An AI scout for work that was never posted
Pitch the opportunity nobody posted.
Cold Open finds organisations that could use your skills right now, helps you offer them a small paid trial, and makes sure you get paid when the work is approved.
- You send every pitch yourself
- Every claim has a source
- Paid through PayPal
Pitch for Fernleaf Coffee Roasters
Aanya Rao offers three 15-second launch reels for your subscription box
Your subscription box launches on 1 Dec, and your Instagram has no video yet. fernleaf.example · 9 Nov
- Delivery
- 5 days
- Price
- $240 USD
Your payment is held until you approve the work. Not delivered by 16 Nov? Automatic refund.
How it works
From your profile to your first payout, in six steps
The agent does the research and the drafting. You stay in charge of every pitch, and PayPal holds the money in between.
You
Profile
Share your portfolio, skills, goals and usual rates.
Agent
Scout
Finds organisations with a verified reason to need you now.
Agent, then you
Offer
Drafts a small paid trial and a short email. You send it.
Business
Fund
Pays on your pitch page with PayPal. The money is held.
You
Deliver
Submit the work on the pitch page before the date.
Business
Approve
Approves, and your payout lands. It joins your record.
Dashed: no money has moved yetSolid: the payment is held by PayPal until approval
Why it works
Job boards wait for a post. You don’t have to.
A cold pitch with a price
A small, specific offer is easier to say yes to than "let me know if you ever need anything". The business sees scope, delivery date and price on one page, and can pay on the spot.
Protection for both sides
The business pays into a hold, not into your pocket. You start knowing the money exists; they release it only when the work is right. Nothing delivered by the date means an automatic refund.
Evidence, not guesswork
Every "why now" links to the page the agent opened and the date it read it. Claims it cannot verify are dropped before you ever see them, so your pitch never leans on a guess.
Fair by design
Rules that keep cold pitching kind
Cold Open only works if businesses can trust what lands in their inbox. So the agent plays by rules that protect them, and protect your reputation too.
You send every pitch yourself. Cold Open drafts; it never emails anyone on your behalf.
Five new pitches a day, at most. Fewer, better pitches beat a blast nobody reads.
One pitch per organisation every 90 days. Plus one polite follow-up, no sooner than a week later.
Three pitches a month per organisation, from everyone. And only one per kind of skill, so no inbox gets flooded.
“Not right now” is respected. One click on the pitch page pauses pitches to that business for 90 days.
Real facts and real work. A pitch needs at least one verified fact about the business and a link to your work.
Fair prices, with sources. You see what similar work costs, and a warning if you go below 80% of the low end.
Any skill, any industry
If an organisation could pay for it, the scout can look for it.
- Makeup artists
- Wedding filmmakers
- Bookkeepers
- Illustrators
- Bakers
- Translators
- Carpenters
- Motion designers
- Yoga teachers
- Photographers
- Copywriters
- Event planners
- Tailors
- Developers
- Tutors
- Gaffers
- Podcast editors
- Interior designers
- Nutrition coaches
- Data analysts
- Florists
- Grant writers
- Colourists
- Virtual assistants
- Electricians
- Session musicians
- Caterers
- UX researchers
- Potters
- Voice actors
Your next client hasn’t posted the job yet.
Tell Cold Open what you do and what you charge. In a few minutes you will have organisations with a reason to need you, and a paid trial ready to send.