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swirl.events Documentation

Claiming an event

Some events on Swirl weren’t posted by their actual host — maybe they came in through a seed pass, a friend posted on your behalf, or an inbound message landed without an account attached. Claiming makes the event yours, so it lives in your dashboard and edits route through you.

When this comes up

  • You see your own show on Swirl, but you didn’t post it.
  • Someone posted your event using your phone or email before you signed up — we’ll usually offer the claim automatically the first time you sign in.
  • You’re taking over a series someone else has been running.

How to claim

  1. Open the event page on swirl.events.
  2. If the event is unclaimed, there’s a Claim this event button below the title. Tap it.
  3. Add your name, your email, and a short note about your connection to the event.
  4. The current host gets a notification with your note and an Approve / Reject choice. Seed-row events with no real host on the other end are reviewed by the Swirl team, usually inside a day.
  5. Once approved, the event moves into your dashboard — edit, unpublish, or delete it like anything else you posted.

What approval does

Once it’s yours:

  • The event shows up under Hosting on your dashboard.
  • Edit-via-message (SMS / WhatsApp / email) routes to your inbox.
  • RSVP confirmations, edit notifications, and cancellation receipts go to your email.

The previous host (if there was one) loses edit access. We don’t notify them automatically; if it matters, that’s worth a heads-up message from you.

A couple of edge cases

  • More than one of you runs the event? Add co-owners from the event editor’s Roles panel — they need a Swirl account first. Anyone with the owner role can edit, cancel, or delete.
  • Wrong event got claimed? Email events@swirl.events and we’ll unwind it.