In the last issue, among other things, we talked about the unusual idea of ​​​​a Swiss farmer to rent cows to tourists - in this issue you will find out what else you can rent for profit, and, believe me, some of the ideas will simply blow your mind.

However, according to tradition, let's start with quite logical ideas of the rental business. For example, rental of textbooks.

The idea to create such a business came to Rodz after the end of the first year, when he managed to sell his textbooks, which cost $560 for only $18. Then Rodz decided to come up with an alternative to buying expensive textbooks that are needed only for one course of study.

On his website, MyBookBorrow.com, students can apply for any textbook and, if the rental price suits them, they can rent it for a year.

But not only students and schoolchildren quickly "grow" out of their textbooks. It turns out that educational games for kids can also be rented.

Two former teachers set up SmartyRents, a children's video game rental service. Their database contains a huge number of games for children (starting from 9 months of age), which parents can order online and receive in an envelope by mail (after the rental period, they are also obliged to return these games by mail).

But the next idea of ​​the rental business is more of a PR move than a full-fledged business, which, however, does not detract from the originality of the solution. The manufacturer of professional guitars, in order to increase the sales of their far from cheap instruments, invited potential buyers to test guitars before buying. Of course, not free.

Now any client can rent a guitar for up to 1 week, paying first the membership fee ($50), and then the rental price itself ($75 per day or $300 per week). Moreover, not only guitars themselves are rented out, but also accessories for them (headphones, straps, cables, cases, etc.).

But, of course, the most variations on the theme of rental are connected with the rental of clothes. It turns out that it is profitable to specialize not only in the rental of wedding dresses and masquerade costumes, but also in designer clothes. As does the New York company Rent the Runway, which has the latest collections from leading fashion designers.

The technology of work is simple - customers choose a suitable dress from the assortment presented on the site, place an order, pay the rental cost, which is approximately 10% of the cost of the dress (ranging from 50 to 200 dollars), and receive their dress in a special case by the postal service.

At the end of the rental period, which ranges from 4 to 8 days, the client returns the dress again through the services of the New York Post.

Transitional Sizes has gone the same way, although their services are aimed at women who are losing weight, which means they are not ready to buy new clothes until they lose weight completely (at least they naively believe in this).

Be that as it may, on this pseudo-rationality of women who are keen on diets, the company earns good money by offering ladies to rent clothes of the right size for up to one month, paying for it only from 3 to 25 dollars, and at the end of the term, return it clean and in good condition .

But this is not all the options associated with the rental of clothes. Until recently, the niche of pregnant women who wanted to look fashionable in an “interesting” position remained uncovered.

An American housewife, Marcel Costello, faced this problem first hand and without hesitation organized her own company, Rentmaternitywear, to rent dresses for pregnant women.

At the same time, Mrs. Costello not only rents dresses, but also sews them herself, which increases her profit by an order of magnitude.

The cost of renting dresses for pregnant women varies from $35 to $70, depending on the length and quality of the dress. $35 is renting a dress for a week, $50 for two weeks, $60 is renting a new dress for a month.

The selected dress is delivered to your home by the specified date by FedEx courier service.

At the end of the rental period, the dress is returned to the Rentmaternitywear store, without pre-washing, cleaning, etc.

Well, now it is time to talk about ideas whose rationality is less obvious.

So in the Japanese city of Yakohama, a Candy pet store was opened, which can be rented. Buyers are allowed to take pets on short-term rentals before they decide to buy one. First of all, we are talking about dogs of all stripes and sizes.

The point of this business idea is that buyers, once taking a cute funny puppy home, are unlikely to want to give it back.

But if the owners of a Japanese rental store hope to find a permanent family for their pets in this way, FLEXPETS specializes in rental, training dogs in such a way that owners and tenants can be sure of their good behavior and obedience. In the range of dogs of all sizes, shapes, colors and temperaments.

In addition, the dog is brought to you with his food and favorite toy so that the animal does not feel discomfort. Without fail, the dog is equipped with a collar with a GPS sensor and a temperature sensor in order to provide her with comfortable conditions of stay (temperature, safety). The entrepreneurs do not seem to care about the stress experienced by animals that have managed to become attached to their temporary owners.

