<p>Simply click Sign Up at the top right corner of the site, fill in the  required information and click Sign Up Sumbit button to get started.  Once you finish signing up on the platform, go to the email address you  supplied during Sign Up to locate the registration email we sent you and  click the link in the email to confirm your email address.</p>
<p>You can then return to the platform to login to your account. After log in, go to the top right corner of the <strong>Dashboard</strong> and click the drop down menu next to your name and picture placeholder and click <strong>Edit Profile </strong>to complete your profile and upload your profile picture and other requirements inside your profile.</p>
<p>Once you complete your profile, you can proceed to create your home exchange listing by clicking on <strong>My Properties</strong> in the drop down menu and click <strong>Manage Properties </strong>on  the left pane to create your listing, upload your property pictures,  set up your availability calendar and fill in other information  regarding your property and home exchange needs and click on<strong> Get Listed</strong> button on the bottom left of the page. Finally wait for your listing to be approved by Halalhosts. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Once your listing is approved, you will receive an email and a notification on the platform notifying you about approval.</p>
<p>Furthermore, you will receive email and notification whenever a  traveler&nbsp; is interested in your property. The email will contain a link  with<strong> Accept</strong> and <strong>Decline</strong> buttons. You  can use the links in the email to accept or decline the request or  simply log in to the platform to either approve or decline the request.  After you log in to the platform to approve or decline the request, go  to <strong>Dashboard,</strong> click on the drop down menu and click on <strong>Guest Reservations.</strong> Here, you will see your exchange requests. Click on a request. This  will open up the request to enable you to view the name, picture and  other information and message from the traveler. You will also see two  buttons side by side. One will say <strong>Pre-Approve/Decline </strong>while the other one will say<strong> Send Message</strong>. Click <strong>Pre-Approve/Decline</strong> button.&nbsp;<strong> Pre-Approve/Decline</strong> button will take you to the screen where you will find two options: 1.<strong> Allow Guest to Book</strong> and 2. <strong>Tell The Guest Your Listing is Unavailable</strong>. <strong>Allow Guest to Book</strong> enables you to approve guest requests and <strong>Tell the Guest Your Listing is Unavailable </strong>enables  you to decline the requests. The Guest/Traveler will receive an email  and notification regarding your decision, depending on your choice.&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you approve the guest's request, you can communicate with the  guest using the messaging system attached to the approval box.  Furthermore, you can use the other option to send a message to your  guest or traveler by first entering a message in the box above the the  button regarding why you accepted or declined their request. Continue  communication with your guest if you approve their request, until they  are ready to start their trip.</p>
<p>Finally, the platform has a sample<strong> Exchange Agreement (optional)</strong>.  This is a sample agreement document regading home exchange, which you  can modify to suit your need and send to your exchange partner by email  to sign and retrun to you by email. You can download the sample Exchange  Agreement by clicking the link below.</p>
<p><strong>Sample Exchange Agreement</strong> (Download)</p>