Create Your Protest
Your issue. Your protest.
Design the cause, sign, place and time. A willing, paid protester carries it out while you follow from anywhere.
Step 1 of 5Define your protestPick the issue and write the message you want people to take away.
Product concept with fictional people, places and bookings. Not affiliated with any organizer, and not a live service.
You decide everything.
Every protest is designed by the person who wants it. Here’s what you’ll choose when the app launches.
- Your issueHealthcare, immigration, climate, guns, spending, or something local. In your words.
- Your messageWhat you want people walking past to take away.
- Your signExactly what it says, previewed before anyone sees it.
- The placeA public spot that matters, like the sidewalk outside City Hall, near you or far away.
- The day and timeMorning, afternoon or evening, on the day you choose.
- How longFrom an hour to a whole afternoon.
- How many protestersOne person with a sign, or a small group.
- InstructionsAnything the protester should know before they go.
Planned Lawful, peaceful requests in public places only. Every request will be reviewed against local rules.
Your protest, wherever it needs to happen.
Create your protest from wherever you are. A willing, paid protester carries it out at the place you choose, across town or across the country.
Already a protest planned? If there’s a demonstration you can’t make, a willing protester can attend it for you.
Join an Existing ProtestConcept Fictional person, places and distance. Protestbum will open city by city, and no launch city is set yet.
What will you protest?
Healthcare, climate, immigration, spending, civil liberties: the issues people already demonstrate about, on every side. You choose the message, the sign, the place and the time.
- Healthcare
Lower Prescription Drug Prices
2 protesters, 2 hours, public sidewalk outside the State Capitol.
- Climate
Act on Climate
1 protester, 1 hour, public plaza outside City Hall.
- Government spending
Cut Wasteful Spending
1 protester, 1 hour, public sidewalk outside City Hall.
- Civil liberties
Protect Free Speech
3 protesters, 2 hours, public plaza downtown.
- Immigration
Keep Families Together
2 protesters, 2 hours, public sidewalk outside the Federal Building.
- Immigration
Secure the Border
2 protesters, 2 hours, public sidewalk outside the Federal Building.
Concept Illustrative requests, not real orders. Protestbum takes no side and applies the same rules to every request. See the whole journey
Follow Your Protest.
Someone is paying for a real protest, so every session is designed to leave a record you can see, without tracking anyone outside it. None of it is live yet.
Arrival check-in
Confirms the protester reached the location. Location is used only while a session is active.
Session timer
Start, elapsed and end time, visible to both of you.
Photo and video check-ins
Occasional, consent-based prompts. Never one that asks someone to take a risk.
Completion record and ratings
A record of the finished session, and transparent protester profiles with ratings.
- ArrivedLocation confirmed
- Photo check-inSign visible, prompted at a random time
- Video check-in8 seconds
- Protest completeBoth sides asked to rate
- VoluntaryProtesters accept or decline every request. No one is obligated by joining.
- TransparentPaid participation is disclosed, never presented as unpaid support.
- Viewpoint-neutralNo parties, candidates or causes endorsed. The same rules for every request.
- Private by designOnly what’s needed: today, an email and a city. We never ask for your views.
Protestbum facilitates civic expression by giving people the infrastructure to communicate their own ideas.
FAQ.
About what works today and how the marketplace is meant to work. Something missing? Contact us
What can I do today?
Join the waitlist to be told when the app launches, or join the protester waitlist if you’d like to protest for pay. The demos on this site show how the app is designed to work.
Creating protests, joining existing ones, matching, booking, payments and live tracking are planned and not available yet. Joining the waitlist doesn’t reserve anything or set a price.
What kinds of protests will I be able to create?
Lawful, peaceful protests in public places, on the issues people already demonstrate about: healthcare, climate, immigration, guns, government spending, civil liberties, or something local and specific. You’ll choose the message, the sign, the place and the time. Protestbum doesn’t endorse causes and applies the same rules to every request, whatever side it’s on.
Requests won’t be able to involve violence or weapons, threats, harassment or intimidation, blocking entrances or traffic, trespassing, someone’s home, damage, impersonation, or anyone’s personal details. Every request will be reviewed against local rules before anything can be booked.
Does my protest have to be near where I live?
No. That’s the idea: you create the protest for the place where it matters, across town or across the country, and follow it from wherever you are.
It needs willing protesters near that place, and Protestbum will open city by city, so not every place will be available at launch. There’s no launch city or date yet.
Am I paying for someone’s opinion?
No. You’d be paying for someone’s time to carry your message at a lawful protest, not for their beliefs, vote or endorsement. Protesters choose which requests to accept and keep their own views, and paid participation is disclosed.
How will I follow my protest?
Follow Your Protest is planned: an arrival check-in at the location while the session is active, a session timer, occasional photo or short video check-ins that never ask anyone to take a risk, and a completion record you both see.
None of this is live yet, and it will collect only what a session needs.
Is paid protesting legal?
Rules about paid participation, disclosure and public assemblies differ from place to place. Protestbum will open city by city, and the rules for each city will be published before anyone can book or protest there.
Our terms will prohibit violence, harassment and unlawful activity. Nothing on this site is legal advice.
How will payment work?
The plan is for customers to pay inside Protestbum when they book, with the full price shown before confirming, and for protesters to be paid after the session is complete.
The payment provider, fees, payout timing and tax handling aren’t final. No prices are set and no earnings are guaranteed.
Where will it launch, and when?
There’s no launch city or date yet, and we won’t invent one. Protestbum will open city by city, starting where customers and protesters are in the same place. The cities people give us help decide where that is.
What information do you collect?
To join the waitlist: your email, and optionally your role and city. To join the protester waitlist: your full name, email, city and date of birth.
We also record how you found us (for example a partner’s link), when you signed up and confirmed, and the consent wording you saw. We never ask about political views, and we don’t sell your information.
What happens after I sign up?
1. Confirm your email from the link we send (valid for 48 hours).
2. Set a passcode. With your email, it’s how you see your invite link and progress from any device.
3. Optionally tell us how you’d use Protestbum and your city. It helps decide where to launch first.
4. Share your personal invite link if you like, with thank-you milestones as friends join. There are no rewards.
You’ll get occasional product updates and the launch news. Unsubscribe or delete your data anytime.
Your Cause.
Your Protest.
Your Way.
- Free
- Just your email
- We’ll tell you when the app launches