why matchpod.
backwards.
the whole rental market is built backwards. we start with the person you will live with, not the listing you might leave.
SIX CLAUSES
the argument, without a pitch deck.
six plain reasons to choose compatibility before square footage.
- 01
a flat is a transaction. a flatmate is a relationship.
the market spends all its energy on the transaction and none on the relationship. then acts surprised when people move out in four months.
- 02
listings optimise for the landlord.
photos, square footage, deposit. every field on a listing site describes the asset. none of them describe who you'll be sharing a bathroom with at 7:40 on a monday.
- 03
‘looking for chill flatmates’ is not a filter.
it's the most common line in every flat-hunting group in the country and it carries exactly zero information.
- 04
compatibility is boring and specific.
it's not star signs. it's what time the lights go off, whether the sink gets cleared, who's allowed over on a wednesday and what happens when rent is three days late.
- 05
we want you to leave.
you'll use matchpod. for three weeks and then hopefully never again, because you found your person. an app you're supposed to abandon is a strange thing to build. we built it anyway.
- 06
no brokerage. ever.
we don't take a month of your rent for opening a door.
SIDE BY SIDE
same city. opposite starting point.
the same Bengaluru move, with a different first decision.
| decision | listing-first | people-first |
|---|---|---|
| what you see first | rent, deposit, square feet | habits, budget, social energy |
| what you filter on | walls and pin codes | how a person actually lives |
| who profits | the owner, portal or broker | nobody takes a cut of your rent |
| what happens in month four | the mismatch becomes the lease | you already had the hard talk |
find your person. the place will follow.
built in bengaluru
one useful neighbourhood at a time.
matchpod. started with a plain observation: people spend weeks comparing balconies and barely ten minutes comparing the person behind the next bedroom door.
we are beginning in Bengaluru because local distance, budgets and routines matter. depth in one area makes better matches than a map full of empty launch pins.
available now on iOS
the flat comes after.
start with the person you'll share the sink, rent and sunday with. download on iPhone today; android is coming soon.
