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StaySwap

A dual-purpose marketplace that helps users discover short-term stays and participate in peer-to-peer resale through one carefully organized mobile experience.

StaySwap - High Performance Digital Solution

2Marketplace Experiences
4Core User Roles
1Connected User Account
24/7Listing Discovery
2Marketplace Experiences
4Core User Roles
1Connected User Account
24/7Listing Discovery
2Marketplace Experiences
4Core User Roles
1Connected User Account
24/7Listing Discovery
About
About

About StaySwap

StaySwap is a multi-service marketplace that combines short-term accommodation discovery with peer-to-peer resale. Users can explore available stays for an upcoming trip and browse resale listings through the same account, creating a broader community-led marketplace experience. The two sides of the product serve different purposes. Someone searching for accommodation needs location, availability, dates, pricing, amenities and host information. A resale buyer is more interested in item condition, photographs, category, price, seller details and fulfilment arrangements. Treating both activities as the same transaction would have made the application difficult to understand.

Maven Peak Solutions designed StaySwap around separate but connected journeys. Shared elements such as profiles, search, favorites, messaging, notifications, reviews and account settings establish consistency. The listing structure, filters, detail pages and transaction steps then adapt according to whether the user is booking a stay or exploring a resale item. The resulting architecture gives StaySwap a unified identity without sacrificing the information and controls required by each marketplace model.

Industry
Real Estate
Platform
Services
Product Strategy, UI/UX Design and Marketplace Development
Problems
Problems

Bringing Two Different Marketplace Behaviors Into One App

Accommodation bookings and resale purchases involve different information, decisions, and transaction states. Forcing both into one generic workflow could confuse users, weaken listing quality, and make management difficult for hosts and sellers. StaySwap needed to feel like one product while giving each marketplace journey the structure it required.

Process
Process

Building One Community Around Two Marketplace Journeys

The roadmap began by separating the decisions involved in booking accommodation from those involved in purchasing a resale item. We then identified the components both journeys could share, allowing StaySwap to remain consistent without becoming repetitive or difficult to navigate.

01Marketplace Model Discovery
02Dual Listing Architecture
03Marketplace UX Design
04Stay Booking Development
05Resale Marketplace Development
06Trust, Testing and Refinement
Typography
Colors
Typography
Typography

Design Typography

Outfit is used in this interface because it is a clean, modern, and highly readable font that works well for digital layouts.

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Font Typeface
OutfitPlus Jakarta Sans
Font Weight
BOLDMEDIUMREGULARLIGHT
Font Size
64, 48, 3624, 20, 1816, 1412, 10
Color Palette
Color Palette

Design Color Palette

A tailored primary and accent palette selected to convey clarity, structure, and dynamic contrast throughout the application context.

#10B981Brand Primary
#10B981Brand Secondary
#F97316Brand Accent
Technologies
Technologies

Tech Stack & Tools

The technologies powering this project — selected for speed, reliability, and scale.
Next.js
Next.js
React
React
Node.js
Node.js
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Tailwind CSS
Tailwind CSS
AWS
AWS
React native
React native
Results
Results
Results

Two Marketplace Journeys, One Connected Platform

StaySwap brings accommodation discovery, booking enquiries, resale listings, buyer communication, and account management into one platform. Users can move between travel and resale activities without managing separate accounts, while hosts and sellers receive focused tools for publishing and managing their listings.

2

Marketplace Experiences

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4

Core User Roles

1

Connected User Account

24/7

Listing Discovery

Feedback
Feedback
Feedback

Our Clients are saying

Maven Peak Solutions understood that StaySwap could not treat accommodation bookings and resale transactions as identical journeys. Their team gave each marketplace the right structure while creating a consistent experience across accounts, messaging, listings and navigation. The result is a product that feels connected without losing the practical details users need.

StaySwap Product Team
StaySwap Product TeamReal Estate
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StaySwap is a digital marketplace that combines short-term accommodation discovery with peer-to-peer resale features through one connected web and mobile experience.

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