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I think a true peer-to-peer sharing network would be a nightmare. However, I love the idea a centralized service that I could rent all kinds of things from. It'

I think a true peer-to-peer sharing network would be a nightmare. However, I love the idea a centralized service that I could rent all kinds of things from. It's like Lowe's tool rental service on steroids. There's been hundreds of times that I wanted to rent something smaller, like an impact drill, or something else that they don't have. A full commodity rental service would be neat.

aacook 13y ago
I'm a founder at Rentabilities and this is exactly what we're working on. Would love your feedback: http://www.rentabilities.com http://www.rentabilities.com http://www.rentabilities.com/26135/1-5-rotary-hammer-drill/ http://www.rentabilities.com/26135/1-5-rotary-hammer-drill/ As a first step to solving the problem, we've aggregated much of the data on what's available for rent locally. As a second step, we're currently experimenting with an online booking flow in event categories and it's going well. For equipment, most people want immediacy and prefer to just book on the phone. So right now, we're just giving consumers that option. However, I would love to give you the ability to book the impact drill instantly.
- jlongster 13y ago
  Wow, that's cool. I live in Richmond, VA, and it looks like all of the rentals come from just a few places: lowes and home depot are obvious. I found United Rentals through your site though. It would be nice to book immediately from your site, because otherwise I'll probably just skip your site and call the company directly after I use your site once to discover the rental companies. Also, I expected a bunch of tools to be listed on this page: https://www.rentabilities.com/united-rentals-richmond-va/ https://www.rentabilities.com/united-rentals-richmond-va/. It took me a little bit to figure out to click a category on the left. I noticed your site is responsive, too. A random technical point is that you would probably benefit from concatenating all of your js/css into 2 js/css files, since on mobile latency is critical. It's a cool idea though.

aacook 13y ago

I'm a founder at Rentabilities and this is exactly what we're working on. Would love your feedback: http://www.rentabilities.com http://www.rentabilities.com http://www.rentabilities.com/26135/1-5-rotary-hammer-drill/ http://www.rentabilities.com/26135/1-5-rotary-hammer-drill/ As a first step to solving the problem, we've aggregated much of the data on what's available for rent locally. As a second step, we're currently experimenting with an online booking flow in event categories and it's going well. For equipment, most people want immediacy and prefer to just book on the phone. So right now, we're just giving consumers that option. However, I would love to give you the ability to book the impact drill instantly.

jlongster 13y ago
Wow, that's cool. I live in Richmond, VA, and it looks like all of the rentals come from just a few places: lowes and home depot are obvious. I found United Rentals through your site though. It would be nice to book immediately from your site, because otherwise I'll probably just skip your site and call the company directly after I use your site once to discover the rental companies. Also, I expected a bunch of tools to be listed on this page: https://www.rentabilities.com/united-rentals-richmond-va/ https://www.rentabilities.com/united-rentals-richmond-va/. It took me a little bit to figure out to click a category on the left. I noticed your site is responsive, too. A random technical point is that you would probably benefit from concatenating all of your js/css into 2 js/css files, since on mobile latency is critical. It's a cool idea though.