Swent
Swent for your Soiree. Rent or buy pre-loved event decor from others near you.
Swent is a marketplace for event decor. It allows you to rent or buy outright from local vendors and individual hosts. Every piece on Swent is inspected by hand and comes from a real local vendor or individual near you. The mission is to make it easy to find the exact aesthetic you want for your event, without the waste of buying decor you'll only use once. It's live at shopswent.com, piloting in New Jersey and New York.
The chargers from a wedding. The arch from a shower. Forty gold chairs in someone's garage.
Swent is where the person planning a party finds the person who already has the thing, and where the hand-off, the money and the trust between them are looked after.
Renting on Swent
Nothing is charged online. You ask, the lender says yes, you settle up when you collect.
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Find it, add it to your bag
Search by item, occasion or colour, near you. Pick your event dates and how many, and add it, from as many lenders as you like. One bag, one event.
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Send one request
Check out once: a pickup time for each lender, your name and email, and you're done. No card, no charge. Each lender says yes, suggests a change, or can't, usually within a day.
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Pick it up, bring it back, say how it went
You and the lender agree where and when in your messages, settle up at pickup, and both tick off the hand-off on the booking. Afterwards you rate the lender for the next person.
How Swent works
shopswent.com/lend
Lending on Swent
People near you would rather rent yours than buy new. Free to list, and you say yes to every booking.
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List it in a few minutes
Photos, a price to rent or to buy (or both), how many you have, when you're free. If it's dressed an event, it belongs here.
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A request lands in your inbox
You see who's asking, what past lenders said about them, and the price worked out line by line. Say yes, suggest a change, or pass, or turn on instant book.
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Hand it over in person
Local pickup, arranged in the thread. You both tick off pickup and return, so there's a record of what went out and what came back.
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Get paid, and reviewed
During the pilot you settle up at pickup and Swent takes nothing. The renter rates you, and you answer three private questions about them that other lenders see next time.
You stay in charge
A listing on Swent is yours to run. Nothing is booked, priced or promised without you.
Your prices
Per unit or per set, per event or per day. Rent, sell, or both.
Your stock
Say how many you have. Two renters can book the same weekend while there are enough, or keep it one booking at a time.
Your terms
Pick from standard clauses, add your own words, and set a replacement value. The renter agrees before they can send a request.
Your yes
Every request waits for you unless you turn on instant book. Suggest different dates or a smaller number, and the renter has to agree.
What a listing looks like
shopswent.com, Coastal Beach Themed Dinner Party
- Rented as one set; these pieces aren't available individually.
- Local pickup only; you arrange the hand-off together.
Free during the pilot. Local pickup only. You say yes to every booking.
