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Ryan Delk

Omni Rentals - Earn $ on stuff you own. Get access to everything you don't.

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Omni is a new way to own and access things. Omni Rentals empowers owners to make money on the items they store in Omni while not in use, and allows anyone to access those items - with delivery and pickup straight to their door in as little as 2 hours.

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Anna Roubos

Omni is the greatest. Their service and customer support is perfect.

Pros:

Super easy way to make some extra cash and get access to pretty much anything.

Cons:

I wish they were everywhere.

Jeff Whitlock
Definitely, love the vision of what you're trying to do here. It's crazy how many things we purchase and just use once. Best wishes!
Jacques H. Bastien
Brilliant!!! Mind blown.
Joe Anderson
Congrats yall! I tried signing up using Facebook and I'm stuck on the "Amost there, confirm your details, enter your phone number" screen. After I type in my details and hit confirm, it's stuck on "Updating your address"
Ryan Delk
Maker
@anderson760 Hey Joe, sorry about that, are you on iOS or web?
Joe Anderson
@delk I'm on the web
Mary Palfray-Fabro
@delk Thanks for doing your share to save our planet! This is a pretty obvious and clever way to reduce our carbon footprint. Even if renting is costing me the same, if I know I will only need that tile cutter for one project, why not renting it from my neighbor? My question, like many others, is about insurance or if product is not returned at all. But love the concept for sure.
Benjamin Wheeler
To what degree is quality an issue? That is, there's plenty of stuff I have that I'd rather have you guys take care of and occasionally rent out, but some of it might be in very little demand, like the odd 17 inch LCD monitor. My experience with eBay sales concierge services is that they seldom want to bother to sell any of the stuff I'm selling. So after a few inquiries I give up on trying to use them. Won't that happen with Omni?
Thomas McLeod
Maker
@benjamin_wheeler so one of the cool part (to me) is that we still have the storage component, if it rents occasionally it will just offset your storage cost. We inspect items and verify that they are operational and match the description you provide. In some cases (like bikes) we even do routine maintenance. It's our goal to provide you with a passive low effort income source, or at the very least offset your cost for freeing up space. My guess is a monitor rents once every few months for a weekend LAN party (do these still happen?) and you'll be in the money.
Steven Rueter
As far as experimentation with ideas in the sharing economy goes, I love this idea. I know a lot of people who would use this.
Thomas McLeod
Maker
@rueter I hope you become one of them!
Steven Rueter
@tmcleod3 how are you doing liability insurance? I know that at a ski or bike rental place you have to sign a liability waiver that if the equipment malfunctions, they can’t be held liable. How does that work in the case of Omni?
Konrad Waliszewski
Love the idea and am a fan of anything @delk works on. Keep up the great work Omni team!
Ryan Delk
Maker
@gokonrad Thanks!
Matt Ragland
Omni's ability to be at the forefront of Access > Ownership is something I've always admired! The steady + smart development of storage to sharing and rentals is one of the best iterations I've seen. In terms of the actual service, all I can say is that it's an incredibly important step forward! Right away I thought of Kevin Kelly's book "The Inevitable" and this quote, "Possession is not as important as it once was. Accessing is more important than ever". This is the brilliance of what Omni is building. Keep going @delk, @tmcleod3, and the Omni team!
Ryan Delk
Maker
@tmcleod3 @mattragland Thanks for the early support, Matt. This is exactly the vision.
Chema
In spain we have relendo.com which does exactly the same ;)
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