Don’t purchase, just attempt: Gadgets, toys cross condominium way

Ever tried aqua aerobics with water dumbbells or toyed around with a common interactive robotic? Have you worn an Oculus VR headset? But why buy such fancy, steeply-priced stuff while you can lease them for an afternoon or two, the items of desire domestic-added for a fee?

This is precisely what a Bengaluru-based startup, Yupik. In, has to offer for revel in-hunters, who might instead try than buy. Launched in December 2018, the platform has brought over 100 apartment items across eleven categories.

Most clients rent out stuff just for an afternoon, informs Yopik founder Ojas Parikh. “People need to attempt out cutting-edge gadgets, which they could otherwise no longer purchase. For example, we have this golf-swing analyzer that many sense needless to shop for. But they could rent it because each person is in a rush to experience new things,” Parikh explains.

Homemaker Minal Sanghvi had seen her five-yr-antique son’s fascination for digital toys. But she knew that passion became a passing phase, and spending thousands would be a waste.

She chose to lease out the Cozmo robotic as an alternative. “Imagine his pleasure while we got domestic the high-quit robot that plays with you learns from you, reacts, and will become your buddy. No, we didn’t buy this set worth Rs 10,000 but just rented it out for the weekend,” she remembers.

Parikh used his Amazon revel to merge e-commerce’s ease of delivery and transaction with the rental offerings. “Majority of products we provide have been sold with the aid of us from across the world, giving us overall manipulate over their availability, pleasant and condition.”

To make sure the rented products are back in a suitable situation, a protection deposit is levied. This is refunded as soon as the product is returned and checked.

Once a particular product is booked online, the order’s confirmation and standing are sent to the client. The platform’s delivery employees take it to the customer’s home and demonstrate how the product works. Before taking a condo selection, the patron can also check a product demo video and user manuals online.