Advantages And Disadvantages Of Peerby

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Peerby is a peer-to-peer sharing platform where you can lend your personal belongings to people in your neighborhood community, or make use of their belongings that are offered on the platform. According to Frenken and Schor (2017), for a platform to be a “true sharing” platform, it should meet four main criteria. Firstly, it should be peer-to-peer sharing with strangers (or acquaintances), in the case of Peerby its neighbors (Frenken & Schor, 2017). Secondly, the product lended out should be a physical good and not a job or a service (Frenken & Schor, 2017) . At Peerby you can share solely physical goods. It is not possible to make use of others’ services or skills (e.g. cooking or cleaning). Thirdly, the personal belongings are shared for