Rent out stuff online including electronics, clothing, cars, etc using Zilok
Posted on November 19, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Have you wished recently that you could rent out something instead of buying it? Renting out stuff makes sense actually, for example, looking for a power tool to chop down a tree in your backyard, but don’t want to buy one since you only need it for a day?
Or maybe you’re having a special birthday party and you want to record it, but can’t afford to buy a new digital video camcorder? Or what if you’re planning a road trip to New York and you want to have your own parking space available for an entire week?
Zilok.com is a rental marketplace where by you can rent out just about anything under the sun! Not only can you rent out other people’s stuff, you can rent out your own things and make money doing it! So before going on eBay and selling off those golf clubs you thought you were going to use, consider listing them on Zilok and making money off of them! Pretty nifty idea considering how much “extra” stuff people have laying around the house that’s not used.
When renting items, you describe each item (picture, description, location, category, rental details, etc) and choose which items you want to make available to Zilok members. You can accept and refuse booking requests and can track and manage all items currently rented out online. The payment is done online and all of the other details involved in setting up the rental, such as address of pick up, security deposit, etc are left up to the owner and renter via email, telephone or face-to-face.
For finding items to rent out, it’s pretty simple: start with what you want to rent and then find the closet place to you that the item is available. They also have a cool mapping system whereby you can see the items displayed on a map instead of simply by address.
You can quickly find items to rent out by category which include tools, parties & events, sports & leisure, clothing, computers & electronics, images & sound, home & appliances, etc.
Here are a couple of “ideas” given by Zilok for what you can use the service for:
- Rent a GPS for a safe road trip
- Rent a parking space for your car during a holiday
- Rent a music studio to record your bands new album
- Rent a tandem bike for a romantic bike ride!
The service has just started, so you may not find that many items in your particular area, but as more people put their items on the site, it could become quote popular. Definitely list your junk for free and you might end up getting a rent request a couple of weeks later!
You can also scroll down to the bottom and click on one of the popular cities to see which items are already on rent from there. Also, they are free until 2008, so if you want to list something and not have to pay any charges, go ahead and do so now!
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Check out http://www.rentittoday.com . This site has a bunch of cool categories with great rental items on the site. Also you can list your rental item for a minimal investments. Items for rent such as Boats,Exotic Cars, Tools, ATV, Real Estate and more.
You can ‘rent’ dresses at DressVault.com, (we call it ‘borrowing’ : )
Or you can lend-out what you already own for extra $$!