Shared Preferences
Alex Chen
Comp Sci • UofT
🌙 Night Owl🎮 Gamer🧹 Tidy
"Looking for a clean, respectful roommate. Budget: $1000/mo"
👆 Swipe-Based Housing Platform
In Development for 2026
Swipe through GTA rentals with more trust
Built first for renters trying to find the right place in the GTA without wasting time on sketchy listings, scattered conversations, or unclear next steps.
The swipe flow stays central, but the product is renter-first housing discovery. Roommate matching is secondary, and landlord onboarding is focused on qualified leads.
GTA-focused listing discovery
Renter-first product direction
Partner conversations open
Join the GTA Waitlist
If you own or manage GTA rental inventory, we’re also opening early partner conversations.
BROWSING FROM
🇮🇳Mumbai, India
🏠
Commodate⚙️
Preview
TMU Studio Apartment
$1,200/mo
Church-Yonge Corridor, Toronto
1 Bed
1 Bath
Preview
Annex 2BR Apartment
$1,650/mo
Near U of T, Downtown Toronto
2 Bed
1 Bath
How It Works
From discovery to move-in, we've simplified the entire rental process
Step 1
Discover
Swipe properties & roommates
Browse curated listing previews and compatible roommate profiles. Swipe right on what you love, left on what you don't.
Step 2
Connect
Chat, voice notes, schedule viewings
Message landlords and potential roommates directly. Schedule viewings and get to know your future home.
Step 3
Finalize
Review terms and next steps
We're designing digital workflows, documentation, and payment-protection options for launch. Final policies are still under review.
For International Students
Find your home before you land
Planning your move from India 🇮🇳? Start narrowing GTA options early so your first shortlist feels more informed before you land.
Search from 5,000+ miles away
Real-time listings, instant messaging
Book without visiting in person
Video tours, virtual viewings, and clearer next steps
Connect with other international students
Find roommates from your country or program
What We’re Optimizing For
Cross-border discovery
A smoother way to shortlist places and people before arriving in a new city.
Virtual-first decision making
Content, messaging, and context that help renters compare options remotely.
Launch-ready support flows
Policies, onboarding, and renter guidance that will be finalized before public launch.
Optional Roommate Layer
Roommates, when the rental search calls for it
Roommate matching supports the renter journey, but it is not the whole product. The core job is still helping GTA renters find a place with more trust and less friction.
Match by what matters
Sleep Schedule
Pet-Friendly
Budget Range
School/Department
Shared Preferences
Sarah Miller
Design • OCAD
Creative Vegan Early Bird
"Love plants and natural light. Quiet during the week."
Student Focused
For Students
Built for renters navigating student life in the GTA
Commodate is renter-first: helping students and early-career renters compare GTA options with less noise and more context.
- Access both student & general housing feeds
- School email onboarding planned
- Campus proximity filters
- Student-friendly listing organization
- Program-based roommate preferences
Trust & Safety
Building trust carefully
We are designing renter protections, payment workflows, and launch policies carefully. This section describes our direction, not live guarantees.
In Review
Payment protection is being evaluated for launch
We want renters to understand how payments, refunds, and disputes work before sending money anywhere. Those details are still being reviewed and are not yet live product commitments.
- Evaluating launch-ready payment partner options
- Drafting clear refund and dispute policies
- Holding public claims until legal review is complete
Launch Readiness
Trust claims will follow real capabilities
Review in progress
What happens before launch
Legal review, partner setup, support workflows, and clear renter-facing disclosures.
What we are not claiming yet
Live escrow, formal compliance certifications, or guaranteed dispute outcomes before those systems are ready.
Identity Checks in Planning
We are designing verification steps for listings and profiles, but they are not finalized yet.
Learn more
Payment Protection Review
Payment handling and release flows are under legal and operational review.
Learn more
Safer Messaging
We want better signals for suspicious behavior and clearer renter guidance.
Learn more
Transparent Policies
Privacy, payment, and dispute policies are being written before launch.
Learn more
Legal and policy review in progress
Privacy language, payments language, and launch disclosures are being tightened now so the public site reflects the real state of the business.
Privacy policy drafting
Payments review
Launch claims aligned to reality
For Property Owners
For GTA landlords and housing partners
Commodate is renter-first, but we’re also speaking with a small number of GTA landlords and operators who want more qualified renter demand.
Qualified Interest
A clearer way to present listings to renters already searching in the GTA
Payment Flows Under Review
Payment handling and protection policies are being evaluated for launch
Cleaner Inquiries
We want better renter context before conversations start
GTA Inventory Fit
Early partner conversations are focused on GTA rentals first
Voice Notes & Chat
Build trust with voice introductions and direct messaging
Profile Signals
We’re exploring ways to help renters understand who they’re dealing with
Renter-First
the first release is centered on helping renters search with more trust
GTA
the geographic story is focused on Greater Toronto Area supply
Partner Interest
we’re opening selective conversations before broader landlord onboarding
Join the GTA waitlist
We’ve given the waitlist its own page so renters and partners can get clearer context before signing up.
For renters
See the product focus, GTA scope, and launch direction before you join.
For partners
Landlords and operators can quickly see whether early partner conversations make sense.
For launch updates
The dedicated page is where we’ll keep the signup story clean as the product evolves.