Finding Event Vendors Shouldn't Feel Like Detective Work. Urswipe Wants You to Just Swipe

Think about the last time someone in your circle planned an event. A wedding, a sweet seventeen, an office gathering. The routine barely changes: open Instagram, stalk location tags, DM "pricelist please?", wait, then move on to the next vendor. Prices only show up after you ask one by one, and your notes end up scattered across chats.

Urswipe starts from a simple idea: finding an event vendor should be as easy as watching short videos, and everything after that, from planning to paying, should live in one place. We walked through the flow from the first screen to the payment.

It isn't only for weddings either. The Urswipe catalog covers 25 event types, from aqiqah, circumcision ceremonies, and graduation parties to seminars, product launches, and festivals, with 60 vendor categories across them.

1. Swipe. Swipe up for the next vendor, sideways for more photos, double tap to like. You can try this part without an account.
2. Plan. Answer a few questions about your event, and Urswipe lays out the vendor order, budget allocation, and timeline.
3. Cart. Pick packages and dates, then send requests to several vendors at once.
4. Negotiate. Vendors reply with offers in chat. You can counter, including the installment schedule.
5. Pay. Payments go to Urswipe's holding account and pass to the vendor according to their agreement, usually after the event is done.

Vendors can't just sign up. They apply, get reviewed by the Urswipe team, and only go live once their documents and agreement are complete. Even after that, changes to their profile and packages need staff approval before they show up on the storefront.

Reviews only come from completed bookings, so a vendor's rating can't be filled in by accounts that never used them through Urswipe.

• Accounts and verification. Saving a plan and filling a cart need an account. Chatting with vendors, requesting a booking, and paying need a verified email.
• Fees. There's a service fee and a transaction fee based on the payment method. The breakdown shows up at checkout before you pay.
• Vendor choices. Only reviewed vendors are shown, so your options can vary by city and category.

Urswipe won't take all the tiredness out of planning an event. But when finding vendors, negotiating, and paying sit in one place, at least you can stop playing detective in your DMs.

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Note: this article is published by Urswipe and covers Urswipe's own product.