Keycafe
| File:Keycafe logo.jpg | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Real estate services |
| Founded 📆 | 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Founders 👔 | Clayton Brown and Jason Crabb |
Area served 🗺️ | North America, Europe and Australia. |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
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Keycafe is a key exchange and sharing economy company based in Vancouver.
History[edit]
The company was founded in Vancouver by Clayton Brown[1][2] and Jason Crabb in 2012.[3] Over the next few years, its service was expanded to other cities including Toronto, Seattle, Austin, New York City, San Francisco, Tokyo, Japan, Copenhagen, Denmark, Berlin, Germany, Dublin, Ireland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia, Lisbon, Portugal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rome, Italy as well as London, England and Paris, France. It has about 1000 service locations in total operating in over 50 cities worldwide.[4][5]
Service[edit]
Keycafe distributes cloud-connected key-exchange boxes where users share their property, vehicle, or other keys. Keys are placed in the Keycafe box at a location such as a local coffee shop, where guests can then access the keys. The service is used by home-sharers and individuals for letting in guests and service professionals such as for housekeeping or pet care. Keycafe used Photo ID verification to validate an individual using the service[4][5]Real estate brokers,[6] property managers, and other companies also use the service.[7] Owners are alerted to when keys are deposited or picked up via a mobile app,[8] text, or email.[9][10][11][12] The service is used both through its own website or app, and is embedded into the Airbnb Host Assist platform.[4] It is also used by other home-sharing services.[8] Home owners pay a monthly fee as well as a fee per key pick-up.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Tossell, Ivor (16 September 2013). "Startup wants to turn cafés into key swap locations for Airbnb users". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ Wells, Charlie (19 February 2015). "'Piggybackers' Hitch Themselves to Airbnb, Uber". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Startup Lets Airbnb Hosts and Property Managers Store Keys at Coffee Shops". Techvibes.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Piggybacking on Airbnb". The Real Deal.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Stevens, Paul (18 July 2019). "Keycafe adds photo ID verification to product line". The Short Term Rentalz.
- ↑ "Vancouver Entrepreneurs: Keycafe". The Real Deal. 11 April 2014.
- ↑ Gallagher, Leigh (14 February 2017). The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 132. ISBN 9780544953871 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "A new wave of companies are serving the on-demand economy". Canadian Business Journal. 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "The Sharing Economy Goes Next-Level". Fast Company. 3 February 2015.
- ↑ Blum, Jonathan. "An ancient technology gets a key makeover". Crain's New York.
- ↑ "Here Are The Companies Making Your Airbnb Feel More Like A Hotel". Buzz Feed.
- ↑ "Airbnb spawns network of 'ecosystem' companies – The Mercury News". Mercury News.
- ↑ "How These Airbnb Superhosts Earn $100,000 a Year". Inc. Magazine. 13 February 2017.
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