# How to offer a shift on the marketplace

**For:** Shift worker
**You'll need:** A published shift assigned to you, far enough in the future that your company's swap rules still allow it. Swaps must be turned on for your company.

Can't work a shift you've been given? Offer it on the shift marketplace. Other eligible colleagues see it and can pick it up — either as a straight hand-off or as a trade for one of their own shifts.

## Choose the swap type

Your company decides which types are allowed:

- **Give away** — someone else takes your shift and you get nothing back. Use this when you just need cover.
- **1:1 swap** — a colleague takes your shift and you take one of theirs in return.

## Offer the shift

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:::{tab-item} Web
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1. Open the shift from your schedule or shifts list.
2. Click **'Offer for swap'**.
3. Pick the **type** (give-away or 1:1 swap), if both are available.
4. (Optional) Add a **note** for colleagues — why you need cover, or what you're after in a trade.
5. Click **'Offer for swap'** to publish.

```{note}
If you don't see the **'Offer for swap'** button, the shift may be too close to its start time, already locked, or swaps may be off for your company. See {doc}`/troubleshooting/index`.
```
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:::{tab-item} Mobile app
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You start from the marketplace, not from the shift — the shift detail has no offer button.

1. Tap **More → 'Shift marketplace'**.
2. Tap **'Offer shift'** (the button at the bottom on Android, **+** in the top bar on iPhone).
3. A **'Pick a shift to offer'** sheet lists your upcoming shifts, minus any you've already offered. Tap the one you want to give up.
4. On the **'Offer shift'** form, set **'Type'** — **'Give away'** or **'1:1 swap'**.
5. (Optional) Add a **note** for colleagues.
6. Tap **'Done'** (top-right) to publish.

Posting an offer needs a connection: offline the button is greyed out and the screen says **"You're offline. Connect to submit."** If the sheet says **"You have no upcoming shifts to offer"**, every shift you hold is either already offered or in the past.
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## What happens

- The offer goes live on the marketplace with status **'Open'**.
- Every colleague who is qualified to work the shift (right position, right location, and — if your company requires it — the right skills) gets an email that the shift is available.
- The offer stays open until someone is approved, you withdraw it, or it reaches its auto-reject deadline shortly before the shift starts.

## Verify it worked

The shift now shows an open-offer badge, and the offer appears under the **'My offers'** view of the {doc}`shift marketplace <browse-the-marketplace>` with status **'Open'** — the **'My offers'** segment on mobile.

## Related

- {doc}`browse-the-marketplace`
- {doc}`respond-to-an-offer`
- {doc}`withdraw-an-offer-or-response`