And in conclusion - the apotheosis of the absurd.

Chinese businesswoman Xu Lisha has opened a rental agency for... bridesmaids.

The idea of ​​​​arranging such a mildly strange rental came to Xu after she herself was offered to become a bridesmaid for a fee. Seeing in this idea the potential and a promising niche for business, she decided to take a chance and make this type of business the main source of income.

The Chinese businesswoman is looking for her performers for the role of bridesmaids among university students.

Basic requirements: a beautiful face, a good figure, well-groomed, stylish hairstyle and good manners.

But the Japanese have established a business of renting entire ... families.

Company Hagemashi Tai offers to rent a variety of relatives from the farthest to the closest - spouses and parents. Distant relatives are played by actors for a moderate fee. Most often, their role is to be present at funerals, weddings, and for an additional fee, they will also make a congratulatory or condolence speech there. By the way, you can also rent a spouse for a while. Moreover, services for renting a husband are offered in two options - the first husband is rented for a single mother with children in order to do some housework, and the second option - a trial marriage - for brides who want to experience the feelings and sensations of a wedding and marriage before a real marriage.

As you can see, the imagination of entrepreneurs is truly limitless. And the most amazing thing is that even crazy, at first glance, ideas find their buyers.

And therefore, if traditional types of business do not inspire you, then come up with your own idea - as all the entrepreneurs from our reviews did in their time.

And to spur the imagination, use the author's development of our portal universal designer of business ideas "Tarot 1000 ideas." With this set, you'll generate more ideas in a month than your competitors can come up with in a year.

This set combines almost all effective techniques that help to go beyond patterns and stereotypes. At the same time, the focus is always on the applied task of not developing the imagination “in general”, but searching for new, original ideas and solutions applicable in business.

Now you can rent not only a car or an apartment, but almost anything. What are the best things to rent if you know you will only use them a few times?

Evening dress and tuxedo

Imagine: you were unexpectedly invited to a secular reception in honor of the opening of some pretentious institution, or you suddenly realized that the New Year's corporate party was just around the corner, and, as always, you had absolutely nothing to wear. Buy a luxurious dress to go out in it only once? Oh, unfortunately, you are not a star, and this new dress does not fit into your budget at all, and after the holiday it will hang in the closet for several more years. And now what, do not go? Why, you can just use the service "outfit for rent."

For a very reasonable price, you rent a dress for one or two days. The range of rental services includes evening, cocktail, wedding dresses, as well as dresses for bridesmaids. Moreover, men can also apply to such services and rent a tailcoat or tuxedo.

Rental price: 1,000 - 5,000 rubles per day (depending on the dress, brand and season).

Jewelry

Suppose you already have a beautiful dress, but you want to add something to it. For example, luxury jewelry. Not a problem, because they are also easy to rent. At the same time, jewelry boutiques offer not cheap jewelry, but jewelry worth 200 thousand rubles or more. It is clear that not everyone can afford such jewelry, but almost everyone can rent it. There is one “but”: in order to take such an expensive piece of jewelry for just a couple of days, you will be asked to pay a deposit for it. And this deposit is equal to the full value of the jewelry. Here is such a paradox: if you want to feel like a princess and show off in an expensive necklace, you still have to have money to pay for this necklace. Even if you get them back.

Price: renting a necklace, earrings or brooch costs on average 5-10% of the cost.

Carnival costumes

By the way, about the outfits. Sometimes we need something more interesting than an evening dress. What if your friends are having a costume party? Come up with a costume! Or just rent it.

And what kind of costumes are available in carnival and theatrical costume rental companies ... It’s impossible to list everything. You can be SpongeBob, Superman, Butterfly, Kikimora, Baroness, Pirate, Cleopatra, Witch. In general, you understand - you can transform into almost anyone.

Moreover, in the assortment of most services there are both adult and children's costumes. So if your child has a matinee and needs a costume, do not rack your brains and immediately go to the rental service.

