Finding your way around

Never used a gig site before? Perfect. This page walks the entire app, button by button, and ends with click-by-click recipes for the things everyone does first. Zero assumed knowledge.

The app changes shape when you sign in

• Signed out, you see the magazine: a top navigation bar, the page, a footer. You can browse Discover, read requests, look at profiles and the Hall of Fame — but doing anything (posting, applying, saving) asks you to sign in first.
• Signed in, the whole site becomes your workspace. On a computer you get a sidebar on the left; on a phone you get a floating tab bar at the bottom. Same pages, same buttons, just arranged for your screen.

The site speaks 7 languages (English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, German, Portuguese). It follows your browser's language automatically — to force one, put its code in the address: weirdrequests.com/es/discover for Spanish, /fr/ for French, and so on.

On a phone: the five tabs

The floating pill at the bottom of the screen, left to right:

1. 🏠 Home — your : your requests, your applications, and what needs attention right now.
2. 🧭 Discover — the of every open request. The Filters button at the top opens category, price, sort, and location controls.
3. ➕ The big plus — post a request. Opens the composer right there on the spot.
4. 📥 Inbox — your . One chat thread per application, so deals never tangle.
5. 👤 Profile — your . This is also where Saved, Earnings, and Billing live on mobile, under "Your stuff."

On a computer: the sidebar

• Browse — Home, , .
• Your stuff — , , , , , .
• Post a request — the big button up top. Hard to miss. That's deliberate.
• The top bar has search, the theme toggle (light/dark), and your avatar menu.

Every page, one line each

Recipe: post your first request

1. Tap the ➕ (phone) or Post a request (computer, top of sidebar).
2. Title — one vivid sentence. "Whisper my grocery list in French" beats "Audio needed."
3. Description — what, exactly, does "done" look like? Write it like instructions for a smart stranger, because that's literally what it is.
4. Category — pick the closest of the 12. Don't overthink it.
5. Delivery format — what you want back: video, photos, audio, writing, a digital file, a physical thing, a live call. Tick all that apply.
6. Price — between $25 and $2,500. What's it worth to you? ($50–$250 is the sweet spot for most creative asks.)
7. — how long the post stays open for applications. Default is 14 days.

It costs nothing to post. You're only charged when you pick someone — and the form will ask you to add a card first so any fulfiller you pick knows the money's real. Add or change cards any time in .

Recipe: land your first gig

1. Open . Tap Filters and narrow to categories you could actually deliver.
2. Found one? Tap the card to read the full brief. Read it twice — the description is the contract.
3. Tap Apply. Write 2–4 sentences: why you, and how you'd nail the hard part. Quote their weird specifics back at them — it proves you read it.
4. Keep their price or propose your own — a thoughtful counter signals you scoped the work.
5. Send it. You'll get a notification if they message you or pick you.
6. Before you're picked, set up payouts in — a short identity + bank verification through our payments partner (or add a crypto wallet). Do it now; future-you, holding an accepted delivery, will be glad.
7. Picked? Their money is already in escrow. Deliver within through the delivery form on the request. Then they accept, and the money (minus the 15% fee) heads to your bank or wallet.

While you wait for the perfect request: bookmark candidates with the 🔖 on any card, and save your search (the "Save this search" button under the filters) so the site emails you when new matches appear — instant, daily, or weekly, your call. Both live on .

Recipe: negotiate with a custom offer

Haggling in prose gets messy. Offers make it one tap:

1. Open the chat thread (Inbox → the conversation).
2. Tap Make an offer above the message box.
3. Enter the price and, optionally, a note ("Throw in a second take and it's a deal").
4. Send. The other side gets an offer card with Accept and Decline buttons.
5. If they accept, that price is the application's price now — picking charges exactly that. If they decline, nothing changes; counter away.

Offers only exist before the pick. Once money's in escrow, the price is locked (a tip at acceptance covers "you went above and beyond").

Recipe: request someone specific (direct request)

Found your weirdo and want them, not the open market?

1. Go to their profile (tap their @handle anywhere) and hit "Request @them directly" — or, on a job they already completed for you, "Request @them again."
2. The composer opens with a banner confirming it's a direct request: private, never on the public feed, only they can see it and apply. (Changed your mind? Hit the × on the banner and it becomes a normal public request.)
3. Write and submit like any request. Same moderation, same escrow, same protections — different audience: exactly one person.
4. They're notified the moment it's live. If they're in away mode you'll see a heads-up that replies may be slow.

Where do I…?

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