“Run three times a week until March.”
Ref: my brother, who will absolutely check.
Make the promise. Pick who calls it.
Put money behind something you mean to do. Someone you trust calls the result. Finish it and you pay nothing.
A clear promise. A real person. One result.
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Name the promise
Say what you’ll do, what proof looks like, and when it’s due.
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Pick your Ref
They see the complete terms before accepting, then call the result from your proof.
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Put money behind it
Save a card. The charge only fires if you miss.
Done. You pay $0.Missed. You pay the stake.
What people actually promise.
“First draft done by the 30th.”
Ref: Dana from my writing group.
“No takeout in October.”
Ref: my roommate, who would know.
“Garage cleaned out by Sunday.”
Ref: my wife, who parks on the street.
“Call my mom every Sunday this month.”
Ref: my mom.
“Inbox zero every Friday.”
Ref: the coworker who sits next to me.
Straight about the money.
Success is free. The only way to lose a cent here is to not do the thing you said you’d do.
Your Ref does real work. They read the complete terms before agreeing to anything, they review the proof you submit, and they put their name on the result. When you miss and money goes to your Ref, that work is what the money pays for. Your Ref keeps 85%. Pellō’s 15% platform fee covers the servers and the coffee. Choose direct Venmo instead and the full amount goes person to person, with Pellō taking nothing.
Why this isn’t a bet.
Nothing here turns on chance. There are no odds, no randomness, and nothing you can win by luck. You choose the amount, you choose the deadline, and you choose the person who decides. One question settles it: did you do the thing you said you’d do?
Your Ref is someone who already knows you: a friend, your sister, whoever you complain to at the gym. You pick them for two reasons. You trust them to call baloney when the proof doesn’t hold up, and you trust them to hold you to your word when you’d rather quietly drop it. If you say you ran and you didn’t, your Ref says so out loud instead of letting it slide. Holding you to your word is the service. Money moves only when you miss.
The money is yours, and you commit it to your own goal. Finish and you pay nothing.
Just you or the whole crew.
My challenge
Your promise, with someone you trust making the call.
Challenge a friend
You set the dare; nothing starts unless they accept the complete terms.
Compete
Two people make the same commitment and judge each other’s proof. Your opponent is your Ref, and you are theirs. Miss and your stake goes to the winner.
Team
Everyone commits separately; one independent Ref judges each result.
What do you keep saying you’ll do?
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