[Startup Idea] Rent local apparel - Loan Wardrobe

[yangwao]

I think this is quite a particular task to do.

Problem

You are travelling for 2-10 days to different city and it's the same issue again, what do you need to pack, and for how long?

Solution

Model situation: After securing your accommodation Booking/Airbnb for 4 days, you will sync it with the number of needed things on the spot simply by pressing the button. click click ADD 4 pair of shirts. tap tap add matching socks & underwear. enter delivery address tap submit. And you are done; it took you less than a minute, and you could do this from anywhere, right?

Brief startup idea

The goal of this would be to support local laundries and someone who would like to run small businesses in first testing cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Lisbon, Vienna, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Zurich and other popular cities where people would be okay pay extra margin for this free brain space. The upside of this is you don't need to carry anything extra except your bum bag or fanny pack. Using planes would be way easier in the end and you don't even need to carry extra luggage, rush for earlier check-in, you know the drill. You could spend this money travel in business class instead. Plus you will contribute to offset CO2 from weight of plane burning extra fuel and creating jobs on the ground.

Price wise

This is the threshold question, how much would people like pay for this service? How much do you value your brain space? $5 for a bundle of socks for a week? $10 for shirts for week? Would you pay $20 for a week's apparel at your destination?
Getting underwear would be extra $20-$50 depends on quality as unopened.

Implementation

I think for this you need to have some kind of NFT rental service in background and think about smart contract to handle these things. I.e. you can either have vouchers, chip fungibles into contact, put your NFTs as collateral, implementations ways are numerous, I don't know answer yet. Yet for end users should be seamless and make it loyalty and rewarding thing! Even in form of POAPs "I've saved XXX amount of CO2 in year by using

Bussines model

Traditional fee model, margin for services connected together laundry service, storage for clothes and delivery services. Combining partnership with local hotels could yield impressive returns

Initial supply

Few dozens of blank shirts are probably cheap af, even basic high quality tri-blend shirts hypoalergic. Socks should be definitely great and warm, high quality. Underwear should be in this way similar.

Network Effects

Same as Uber doesn't own nor Airbnb own property, headstart would be way other people could bring and engage in this network by providing this small wardrobe rental hub

Type of apparel

shirts and socks I think people doesn't have issue to swap even it's hygienic cleaned, underwear people might be bit sensitive. solution would be limit underwear rotation or so Solution would be to package unopened underwear to drive trust, yet it will drive price higher.

Quick market research

• https://www.rentmywardrobe.com/
• https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/by-rotation-rent-buy-fashion/id1476610390
• https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nuuly-rent/id1511548818
• https://letote.com/
• industry is named clothing rental which is but focused on being local for wearing long-term if I get it right
• https://tulerie.com/
• https://freeappsforme.com/dress-rental-apps/
• https://hypebae.com/2022/8/best-online-clothing-rental-services-sustainability-uk-by-rotation-hurr-rotaro
• https://linkin.bio/loanhood
• https://shoponpickle.com/
• https://www.styletheory.co/
• https://byrotation.com/
• https://www.renttherunway.com/
• https://www.byrdie.com/best-clothing-rental-services-4788049
• https://www.rentle.io/pricing

Conclusion

Easiest way would be wrap some of local renting apps

How to proceed?

Feel free DM me https://t.me/yangwao if you feel brave enough to execute this, timeframe is approximately dedicating 700 days.