Price: 1,500–2,500 rubles per day (adult), 1,000–1,500 rubles per day (children).

Animal rental

Do not worry, everything is in order with the animals: they are not given to new owners for a month, in order to then be cruelly taken away from people to whom the animals are already accustomed. Services offer only exotic pets: porcupines, minipigs, chameleons, ferrets, snakes, butterflies, raccoons, owls, monkeys, donkeys, ponies and even spiders! During normal times, they live in petting zoos, but they can come to you for a photo shoot or a children's party. Of course, no one will let an animal into your house without supervision: a zoo worker will watch him all the time. In order not to stress the animals, the average rental time is 2–4 hours.

Price: 1,500 - 4,000 per hour (depending on the animal).

Childen's goods

Children grow up very quickly: yesterday your baby could not sit, and today you cannot keep up with him in the yard. Agree, all these children's things hit the parents' wallets, and after 5-6 months (sometimes after 2 months) they no longer fit your child in size or simply gather dust in the corner of the room. It is much easier to rent something for 2-3 months.

What are they renting? Bottle sterilizer, baby scales, baby monitors, motion sickness centers, playpens, development tables, ergo backpacks, jumpers, walkers, car seats, strollers, plastic slides and much more.

As you can see, most of the "reusable" goods are given for rent. Indeed, why buy jumpers if the child will use them for only a few weeks?

Price: depends on the thing (average 400-600 rubles per week).

Tourist equipment

If you only go camping once a year, why buy a sleeping bag and a tent? And if you are going on a real trip, and you need a satellite phone, and a bowler hat, and a folding table... Of course, the easiest way is to contact the tourist equipment rental service: there you will find everything that will make your trip comfortable and relaxing.

You can take winter, summer, water equipment: a tent of any size, a portable stove, a camping bath, a boiler, a sleeping bag, a catamaran, a deck, a pump, snowshoes, folding chairs and a table.

In a word, when you are going on your first hike, you will not need to worry that you are missing some equipment, for a small fee you will be provided with everything you need.

Price: depends on the thing (tent 400-600 rubles per day).

Photo and video equipment

Are you going to skydive or fly in a hot air balloon? You want to capture such bright moments of life on a good GoPro action camera. Only now you don’t have it, but you only need it for one day. Who can help? Rental of photo and video equipment.

They rent SLR cameras, action cameras, ordinary video cameras, projectors, flashes, lenses, studio photography equipment and even now fashionable quadrocopters (flying camera). In addition, you will be offered to rent tripods, monopods, stands and any attachments for equipment.

So if you are going on a trip, but do not want to take pictures with your phone, contact a good rental service.

Price: depends on the camera or camera model (reflex camera rental - from 500 rubles per day, GoPro rental - from 300 rubles per day).

Tools

Bought a new painting, but realized that you won't be able to hang it because you don't have a drill and screws? Suppose screws are sold at the nearest hardware store and cost a penny, but where can I get a drill? Buy for one painting? No it's expensive. Ask a neighbor? No, you don't talk to him. Then you need to rent a drill.

However, a drill is the simplest tool that can be found in construction tool rental services. Hammer drills, generators, walk-behind tractors, chainsaws, jackhammers, grinders, vibrating plates ... In general, take whatever you want.

Price: depends on the size and type of instrument (from 300 to 4,000 rubles per day).

Workplace

Have you heard the buzzword “coworking”? Coworking (co-working in English means “working together”) is a space equipped with everything necessary for work that anyone can rent for a certain period (for several hours, a day, a week, a month, several months). Simply put, this is a workplace for rent (in fact, coworking centers rent not only places, but also entire offices and conference rooms). The main clients of coworking spaces are freelancers who are tired of working from home and who want to communicate with new interesting people.

A typical workplace includes a comfortable desk, soft chair, free Wi-Fi and office equipment (printer, scanner, copier). If you rent a place for a month, it can be selected and reserved exclusively for you.

Price: depends on coworking (7,000 - 20,000 rubles per month, 500 - 1,000 rubles per day).

