The requests feature for the service marketplace theme for wordpress, is a feature where the customer will post a request for quote, and the service providers, or contractors will be able to post an offer. With that the customer after having a bunch of offers for the particular job, will be able to choose a winner. Also with this you can sell leads too. That is similar to a service provider paying a fee to see and buy the contact details of the customer. The winner will do the job or the project. Here are some screenshots of how this looks for the front end user
