It's Green To Lend And Borrow!

Earn money and help save the planet

The world of consumer-to-consumer hire is taking off via a new marketplace that lets anyone earn money from the things they own. The web-based marketplace has not only allows low-cost hire but it is environmentally good news too.

Uniquely, The Hire Hub works across all markets by putting owners and hirers directly in contact with one another. So now, the idle hobby equipment, rare book, or jet-ski in the garden shed can be made to earn money instead. Owners simply list the items they have available for others to hire from them. The Hire Hub is a marketplace for owners and hirers to meet often for things you can’t hire at a traditional shop.

"This starts a new industry," says Tim Gibbs, director of parent company Systanet Limited, “by enabling consumer-to-consumer rental in a similar way that ebay enabled consumer-to-consumer purchase. It now means that anyone can earn money from the things they own.”

Beside the financial incentive the site offers, hiring items also has an environmental benefit by reducing the manufacture of goods that are needed but would otherwise be poorly utilised. Examples are specialist tools but the site covers anything that can be hired, things like holiday homes, games, baby and household equipment, and even services.

Clearly owners will want assurance that their items will be returned safely,” Mr Gibbs continues, “but it’s really no different from existing online transactions. When you purchase online you already trust that you’ll receive the item in exchange for the cash you send.”

Nonetheless, feedback mechanisms build member status, and the service is additionally protected by deposit-taking and escrow mechanisms”. The whole site is driven by ethos of earned trust. Serial entrepreneur Gibbs got the idea after needing a specialist tool for a five minute job whilst building his homemade aeroplane. The site can be found at www.thehirehub.co.uk

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