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If the Zipcar analogy holds, then the company will own the apartments and there will be no permanent residents.
by hugh3 16y ago
If the Zipcar analogy holds, then the company will own the apartments and there will be no permanent residents.
- AaronM 16y agoI think this would work even better if they had 1 permanent resident to keep the place clean, and such. Free rent?
- matthavener 16y agoThis is a great idea. Sort of like a BnB network
- mrduncan 16y agoThat pretty much describes AirBnB (or CouchSurfing if you take out the free rent).
- _delirium 16y agoThe way they word it makes it sound like that isn't the case, though. It's possible that by "access to a network of places to stay all over the world" they mean access to a network of places they own and operate, but I'd take it as hinting otherwise. The "places to crash" and "instant friends" especially makes me suspect that these apartments will be owned by other people, possibly even inhabited by them? But it's rather unclear. If they did own them all, I'd be impressed that they were able to quickly build up an international network of property holdings, and the support staff to clean/maintain them! If they don't own them, then the novelty seems like it'll be in the payment/pricing structure, which they seem to hint will involve ZipCar-like membership fees and daily pricing. Otherwise it sounds quite similar to AirBnB or any of the other "vacation condo rental" or "short-term apartment rental" sites.
- caffeine 16y agoI think it's more like publishing. They lease a bunch of space (apartment space, ad space), and they have a bunch of clients who want to use the space (people, ads), and they match them together.