Sport equipment

Each of you at least once rode a rented bike or snowboard. Meanwhile, you can rent almost everything: skis, skates, rollerblades, tubing, scooters, skateboards and trendy hoverboards and segways. Agree, not everyone will ride a bike or scooter to work, and it makes no sense to buy a bike for the sake of one trip a month.

Price: depends on inventory (from 150 rubles per hour).

What else can you rent?

Of course, this is not the whole list of things that give up. Honestly, it can be continued indefinitely. For example, you have the opportunity to rent:

• tram (for a holiday);
• mobile home (regular rental of an unusual car);
• easel (for exhibitions or for beginner artists);
• medical equipment (wheelchairs and crutches - we sincerely hope that you will never need them);
• a coffee machine (this is a common service for cafes or offices, but a coffee machine can also be ordered at home);
• game consoles (Sony Playstation or Xbox) and much more.

What should be remembered?

1. Most rentals set a minimum period of use of the rented item. Clothes are given for 2-3 days, children's goods - for 1-2 weeks, household appliances - for a period of a month.
2. You will be asked to leave a deposit: 50-70% of the value of the item or an identity document.
3. If you are renting a large item, you will be asked to pay for shipping.

Tell us, have you used rental services at least once in your life? What did you rent?

Rental points were popular in our country. In Soviet times, it was possible to get skis, a refrigerator, a TV set and a porcelain service for a while. And in 1956, even the first car rental point appeared in Moscow. The initiator of the opening of such a service was personally Nikita Khrushchev. He was inspired by a similar rental shop in the US.

The range of goods is growing all the time, and the level of income allows you to purchase things that were already inaccessible. But even this could not destroy the rental system. We also have such points - Russians rent cars and wedding dresses, skates and skis. But there are many rental points in the world where you can rent something unusual for a while.

Friend rental. A couple of years ago, an unusual rental service was launched in Moscow. He led some into bewilderment, and someone directly accused the organizers of immorality. And in this case we are talking about the service "a friend for rent." I must say that such a service was not invented at all in Russia, it came to us from abroad. There's nothing surprising about renting, say, a wife, like in the US. And in Japan, for a certain time, you can generally get a whole family. To rent a spouse in America, you must present a number of certificates and financial guarantees. In Russia, to hire a friend, it is enough that the client is over 18 years old, he must not drink alcohol when meeting and does not insist on intimate relationships. Usually meeting with a new temporary friend takes place in a cafe. The service of communication with a pleasant person must be paid by the hour. It costs from 500 to 700 rubles. The friend rental service also provides additional options. So, you can go shopping together, ride a bike and even ask for help when moving. But these services will have to be paid separately. If you want to save money on a friend, then communication can be made virtual.

Animal rental. In our country, this service is still poorly developed. But in the West, this service is very popular. So, in the USA there is a FlexPetz system, which provides dogs for hourly use. In Japan, you can order a cat, a hamster or a turtle for a while in your city apartment. But they went the farthest in Switzerland, where you can even rent a cow. They decided to adopt a similar experience in Moscow. Animal rental began to be offered by the Zooprotection Plus charity foundation. He suggests getting your own dog for a while. The shelter was forced to take such a step by a large number of stray dogs constantly coming to these people. Usually people come here for puppies, wanting to take them forever. But for adult dogs, finding a new owner is noticeably harder. Therefore, the staff of the kennel decided to offer people to take grown-up dogs for 2-3 days. During this time, the family will be able to understand whether they need a dog at all. Such a service costs nothing, you just need to sign an obligation to feed and walk the dog. There is another popular service in the capital of Russia - the rental of pigeons. The newlyweds take the birds for a while, releasing the birds into the sky at the wedding. Such a service will cost lovers of beautiful gestures 500-2000 rubles.

