Watch a video created by PivotDesk showing "A Day in the Life of the Sharing Economy". Using car sharing, home sharing and new service models are now the new normal for some people.


https://vimeo.com/90908914

Many companies are renting inventory they own. Technology and insurance innovation enables people to share this inventory.

Zipcar
Car2Go
Netflix

The phrase "access over ownership" is used to describe these Business to Consumer marketplaces.

There are new examples of B2B services such as Getable.

Many companies now capitalize on remnant assets. Extra office space, under utilized cars and camping gear that gets used once a year are all examples of remnant assets.

PivotDesk
Airbnb
RelayRides

These marketplaces enable peer-to-peer transactions.

Leveraging spare time has created some of the most successful sharing economy companies.

Uber
Lyft
Homejoy
Rover
TaskRabbit
Postmates
Instacart

Companies considered part of the "sharing economy" are mostly marketplaces.

Craigslist
eBay
oDesk
Thumbtack
OpenTable
Yelp
TripAdvisor

Marketplaces characteristics include:

LIquidity
Curation
Ratings and Reviews
Frictionless payment
Mobile
Social Proof
Frequency
Network Effects