01Post
Someone writes the request.
Title, description, a price. The weirder the better — that's the whole pitch. Goes through human moderation first. If we squint at it and it's borderline, you hear back within 24 hours.
weirdrequests.com/postNew request
Step 1 / 3Title
Need someone to film themselves reading a haiku to a duckDescription
Specifically a mallard. Bonus if the duck reacts. 30 seconds max, vertical video. The haiku must contain the word ‘pond’.Price
$75.00Category
🎥 Custom videosReview by human · usually < 24h
02Apply
Other people pitch to do it.
Each applicant explains why they're the right weirdo for the request and proposes a price (counter-offers are allowed and encouraged). The poster sees every pitch side by side.
weirdrequests.com/r/...✦ Live request · 🎥 Custom videos
Need someone to film themselves reading a haiku to a duck
3 applications
Sort: lowest bid- m@marcello$75
I have a real mallard. Her name is Constance. One-take, ready Friday.
- p@priya$60counter
Mallard rescue volunteer + filmmaker. Counter-offer at $60, can deliver in 48h.
- j@jin$75
Professional poet (yes really). Two haiku drafts attached.
Pick @marcello →- m
03Pick
Money hits escrow. Work begins.
When the poster picks someone, the money moves into escrow — Stripe for fiat, Coinbase Commerce for crypto. The fulfiller gets to work. The chat opens. Going off-platform is a strike.
weirdrequests.com/my-requests/...$78.75 in escrow
Stripe · payment_intent_3LkZ…
Released to @marcello when you accept the delivery (or auto-accepts in 5 days).
Chat with @marcello · just now
Excited to see what you come up with!On it. Filming Saturday at golden hour 🦆04Deliver
Delivery → admin once-over → accept.
The fulfiller submits. A human admin gives it a fast moderation pass. The poster accepts (or asks for one revision, or opens a dispute). On acceptance, the money releases. Auto-accepts after 5 days of silence.
weirdrequests.com/my-requests/...Admin approved5d to decidedelivered · 12m agoDelivery from @marcello
“Filmed at golden hour Saturday. Constance was very chill. The haiku is about a pond. Vertical video, 28 seconds.”
haiku-duck.mp4 · 28s
The money
Escrow on every job. No exceptions.
When the poster picks a fulfiller, the money moves into escrow at the payment processor — Stripe for cards, Coinbase Commerce for crypto. We never custody funds ourselves. The money sits there until the delivery is accepted (or auto-accepts after five days, or a dispute resolves).
Our take is 20% total: 5% added to what the poster pays at pick-time, 15% taken from what the fulfiller receives. The headline price is exactly what the fulfiller gets paid before fees.
$75 request + 5% platform fee
In escrow
$78.75
Fulfiller gets
$63.75
Platform take
$15.00
Moderation queue
by @admin_em · live
- review
Read the entire IKEA Billy manual as a Shakespearean monologue
🎭 Performance art · $200 · 3m ago
- review
Skateboard down the steepest legal street in San Francisco
🤸 Stunts & challenges · $300 · 12m ago
- approved✓ live
Knit a small sweater for an apple
👽 Other weird · €90 · 1h ago
- approved✓ live
Hand-letter a goodbye card for my coworker
🎨 Art & design · $140 · 2h ago
all caught up · avg response 4h 12m
The not-a-bot part
A human reads every single post.
Posts go into a moderation queue before they appear publicly. Same with delivery submissions. The line between “funny” and “please don't” is thinner than people think, so we don't outsource it to a classifier. Disputes get the same treatment: an admin reads the entire thread and makes the call. No bot replies, ever.
How this is different
We're not Fiverr, Cameo, or Craigslist. (We checked.)
| Feature | Weird Requests | Fiverr | Cameo | Craigslist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The request can be genuinely strange | ||||
| Money in escrow until you accept | ||||
| Crypto + fiat | ||||
| Opt-in public deliveries | kind of | |||
| Human moderation on every post | eventually | 😬 | ||
| Fulfiller can counter-propose the price | ||||
| Post it from a chat agent (MCP) | ||||
| No talent agent in the middle |
Reasonable questions