Yes, and this is a headline feature in WP Sell Services specifically because of the cold-start problem you described. Buyer requests work like this:
- Post buyer requests: buyers submit a project brief with description, budget, and deadline
- Vendor proposals: any vendor can browse open requests and submit a proposal
- Buyer compares proposals: review vendor offers side by side, check vendor levels and ratings, accept one
- Automatic order creation: accepted proposal converts into a full order with messaging, file delivery, and dispute workflow attached
- Buyer Requests Gutenberg block: drop a live feed of open requests onto your homepage or vendor dashboard so sellers see opportunities without hunting
Because the accepted proposal becomes a real order, every downstream feature still applies: requirements collection, revision management, reviews, commission deduction, seller level progression. The 11-status order lifecycle does not care whether the order started from a service listing or a buyer request.
Honest limit: buyer requests are moderated only if you toggle service moderation on globally; there is no separate spam filter just for requests. Most admins review the first few weeks manually, then relax as the community stabilizes. Pro adds the analytics dashboard so you can see which request categories convert most, which is gold for deciding where to recruit more vendors.
