I've written about selling your home cooked meals, and renting out your car. Now I've found a website where you can rent out your driveway. The concept is to give drivers some convenience,(a closer parking spot),and (hopefully) money savings. It would also create a public parking space where parking would be otherwise off-limits.
Still in beta, but with plans to expand globally, Park Circa organizes a community of members who are either looking for parking or have parking spaces available.
Members can list their driveway parking space as available when it’s not in use — earning cash when someone uses their spot. The payment method works on a ‘pay-as-you-go’ system, whereby drivers "top-up" credit on their Park Circa account. This is then transferred to the owner of whichever parking space the driver selects, with the hourly rates decided by the spaces’ owners. Members can view available parking spaces and complete payment via the Park Circa mobile app. A downloadable app available for smartphones.
As with any online rental site, the project must rely on a large membership to succeed, and it will be in direct competition with a similar service I found called SpotScout. However, Park Circa is well presented and offers genuine convenience. A large number of users could well see Park Circa flourish.
If you live near a stadium, I suppose you're already doing this very thing. You post a cardboard sign for parking in your yard during the game. Homeowners can make a couple of hundred dollars in one evening. I've also seen this done with county festivals. People charging up to twenty dollars for a spot. However Park Circa deals with driveway parking, and not "in your yard" parking. If you sign-up, be sure the spot in your driveway is marked clearly so you don't have a car block you in your own driveway.
Getting paid to let someone park in your driveway.... If you live near a high traffic area it could be a easy way to make a few dollars, or maybe even a lot of dollars without you having to do anything!
For more information google "SpotScout", or "Park Circa".
