EVERYONE has had a bad roommate experience in their life. Here are some NEW highlights of those experiences. #roomienightmares
"my roommate came home drunk and confused the toilet with my bed..."
"Roommate took a redbull, 5 hour energy and four loko to stay up all night to watch Man U vs Arsenal at 6am"
"all of my shows are deleted to make room for more BRAVO and HGTV shows..."
"living in new york is so expensive that you are willing to live with any crazy off the street..."
"why does my roommate always blast James Bond movies every time he comes home drunk...?
"Art majors and Econ majors do not mix well..."
"my roommate wears weird colorful tanks and talks about EDM all day..."
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UPDATED AMERICAN ROOMIES BUSINESS MODEL!
If you have been following my blog posts the past couple of weeks, you probably have been a little confused about what we actually are trying to accomplish. Even I was kind of confused and definitely had trouble explaining our business model simply.
We have always had a great vision and mission for American Roomies but that vision kept on getting skewed by different extrernal factors. We wanted to always focus on solving bad roommate experiences but we decided to focus on certain consumer groups and users. We thought that by focusing on the international renters, we could find our niche and also create great value for a current problem. We also thought that limiting the potential Listers would add for safer transactions and would create more demand of Renters.
After much Feedback (THANK YOU EVERYONE!) and tweaking everyday we finally decided to focus solely on our original vision of American Roomies. This vision is and will always be to:
Everyone has had a bad roommate experience and we realize that this is the ultimate problem we are trying to alleviate. We were straying from this vision and were trying to be more intricate and focused for no reason.
How will we accomplish ending bad roommate experiences?
We are focused on having our users learn more about the ROOMMATE and not just be focused on the Room they are trying to find and live in. We are unique because we are merging the ideas of a dating site and a roommate/sublet/short term rental site, in a platonic way of course. We are working hard each day on our algorithm that will give "Roomie compatibility scores" and will allow Renters to not only see who they are compatible with but also focus on the room that they are trying to rent.
We will be charging a small transaction fee to Renters to transact through our secure and safe payment system that will also allow us to give a small kickback to the Lister. The Lister will be able to list their room, receive some extra cash (still finalizing details), and find the roommate of their dreams all in one safe site. The Renter will be able to search and filter different aspects of the Lister and room all in one place to find a safe ROOMMATE and ROOM of their dreams. Remember, finding a roommate is an extremely intimate situation, so LEARN more about a roommate before living with one.
American Roomies is trying to REVOLUTIONIZE how people search for a roommate and we would love to hear any feedback you have for us! We are working hard everyday and the site is almost ready to be launched! We will be releasing an amazing marketing video in the next couple of weeks and we will also be releasing a new logo!
Please contact me at [email protected] for more information and comments! Please like us on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AmericanRoomies) and follow us on twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/AmericanRoomies)
Remember, Choose Smart, Room Smart!
