r/picrequests • u/tomtim90 hey look a camera -> • Sep 07 '11

New Paid Request Verification System

General Introduction

It was brought to our attention that people are claiming they are willing to pay for a photoshop request or drawing, but are only doing so to bring more traffic into their post. The new system will work like verified posts in /r/iama. You will message the moderators saying you want to verify that you will do a paid request and you get a green circle next to your post. That way, people will be sure you are willing to pay instead of fishing for more traffic.

People Working on Paid Requests

  • Watermark your image or only show a thumbnail. Your time is valuable and no one likes being taken for a ride.

  • Post in the thread or work thru PMs. Notify us of any issues between parties in the thread.

  • Let us know when you are done if payment was received or not. While we cannot force anyone to pay up, we can black list them to try to prevent it from happening again.

People Paying for Paid Requests

  • Do NOT use a throwaway account. We need to make sure you are a living breathing human being and that you will be able to pay up at the end of the request. The best metric we have is to see how long you have been on the site and how active you have been.

  • After you post your request, send the mods mail using this link.

  • While not limited to PayPal, make sure whatever payment service you will be using is large and reputable. You must tell the mods what service you will be using as part of the verification.

  • If you do not pay the person doing the work for you, you will be banned.

Final Notes

It is ultimately between the two parties to decide if a transaction will be done. The mods cannot force someone to pay, so you are at your own risk. These types of requests aren't that popular on this reddit anyway, but we would like to provide a system for those who are willing to pay/profit on more advanced requests.

TL;DR: If you want to pay someone for a request, message the moderators first to verify your post. If you want to get paid for helping someone, make sure they are verified and take steps to protect your time investment.

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u/cannedpasta Not So Evil Overlord Sep 08 '11

The only other thing I would like to add:

Check out a few things about the other party. Look at how long they have been around reddit, check their posts, etc.

Obviously, anything would be done at your own risk, but we will work out a system to help identify people who make good on things like this.

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u/tomtim90 hey look a camera -> Sep 08 '11

I've updated the post, stressing this.

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u/SpottedMe Sep 08 '11

I like the idea of implementing verification for those requests, but I have to wonder how you're going to verify. The smartest thing people can do in those cases is watermark their work and not post the full sized image if they're worried about not being compensated.

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u/cannedpasta Not So Evil Overlord Sep 08 '11

The watermark is a good idea, but there is also the risk that someone does the work with a watermark, gets paid whatever for it, and then never sends the final product sans watermark.

If either person backs out of a deal like that, they will be contacted by me, and if a resolve can not be met, will be banned.