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OlympicRentalNotes

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 6 months ago

2010 Olympic Rentals Website Project

 

The idea

For locals who want to rent their place out to visitors to the 2010 games. The project now has its own wiki home at https://rentin2010.pbwiki.com/.

 

We're also having the first meeting beyond the barcamp session on Oct 7 at Workspace. Come out for more if you're into the idea, and add to the agenda if you have items to cover: https://rentin2010.pbwiki.com/Beyond+Barcamp:+Meeting+Tuesday+Oct+7,+7pm+@+Workspace

 

Competition

  • there will be lots of it with well-established google juice
  • vrbo.com
  • holidayvillas.com

 

Revenue Models

  • Ads
  • Posting/placement fees
  • Transaction fees
  • Ebay incremental upsell model
  • Translation
  • Auction system - see luxurylink.com
  • Partnerships with other local businesses to offer secondary services (babysitting, tours, check in)

 

Requirements

  • 2 kinds of users (buyers and sellers) and possibly 3rd party partnership users
  • Effective SEO
  • Focus on olympic features and related services
  • Reputation of both buyer and seller

 

Feature Notes

  • Sellers want to edit their listings
  • Checklist for 1-time rental
  • compare and choose renters
  • legal

 

Other Considerations

  • Is it legal?
  • Housing Swaps
  • Offer clean transactions with deposit esrow
  • Run as subdomain of dailyvancouver?

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