A marketplace between verified students, with the money held in the middle until the item is in your hands. No leaps of faith required.
Browse your university's page or search everything. No account needed to look around, and buying only takes an email.
Your card is charged by GradSwap, not by the seller — the money is held safely and the seller sees only that the order is confirmed.
Every listing ships with tracking. If the seller offers in-person handoff nearby, you can choose that instead and arrange the meetup in chat after paying.
When the item is in your hands, tap "I received the item." The seller is paid afterwards — never before.
One email from your university address — or a code sent to it — and you get the verified badge that lets you list.
Photos, price, shipping cost. Buyers ask questions and make offers in chat; you can accept, decline, or counter.
The buyer already paid your shipping fee — post the parcel with any tracked service and enter the tracking number.
The money lands in your bank after the buyer confirms delivery. Listing is free; GradSwap keeps 7% of the item price only when it sells.
What it means: your payment stays with GradSwap until you confirm the item arrived. If it never shows up or is clearly not what was described, you report it before confirming and the held money comes back to you — the seller was never paid.
What it requires: paying inside the app. That's the whole trick — and it's why chat blocks contact details and payment links until an order is paid. A deal that leaves GradSwap leaves its protection with it.
Meetups: pay in the app first, then arrange the handoff in chat. Money changes hands through GradSwap even when the item changes hands in person.