Founding Students

Run Crashmates at your school.

Be the first verified student on your campus — the one who starts it. You get the 🏆 Founding Student badge, the featured spot on your campus page, early access, and swag. All you do is put Crashmates in front of your people. It’s free, and it’s yours to build.

Claim your campus 🎒Apply to run it

What you get.

Status
🏆 Founding Student badge
The first verified student at your school gets the badge and the top, featured spot on your campus page — permanent bragging rights as the one who started it.
Access
Early everything
First look at new features, direct line to the team, and a say in what we build for your campus.
Stuff
Swag + recognition
Crashmates merch, a shout-out, and leaderboard standing as your campus grows.
Resume
Real founder experience
You launched a marketplace at your school. That’s a campus-marketing / community-building line that actually means something.

What you actually do.

One real student posting in their own campus feeds beats anything a brand can do from the outside. So that’s the job — be genuinely helpful where you already are:

  • Drop your link in the class GroupMe, the dorm chat, the roommate-search group chats.
  • Post it on Fizz / Sidechat / your story — "free, .edu-verified roommate & sublet board for [our school], no Roomster scammers."
  • Tell the people going abroad to sublet their room instead of eating the rent.
  • Help the first few matches happen — that’s what makes a campus take off.

A few minutes a week. No cold-DMing strangers, no spam — just putting a free tool in front of people who actually need it.

Ambassador questions.

What does an ambassador actually do?
Be the first verified student on your campus, then put Crashmates in front of your people — drop your link in the class GroupMe, post it on Fizz, share it in the roommate-search group chats, tell friends who are going abroad to sublet their room. You’re the face of Crashmates at your school. Low-key, not a sales job.
Do I get paid?
Right now the perks are status, access, swag, and the Founding Student badge — not cash. Crashmates is free for everyone, so there’s no commission yet. As we grow, ambassadors who built their campus are first in line for whatever comes next.
How much time is it?
A few minutes a week. The whole point is that one real student posting in their own campus feeds beats anything we could do from the outside — so it’s about being genuinely helpful where you already hang out, not grinding.
How do I become the Founding Student?
Sign up and verify your .edu. If you’re the first verified student at your school, you automatically get the 🏆 Founding Student badge and the featured spot. Want to go further and run the whole campus? Hit the apply button and tell us about yourself.
Updated: 2026-06-09 · Questions? support@crashmates.com

Start your campus.

Verify your .edu, claim the Founding Student spot, and put Crashmates in front of your people. First one in owns it.

Claim your campus 🎒