had to buy a whole vacuum cleaner for one day of use, because nowhere in nepal rents one. so i built rentgara
so i needed a vacuum cleaner urgently, for exactly one day. searched everywhere, marketplace groups, asked around, kata pauxa vanera sodhda sodhda thakera ended up buying a Rs 14,500 machine for a single afternoon of cleaning. these days i use it maybe once in 2 or 3 weeks. that's a 14k machine sitting idle 95% of its life.
that purchase annoyed me enough to build rentgara.com, a platform to rent stuff from people near you instead of buying things you'll use once. camera for a trek, tent, speakers, ladder, whatever. owner earns from stuff gathering dust, you skip a pointless purchase.
someone posted here a few months back about wanting a C2C app because hamrobazaar and FB marketplace are flooded with dealers. same energy, this is that but for renting instead of selling.
honest current state: live with first listings in ktm, lalitpur and bhaktapur, ani some from pokhara pani, works for any city but the catalog is thin, classic marketplace chicken and egg. no platform fees right now. browse without signup. english and nepali. and yes, that same vacuum is listed on rentgara now, it's free 95% of the time anyway.
built solo from bhaktapur.
on trust, since i know that's the first question: handing a Rs 40k camera to a stranger is a real problem, and no single feature solves it. so renters verify with citizenship or ID, expensive gear like cameras and drones comes from rental businesses who do this for a living, and neighbor-to-neighbor starts with everyday stuff, ladders, speakers, tents, where handover is in person and stakes are small. bigger c2c unlocks as rating history builds. still curious though: what would it take for YOU to hand your camera to a stranger?
everything else is fair game. roast the site, the idea, the name, whatever makes you close the tab.