Setting Up Your Listing For Success - Checklist

Follow this checklist to ensure that your listing is "up to par" and on the way to successfully hosting happiness!

Setting up your listing is the most important part of being a host on Swimply and how you do it will determine your success on the platform. Good news! Just follow these steps below to ensure that your listing is set up for success and you will be on your way to hosting happiness and earning yourself some extra cash! Feel free to click into each item on the list to learn more about the data, why, and how to set that specific setting.

1. Photos: Photos are the first thing a swimmer sees about your pool. Making an awesome first impression is the first and biggest step to securing a swimmer. Make sure you have at least 10 great photos of your pool that really showcase the beauty and uniqueness of your space. You can learn more about how to take and upload awesome photos here

2. Pricing: Make sure you are setting the price competitively. Look around at the successful pools around you and try to set your price a bit lower than them to attract swimmers to your pool. You can learn more about how to find the best price for your pool here

3. Instant book: Make sure you have instant booking turned on if possible. Pools that have instant book turned on earn on avg 50% more. Learn more about instant book and how to turn it on here

4. Advance Notice: Setting your advance notice to 1 hr or less can help you capitalize on our many swimmers who book last minute swims. Learn more about advance notice and how to change that here

5. Cancellation Policy: Having a really chilled out cancellation policy has seen hosts get more bookings and not see an uptick in cancellations (think Amazon model). Learn more about the benefits of having a “really chilled out” cancellation policy and how to change it here

6. Max Guests: We have seen that hosts who allow up to 20 guests have earned 40% more in revenue. Bigger groups = Bigger payday! Learn more about hosting larger groups and changing that setting here.

7. Allowing pets/ kids: Why lose out on the business of more than 70% of Swimmers who have either pets or kids. Families are the number one demographic who book Swimplys and we are seeing more and more “pet swims” of owners trying to have a day off with their non-human best friends. Learn more about the different type of swims at swimply and how to change those settings here

8. Title and description: After the photos, the swimmer will see the title and description of your pool. Make sure you are “wetting” their appetite for a swim with an awesome title and description. Learn more about crafting the perfect title and description here

9. Bathroom access: Everyone’s gotta go, pools with bathroom access earn 3x as much as pools that do not offer bathroom access. Learn about different bathroom options and what is most popular among Swimply hosts here

10. Verification: Trust, Trust, Trust. Instilling trust in swimmers to be comfortable enough to book your pool starts with a profile photo and becoming a verified Swimply host. Learn how to become verified here

11. Availability: Swimply pools live and die with seasonality and peak times. Weekends, holidays, etc. are all the biggest opportunities to earn as a Swimply host. Make sure your calendar is open and available to grab those opportunities here

Watch and follow along to get your listing set up for success and ready to go!