Rental of a "living book". This "living library" project offers unusual books for rent. Here, as usual, the reader comes and chooses a book for himself, handing in the old one. All the difference from an ordinary library is that people act as books. You can rent a Buddhist and an official, a homeless man and a truck driver, an atheist and a Muslim. Reading itself is replaced by conversation. The first such "living library" appeared in Denmark in 2000; over time, the fashion for such "books" has spread throughout the world. Usually such institutions are open for visiting by their readers only a few times a year. But there are also permanent “living libraries”. One of the most recent meetings in Moscow between readers and their “books” took place at the end of 2011. And it was free to participate in it, and there were no age restrictions. The youngest participant in the “book reading” was only 10 years old, and the oldest was over 80 years old. The idea of ​​renting living books is rather controversial. However, the creators of the project are trying to dispel the stereotypes that exist among people of various professions and social groups.

Carriage rental. In Moscow, it is difficult to surprise someone with a luxurious vehicle. Usually, city residents rent a limousine, and not only for the sake of celebration, but even for meeting and seeing off stars at the airport. But today, retro cars are increasingly being used. The carriage rental service has also gained popularity. There are still few organizations providing such services, but their number is growing. But 200-300 years ago, it was the carriage that was the main means of transportation, it determined the social status of the owner and demonstrated his wealth. After all, it was not enough to have only one vehicle, it was also necessary to maintain a coachman, as well as several horses. Even today, renting a carriage is not a cheap pleasure. The most expensive is the rental of Glass Lando carriages. The fact is that they are assembled by hand from valuable tree species at a European manufactory. For more than 80 years, they have been preparing carriages for the most noble families of Europe, including the royal family of Great Britain. One hour of skiing in such a truly elite facility will cost 42 thousand rubles. For fans of more economical travel, there is another option - an hour of renting an open cabriolet will cost 12 thousand rubles.

Motor home rental. The World Tourism Organization reports that the most popular type of car tourism in the US and Europe is caravanning. About 17% of the residents prefer this journey in a motorhome. In Germany alone, in 2011, there were 5.5 million tourists traveling around the country in their own or rented motor home. Caravanning is beginning to penetrate into our lives. In response to this interest, mobile home rental companies have sprung up. The motorhome is equipped with gas heating, several beds, a stove and a refrigerator. You can take a shower in a special booth, and a dry closet is responsible for the environment. The cost of renting such a camera is 3500-7800 rubles per day. Usually the client is provided with such a house for at least 3 days, but if there is a desire for a long-term lease, then discounts are provided. In addition to the money for the rental, the rental company is forced to leave a considerable deposit, which is returned after the end of the trip. It should be noted that the interest of our compatriots in this type of travel stimulates the emergence of new European-style campsites, they have already begun to be built.

Luxury jewelry rental. This service, which includes the rental of not only expensive costume jewelry, but also jewelry, is quite widespread in the West. What is most interesting is that most often rich stars resort to it, who, it would seem, can afford to purchase jewelry. But the thing is that they too often need to appear at ceremonial events, walk along the red carpet. So you have to rent a necklace or earrings of several tens of carats. The record was the attendance of actress Sofia Vergara at the Golden Globes. After all, the woman was wearing jewelry worth $ 5 million. In America in general, as well as in Europe, it is considered bad form among celebrities to constantly wear jewelry. There is no point in buying them. But expensive jewelry is another matter. Now many designers have even begun to produce elegant jewelry with semi-precious stones with emphasis. The term costume jewellery has even been assigned to these products, they have become very popular in Moscow and other world capitals. The cost of this jewelry can reach several tens of thousands of dollars, but it can be rented. The usual rental period is 1-2 days. The rental provides for a bilateral agreement with the client, and an amount equal to the cost of the product itself is left as a deposit. A quarter of this money remains with the distributor as a fee for use. The remaining funds are returned to the tenant when he returns the decoration.

Tram rental. Vehicles are increasingly available for rent. You can temporarily become the owner of a limousine or even a helicopter. There was even an offer to rent a tram. Of course, this still sounds unusual. But this is only a matter of time, because the service is already in demand not only in Russia, but also abroad. You can become the owner, albeit temporarily, of your own tram in Irkutsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Riga and Lvov. Moscow was no exception in this list. Here you can rent the legendary "Annushka", which began to ply the streets of the capital back in 1911. For decades, the route of the famous tram has been constantly changing. Now it's just a diner on wheels that runs along the Boulevard Ring. And you can ride on a rented tram along only two selected routes. You can also offer your own way, if you can agree on it. Depending on the route, the cost of rent will also change. The basic rental rate is 5 thousand rubles per hour, the same amount will have to be paid for the arrival of the tram to the place indicated by the client. You can try to rent the most ordinary tram. To do this, contact one of the metropolitan tram depots.

