Feel the charm of the "sharing economy", starting from the wonderful experience of exchanging housing and daily life
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When you think of the “sharing economy,” what comes to mind? Is it a unicorn company such as Uber and Airbnb with business tentacles extending to all parts of the world, or the once-popular shared bicycles on the other side?
In fact, the scope of “sharing economy” is very broad. According to the definition of The Economist, “Sharing Economy” means that any resource on the Internet can be rented. Some foreign countries even define “company” as sharing, such as Japan’s “rental uncle” or India’s “[rental grandson](https://www. storm.mg/lifestyle/236533?srcid=7777772e73746f726d2e6d675f32343332313761303165653464396138_1559611669)” service.
According to Wikipedia’s explanation, Sharing Economy (Sharing economy), different from the rental economy, is a shared manpower and [resource](https://zh.wi kipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%84%E6%BA%90) How society operates. It includes the contributions of different individuals and organizations to goods and [services](https://zh.wikipedia.org /wiki/%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1) creation, production, [distribution](https:/ /zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%88%86%E9%85%8D&action=edit&redlink=1), [Transaction](https://zh.w ikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%A4%E6%98%93) and Consumption sharing. Common forms include car sharing, carpooling, [public bicycle](https://zh.w ikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%85%B1%E8%87%AA%E8%A1%8C%E8%BB%8A), [Shared Power Bank](https ://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%AB%E5%85%85%E7%94%B5%E5%AE%9D) and exchange accommodation, etc.
Jeremy. Rifkin believes that [collaborative sharing] (https://meet.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/40538) is a new economic model in which billions of people are both producers and consumers, sharing energy, information and physical objects on the Internet. Ownership is replaced by use rights, “exchange value” is replaced by “shared value”, and mankind has entered a new era of sharing economy.
The mention of the “sharing economy” reminds me of a report I once saw in a newspaper: “[The rent is too high and college students can’t afford it, so they just stay in hotels] (https://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5085046)”. As mentioned above, due to the large number of students at Tsinghua University and Jiaotong University in Hsinchu City, the number of rooms in the dormitories of these two schools is extremely limited. Therefore, nearby hotels have taken advantage of this opportunity to attract customers by claiming to be close to the school, safe and managed, and managed like a high-end hotel. Because the price is reasonable and the distance is very close, many parents of new students are so excited that they book four-year housing in one go.
Exclusive housing exchange platform for artists
I have only heard that some parents will help their children buy a house in the school district and then sell it after graduation. Thinking of the interesting news about college students not living in dormitories but going to hotels, it really makes people feel that times have changed!
Well, I wonder if this news will also make you think: wouldn’t it be great if there was an opportunity to exchange houses? Well, no problem, this wish is actually not difficult to achieve! If you happen to be an artist or designer, just go to the website called [Behomm] (https://www.behomm.com/) to apply, and you will have the opportunity to exchange homes with your designer friends in another corner of the world!
As long as you are an artist or designer, you can apply through the Behomm website to exchange homes with your peers on the other side of the world.
As the name suggests, Behomm actually takes its idea of “be home”. They use the slogan “Treat your exchange partners as your guests!” (Treat your exchange partners as your guests!). They have quickly risen in the market and have received many praises.
Behomm’s founding story
The founders of “Behomm” are a husband and wife team of graphic designers Agust Juste and Eva Calduch who live in Barcelona. This Spanish couple with artistic temperament was tired of the past experience of looking for a needle in a haystack on real estate agency websites, so they wanted to create a more convenient and confidential housing exchange website for fellow artists.
Just like Airbnb’s business model, if you happen to have a vacant room and want to apply to join Behomm’s program, you must first tidy up and decorate your home environment, and take a set of beautiful photos to submit to Behomm’s operations team for review. Only after passing the review can you successfully join as a member. Also because Behomm operates on a membership model, only [designers, artists and other people in related fields] (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/garden/house-swapping-for-design-professionals.html) can apply to join in the initial stage. After all, Behomm is not a traditional hotel or B&B operator. They emphasize and care about making everyone feel at home.
The founder also believes that by exchanging accommodation, friends from different parts of the world can experience different types of cultural baptism through short-term life experiences. In this way, it is also expected to improve the quality of life and self-taste.
Different from the business operation logic of Airbnb, Behomm’s operations basically adhere to the principle of integrity. Even if there is no monetary transaction involved, both parties exchanging housing have a consensus on caring for the environment and items.
Designers only need to tidy up and decorate the environment of the vacant room, and then submit it to Behomm for review to become a member of the exchange house.
It’s not just housing that’s being exchanged
Alex Trochut, an illustrator currently living in New York, USA and Barcelona, Spain, believes that having the opportunity to stay at Behomm is really a blessing! And because everyone treats us sincerely, we will cherish everything in front of us even more. Although websites of similar nature such as Airbnb have many more room types to choose from, the feelings they give people are very different!
Another graphic designer Ms. Frisk who lives in Chicago, USA, also mentioned that through the services provided by the Behomm website, she can easily plan her vacation destination at home. Not only is this a very efficient action, it also feels fun and can even stimulate her creative inspiration!
In the case of Behomm, rather than saying that this group of artists scattered around the world exchanged each other’s homes, it is better to say that they also exchanged the beautiful experiences of daily life through travel and short stays. Of course, this group of friends also fully experienced the beauty of the “sharing economy”.
Through the “sharing economy” model, people feel their own economic energy. They didn’t know that they could be so free and happy with their own strength.
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