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A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-next-big-Airbnb-for-

A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-next-big-Airbnb-for-X-company-idea http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-n... Still seems like a massive opportunity. $24 billion market in the US. Inconvenient locations (for many people). People have (collectively) a massive amount of under-utilized space. Not without its challenges but neither was AirBnB when it started.

refurb 12y ago
Already exists (in SF at least). Roost, StowThat.
- jonbischke 12y ago
  AirBnB existed before AirBnB as well. People just called it Homeaway or VRBO. AirBnB did a few key things much better. I think there's the same opportunity in self-storage (although not sure what makes this model finally take off).
sweettea 12y ago
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/08/20/startup-spotlight-roost-an-airbnb-for-storage/ http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/08/20/startup-spotlight-roos...
homakov 12y ago
Someone should do it; i like it
farmerinthecity 12y ago
Makespace is doing this, at least in NYC. They have all my stuff that I'm almost ready to get rid of.
- frankdenbow 12y ago
  I use it too. Has been super convenient while traveling/moving.
elwell 12y ago
I remember someone in the philly startup scene who was trying this a couple years ago. I forget what name they had.
granttimmerman 12y ago
In Seattle, Stash (https://angel.co/stash-4 https://angel.co/stash-4) is doing this.
msantos 12y ago
Here's a list of self-storage startups https://angel.co/self-storage https://angel.co/self-storage
actf 12y ago
Yea, I think this a really good idea. I've also had the idea of an AirBnB for 'toys' (i.e. sports equipment, motorcycles, bikes, instruments, etc). There is already RelayRides for cars, and qraft is probably the closest existing site to my idea, but I think it could be executed much better than qraft.

refurb 12y ago

Already exists (in SF at least). Roost, StowThat.

jonbischke 12y ago
AirBnB existed before AirBnB as well. People just called it Homeaway or VRBO. AirBnB did a few key things much better. I think there's the same opportunity in self-storage (although not sure what makes this model finally take off).

sweettea 12y ago

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/08/20/startup-spotlight-roost-an-airbnb-for-storage/ http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/08/20/startup-spotlight-roos...

homakov 12y ago

Someone should do it; i like it

farmerinthecity 12y ago

Makespace is doing this, at least in NYC. They have all my stuff that I'm almost ready to get rid of.

frankdenbow 12y ago
I use it too. Has been super convenient while traveling/moving.

elwell 12y ago

I remember someone in the philly startup scene who was trying this a couple years ago. I forget what name they had.

granttimmerman 12y ago

In Seattle, Stash (https://angel.co/stash-4 https://angel.co/stash-4) is doing this.

msantos 12y ago

Here's a list of self-storage startups https://angel.co/self-storage https://angel.co/self-storage

actf 12y ago

Yea, I think this a really good idea. I've also had the idea of an AirBnB for 'toys' (i.e. sports equipment, motorcycles, bikes, instruments, etc). There is already RelayRides for cars, and qraft is probably the closest existing site to my idea, but I think it could be executed much better than qraft.