Island rental. What do people take with them when they go on vacation? The richest go there on a yacht or choose a villa, a modern apartment. It turns out you can rent a whole island in the ocean. Moreover, you can pick up such an exotic option in various places on the planet - it can be the Seychelles and Fiji, the islands of Oceania, French Polynesia, British Columbia or the Great Barrier Reef. The rental period is usually a few days, but the richest clients book an island for several weeks or even months. Only here you should still take care of the rental of such a piece of sushi for the most elite. The fact is that there are not so many private islands in the world. So it turns out that the best offers are already booked six months before the planned vacation date. Rental prices range from high to simply sky-high. Guana Island in the Caribbean can be considered a budget option. For a week of stay there will have to pay 88 thousand dollars. This amount implies the provision of seven secluded white beaches and a house with 15 rooms to the client. The segment of premium offers starts from 300 thousand dollars for a week of owning your own island. To date, one of the most expensive options in this segment is Musha Bay, the Bahamas. A week of stay here will cost 330 thousand dollars. But it will be possible to stay on five luxurious villas, and the area of ​​the island itself is 60 hectares.

Pilgrim rental. This unusual service was invented by the Portuguese Carlos Gil. He decided to rent out himself, acting as a pilgrim marching to the holy places. Carlos states that he is the one who keeps promises. Twice a year, a man walks from his native city of Karkais to the city of Fatima. After all, it was there, according to legend, on May 13, 1917, the Holy Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children. A temple was built on this site, where pilgrims began to flock. Customers instruct Carlos Gil to come there and voice their prayers. Then the pilgrim returns home. The journey of 160 kilometers takes two weeks. At the same time, from every city where Carlos stops, he sends postcards to his customers. Pilgrim rental services are in demand by those people who cannot travel for health reasons. Some clients simply don't have enough time to hike to holy places. The cost of the pilgrim's services is quite high even by the standards of Portugal - 2500 euros. But you can order Carlos' services from anywhere in the world, because he accepts credit cards for payment.

Glory for hire. How to feel like a celebrity if you are an ordinary clerk? An interesting service is provided by celeb4day.com. On it you can rent a piece of glory. This is manifested in the fact that a person will be constantly pursued by photographers and journalists. The paparazzi will let you feel all the delights of starry life. At the end of this crazy marathon, the customer, who is also the victim, will receive photos and videos about his life during the stellar "period". Also, with the help of one of the pictures, the cover of a glossy magazine is created from the portraits of the "star". It was Tanya Kouher, a photographer based in Austin, Texas, who founded such a fame rental company.

Underwear. Buying underwear is always risky. After all, it is not clear how this expensive intimate clothing will sit on the figure. Oddly enough, there is an offer for renting underwear. What girl would refuse the pleasure of trying it on and wearing it a little before deciding to buy it? And the Japanese company Embeline Marketinf from Kyoto provides such a service. Her service consists not only in the rental of underwear, but also makes it possible to redeem the samples you like. Not every woman is willing to shell out $150 for a bra. But you can rent it much cheaper - $ 45 for the first month and $ 6 per month for the next 15 months. At the end of the lease, the girl can keep it for herself. I must say that such a step is quite logical. Who will wear underwear after another person.

Christmas tree. The New Year becomes a real disaster for Christmas trees, because hundreds of thousands of them are cut down, and a month later they are thrown away. But there is a much more beautiful ecological solution. After all, you can rent a Christmas tree. Such a service is offered by the site rentxmastree.com. This service costs $35-100. By paying this amount, the customer will receive a tree in a tub directly to his home. It remains only to decorate it, and then spend the New Year around it. And at the end of the holidays, the tree is returned, planting it back into the forest. The company does not provide toys and decorations, you will have to take care of this yourself. It should be noted that this way of celebrating the New Year is the most environmentally friendly and humane.

