Sure, that’s very possible. Just because it didn’t work last time doesn’t mean it can’t work now with better technology.
I think anyone who goes into it now, though, had better have a really detailed explanation for why consumer interest was so low last time, despite all the attention and publicity the “sharing economy” got in the popular press, and a plan to quickly get a significant customer base this time around. Something like this can’t work economically without scale, and I’m just not sure if the consumer interest exists.
You make excellent points. I hadn’t even heard of SnapGoods, NeighborGoods etc.
I’m imagining it not as a peer to peer service, but more along the lines of a car rental company that owns a fleet of things it rents out.
I think you’re right about the need to build a significant customer base rather quickly. My guess is that it might be feasible to first offer big expensive things that people don’t usually own already, like a fancy jacuzzi, a top end VR rig, a complete “wedding size” soundsystem and a bouncy castle. And once you’re known for those, work your way down into more normal consumer goods, guided by the requests of your first customers.
Sure, that’s very possible. Just because it didn’t work last time doesn’t mean it can’t work now with better technology.
I think anyone who goes into it now, though, had better have a really detailed explanation for why consumer interest was so low last time, despite all the attention and publicity the “sharing economy” got in the popular press, and a plan to quickly get a significant customer base this time around. Something like this can’t work economically without scale, and I’m just not sure if the consumer interest exists.
You make excellent points. I hadn’t even heard of SnapGoods, NeighborGoods etc.
I’m imagining it not as a peer to peer service, but more along the lines of a car rental company that owns a fleet of things it rents out.
I think you’re right about the need to build a significant customer base rather quickly. My guess is that it might be feasible to first offer big expensive things that people don’t usually own already, like a fancy jacuzzi, a top end VR rig, a complete “wedding size” soundsystem and a bouncy castle. And once you’re known for those, work your way down into more normal consumer goods, guided by the requests of your first customers.
The items that Bauhaus currently rents out might be a decent starting list: https://www.bauhaus.info/service/leistungen/leihservice?show=All