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OlympicRentalNotes

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on September 30, 2008 at 11:36:39 am
 

2010 Olympic Rentals Website Project

 

The idea

For locals who want to rent their place out to visitors to the 2010 games.

 

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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