How it works

Four steps.
Zero strangers.

From signup to selling your old ECON textbook — under five minutes, start to finish. No payment fees, no middleman, no shipping.

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// Verification

Sign up with your .ca email.

Every Loot user is verified through their university or college email address. We match your domain against a whitelist of 45+ Ontario institutions — if you're a real student, you're in.

No ID uploads. No awkward selfies. No waiting 24 hours for approval. One email, one click, you're verified for your entire degree.

45+ Ontario institutions supported

McMaster, UofT, Western, Queen's, Waterloo, Ryerson, York and more at launch.

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Your email stays private

Other users never see your email. They only see your first name and university.

02
// Listing

Post a listing in 30 seconds.

Tap Sell, snap a photo, add a price and a title. For textbooks, tag the course code (like "ECON 1B03") so buyers searching that course find it instantly. Choose to sell, rent, or trade.

Your listing goes live on your campus feed immediately — no review queue, no approval delay.

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Sell, rent, or trade

Selling your futon? Renting your calculator for the semester? Looking to swap? Loot handles all three.

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Course code tagging

Tag any textbook with its course code. Buyers searching "CHEM 2OA3" find your listing at the top.

03
// Messaging

Message the seller in the app.

See something you want? Tap message. All conversations happen inside Loot — no swapping phone numbers with strangers, no Instagram DMs, no "text me at this number I definitely won't ghost you from."

Agree on a time and place — usually somewhere on campus like the library, MUSC, or your residence hall lobby.

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In-app messaging only

Your personal contact info is never shared. All communication runs through Loot's secure chat.

04
// Exchange

Meet on campus. Pay any way you want.

Pick a spot, show up, hand it over. Pay by e-transfer, cash, Venmo, whatever works for both of you. Loot never touches the money — no payment processing, no holds, no 5% cut of your sale.

After the exchange, leave each other a rating. Ratings are how trust is built on Loot — sellers with good ratings sell faster, buyers with good ratings get first dibs.

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Zero fees. Always.

You keep 100% of every sale. Loot doesn't take a commission now, or ever.

Ratings build trust

Both parties rate each other after every transaction. Flakes get flagged fast.

Ready to start looting?

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