ 0.26		$ 0.21																	$ 1.85	$ 0.30
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)																								10 years	5 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award Options Grants Vested Immediately																							163,241
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award Options Vesting Over Period																							2,795,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award Options Vesting Contractual Term																							36 months
Stock-based compensation			0		5,722,540	0																	312,733
Unamortized Share-based Compensation					$ 567,679
Approved One Time Offer to Employees (in dollars per share)					$ 0.35
Granted Option to Purchase of Common Stock (in dollars per share)					$ 0.35
Number of Employees, Option Grant Prices Ranging					18
Option Grant Prices Ranging					$ 0.51					$ 1.55	$ 0.51
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in shares)					742,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures (in shares)					742,000

Luxeyard, Inc. 10-Q