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I think it's a nice concept and don't have any problems with it (in fact, it looks quite nice), but I do wonder what distinguishes these various services. Here
by travisp 12y ago
I think it's a nice concept and don't have any problems with it (in fact, it looks quite nice), but I do wonder what distinguishes these various services.
Here in NYC, there are several "Uber for" maid/massage/anything else you can think of services, and apart from the design of their sites and sometimes the pricing scheme, it's hard to tell what's actually different.
Maybe the same thing could be said about Lyft, Uber, etc., but I do wonder what kind of competitive advantage these services are going for.
- qeorge 12y agoI think "AAA for X" makes more sense than "Uber for X" "AAA for Massage" is very meaningful - I just book "a massage", I don't care from whom as long as they are qualified, and this company makes sure someone good shows up. Its a new idea because these services are not usually commoditized, in the way a tow-truck or an oil change is. This company is betting that for enough buyers, massages are actually a commodity service versus a personal service requiring a lot of trust. Services with existing brands will not like it, but new businesses without a customer base will probably love it. I think it has legs.
- peterjancelis 12y agoI agree. The big idea behind Uber is to optimize capacity utilization. That's also the reason why it's a race between those taxi apps to get global scale first. Unlike cars, maids and masseuses don't waste 90% of their time doing nothing and there's also not going to be a population reduction by matching supply and demand for these verticals a little bit better for iphone users.
- fredsters_s 12y ago"don't waste 90% of their time doing nothing" that's an assumption
- AkaashUnwindMe 12y agoand a false one, at that.