Quick start guide for solution seekers

Specify how much you want to pay. If you don't want to pledge any money, it is nevertheless important to write an encouraging message with a pay tag - just specify an amount of zero EUR, USD, whatever. That way parsers can find out how many people are interested in a solution. In fact, a high number of people interested may sometimes be a higher incentive for a potential solution provider than a large amount of pay.

Sample message:

I've described earlier that I need an
OpenOffice extension.  The first person to
provide a solution will receive between 20
EUR and 30 EUR, depending on how satisfied I
am.

- Alice

<this-X-trade:paym:
 from=alice@me.foo;date=2006-04-09:
 task_from=alice@me.foo;task_date=2006-04-09;
 mini=20;maxi=30;curr=EUR:
 a.0.1>

Another sample message:

I'm also interested in the OpenOffice
extension described by Alice.  I'm willing to
pay 10 EUR to whoever provides the first
solution.

- Lisa

<this-X-trade:paym:
 from=lisa@ah.foo;date=2006-04-09:
 task_from=alice@me.foo;task_date=2006-04-09;
 mini=10;maxi=10;curr=EUR:
 a.0.1>

Learn how to create such a message.