Did you know that some packaging providers are now making their packaging sharable. Think of Airbnb hosts, and gear rentals, or even peer-to-peer lending platforms that offer different ways to share and use the items. When building an economy to share, you want to make the packaging reusable in their own way, and also modular too. By doing such, you’re able to make the items easy to give and use with others, and also, will help to keep track of the items as well.
Here, we’ll go over how this shareable packaging works, and considerations to have when putting together such items.
The Requirements
With shareable packaging, you want to make sure that it’s strong. You want it to not break down after one use, but you can get multiple mileage out of this.
Lockable is another. Lockable items are good for helping you with keeping the items safe and secure, improving the overall security of such items so nobody steals them when you borrow them.
Then of course, you want it to be easy for you to clean up when someone’s down, and also if you need to reset it for the next person, as in the case of Airbnb.
There’s a lot to consider, but it’s not all that hard. Let’s look at a few examples of this.
Examples
Some examples of this involve different items that you might have people share with others, or use and put back.
Tool cases for example, needed to be put in a good place. A wrench or screwdriver set that you’re letting someone borrow needs to be orderly. You can create foldable cases, with real-time tracking. When made with a strong material, they won’t break down over time, but will stay strong for many uses.
Then of course, we can look at water jugs, coolers, or other rentable receptacles. When you refill these for the next person, they get used. You don’t know what type of person is truly boring to you, so making these refillable containers secure is important.
Smart Features of This
Barcode tracking is an example of this. with a barcode, you can scan it in, and then, if not returned and scanned, you can take the appropriate measures as needed.
Compartments that are resettable with locks and whatnot, are one example of this. you’ll definitely want to consider this.
Finally, feedback loops for packaging will help to give back feedback on who’s using this, along with real-time considerations for such packaging. When sharing, adding and adjusting smart features is important.
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Possibilities
A lot of packaging for the shared economy is changing. You want something safe and secure, but some might wonder what else you can do with this. Some offer subscription rentals, where when one pays a price, they can use it for a period of time. This is good if you have a specific group that’s going to be using these again and again, so they don’t have to go through the same protocol every time.
There’s also rotating ownership, which means that different owners rotate around, offering you a variety of different models for you to improve your packaging. Again, with sharing economy packaging, you want to create models that are easy to ship and use around, and when you do this, not only is it reusable by design, it’s also effective, especially for putting forth designs that will stand out, and improve as well.
Consider all of these when building such models, for your overall success and wellness of your item-sharing capabilities.