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“You don’t need a thing, but only its function”

How to Save Money and Earn Tens of Thousands by Renting and Renting Anything

The world is engulfed in consumerism. However, more and more people are coming to the realization that it is not things that are important, but only their functions. Pete Maclaine/ZUMAPRESS.com/Global Look Press

The sharing economy, built on the principles of sharing things, is spreading faster and faster. People began to share apartments (Airbnb), cars (Uber), and now you can rent anything on the Internet. On the one hand, it helps to save money, because why buy expensive things if you can take them for just a few hours or days? On the other hand, this is a new opportunity to earn money: if you have any useful item, you can turn it into an asset by renting it to other people and getting a benefit. In this material, prepared with the support of the OneTwoRent portal, we tell you how the rental service for everything in the world works. To do this, we will answer a few key questions.

Why rent a thing when you can buy it?

Alexey Nikonov, one of the founders of the international rental website OneTwoRent, explains that often people do not need the thing itself, but the function that the thing performs. “We need not a drill, but a hole in the wall, not a car, but the ability to get to a certain place at a certain time. You can get a function by renting a thing, rather than buying it, ”Nikonov says.

According to the businessman, it makes no sense to spend your whole life on endless work in order to constantly buy things, because you can give up unreasonable purchases and use the saved money to fly on a trip and get the most important thing - knowledge and impressions.

Today, the idea of ​​sharing is very popular in the world, which is based on environmental friendliness, economy and ergonomics. People try to make the consumption of things conscious, so they begin to use some things in common.

What can be rented?

All! On the OneTwoRent website, you can rent a car (and even a motorhome), construction tools, a game console, a camera, a printer, clothes, textbooks, a parking space, a bicycle and a catamaran.

Screenshot of otr24.com website

There are things on OneTwoRent that you would hardly think about renting. For example, if you wish, you can rent a paddle for 50 rubles a day, a cow for 2,000 rubles an hour, and for 100 rubles a day you can put a figurine of a happy Chukchi in your office. In the description of the product, its owner writes: “A Chukchi with a happy karma. Suddenly someone needs a little fortune? I'm more comfortable with him. How it will be for you, I don’t know ... "

How to rent the item you like?

In the catalog of goods presented on the site otr24.com, choose the one that you like. It is better if you find several similar products at once so that you can choose. There are two ways to contact the landlords: call the phone number indicated in the ad or start chatting on the site.

When you discuss all the details with the owner of the thing, you only need to conclude an agreement where all the details will be written, and pick up the goods for yourself.

Can you make money by renting out your stuff?

Businessman Alexei Nikonov is sure that every year you can earn an average of 45 thousand rubles by renting out your expensive things. And if at the same time you do not buy things yourself, but also rent them, then you can save another 30 thousand a year.

Earnings may be higher. For example, if you have a game console and a lot of video games, then you can rent them for 10 thousand rubles a month. But you can also rent joysticks, virtual reality glasses and other attributes, which will increase your income.

Screenshot of otr24.com website

It is very profitable to rent sports equipment: bicycles, snowboards, skis, skates, as well as camping equipment: inflatable boats, catamarans, tents. For renting out such things, you can get from 200 thousand to 5000 thousand rubles a day.

Surely in your pantry is a dusty suitcase with tools. Rent them out! Jigsaws, drills, punchers, screwdrivers, wire cutters can bring you up to 500 rubles a day.

How is the OneTwoRent portal different from other rental sites?

Firstly, already now on OneTwoRent you can rent and rent things in 44 cities of Russia. The creators of the project have ambitious plans and say that in the near future OneTwoRent will become the only international service in the world that people from all over the world can use. There are similar services in Europe, the USA and Australia, but they are local (so far, in addition to Russia, Kazakhstan is represented on the site). In addition, OneTwoRent brings together a variety of things on one site, from real estate to services, clothing and even construction equipment. Thirdly, OneTwoRent is a turnkey service that provides for the possibility of promoting your product on the portal, legal advice and a system for checking counterparties, PR and advertising for the brand of the rental company, and much more, said Alexey Nikonov.

