TechCrunchKirsten Korosec
This startup wants to turn idle user car inventory into rental revenue
“Millions and millions of used cars are sitting on parking lots, depreciating and losing value,” Dobrianskyi said in a recent interview, adding that there are 76,000 dealerships in the United States.
All three are from Ukraine, said Dobrianskyi, who moved to the U.S. with his wife and young daughter after the Russia-Ukraine war began.MyMonthlyCar does what its name suggests, with one twist. The startup only rents used cars on a month-to-month basis; no short-term options here. But it does give dealerships the chance to offer customers a rent-to-own option.“So we don’t bring them only customers to rent on a monthly basis, we basically bring them the clients who potentially can buy this car as well,” he said.MyMonthlyCar doesn’t charge dealerships to list cars on its website.
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