“Do you have an apartment?”, “And a car?” - the answer to these questions somehow immediately changes the attitude towards a person. It is believed that if you bought yourself something expensive, then you have achieved a certain position in society. Somewhere it is, because for all these purchases you need to earn money. But what if the purchase is in principle not a necessity?

A few days ago, I invited my new friend to take a boat ride along the Dnieper. From previous communication with her, I concluded that she was from a wealthy family. And here's the dialogue we got:

- Hello! I'm thinking of taking a boat trip while the weather is good. Will you keep me company?

- Do you have a boat?

I go boating once a year or less, so buying a boat has always seemed stupid to me. But this dialogue made me think about why some people strive to buy and own everything without fail, while others live the way they want and, if necessary, rent things.

Ownership is, in fact, the same lease.

When a married couple buys or takes a mortgage on an apartment, this causes approval in society, or at least understanding. A young family wants to build a nest for itself, wants stability, so that the children have a place to live and something to pass on by inheritance. And in general, real estate is one of the few more or less reliable ways to invest capital. After all, if you have the funds, why not buy an apartment?

We will not even consider the examples of some wealthy people who do not buy apartments for themselves, but live in rented housing (like Artemy Lebedev). Apartments are now painfully overvalued, even people who do not have deep knowledge in the fields of real estate and construction understand this. If you calculate the cost of an apartment (let it be $200-500 thousand) and compare it with rent (let it be $10 thousand a year or $500 thousand over 50 years), it turns out that the costs of buying and renting are approximately comparable. Of course, owning an apartment, like renting, has its obvious pros and cons. The only catch is that ownership is, in fact, the same lease.

Nothing I have is truly mine.
Dido

How long will the house you bought last? 30, 40, 100 years? If you think that everything will be fine with your apartment in 50 years, look at the Khrushchevs. In general, very few houses outlive their owners. It turns out that buying an apartment is like a long-term one. Not without reason, in the same China, buying an apartment gives the right of ownership for only 70 years.

How about a car? You buy a car - forever? Even if you don't change it, how long will it last you? 10–20 years? Then he will go to the landfill, but once he was all yours. It turns out that buying a car is also a long-term lease.

How about human life? The human body, which is given to us completely free of charge, is also not eternal. We, in fact, rent our bodies - some for 30 years, some for 60, some for 90 years. We ourselves do European-style repairs inside, choose high-quality "gasoline", drive the body to the "technical inspections" to the doctors. But the body is still not ours, because it is not eternal. We can't have something forever, so we can't name it possession in the full sense of the word.

Is there one thing in this world that we can truly possess? Hardly. Houses will collapse, cars will break down and rust, and the former "owners" will go to another world.

Why are we buying?

A person living in a world of instability is willing to pay double the price for any kind of guarantee. When buying an apartment, we hope that no one will evict us from there and that repairs can be done to our liking without entering into disputes with the owner. When we buy a car, we want to be sure that it will always be available when we need it. And we buy new clothes to be sure that no one has worn them before us and that they will always be at hand.

A person has only 24 hours in a day. How much time can you devote to your things? A couple of hours for a car, 10 hours for a suit, a few hours for a phone and an e-book, 20 minutes for a bike. The rest of the time these things are idle, while they could serve someone else. But you paid for the full time - isn't this an overpayment?

Buying what you can rent, we pay extra for a sense of security. And this feeling often has little to do with reality, both in the case of cataclysms, wars and earthquakes that can level your house to the ground, and in the case of ordinary domestic troubles like a stolen car or accidentally torn jeans - there are no guarantees anywhere.

Therefore, if you see a person who, with a calm soul, lives for rent, take off your hat. He has steel endurance, he does not need guarantees. But if a person has a clear love for shopping and an excessive desire to save up for a house / yacht / boat / plane, then it is possible that in this way he seeks to compensate for his fears, feel safe and take control of his life. Pat him on the shoulder.

Morality:

By renting, you do not overpay for guarantees and confidence in the future. Therefore, renting is more profitable than buying.