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by fragmede 597 days ago
AirBnB kicked overnight parties off their platform because they disturbed neighbors, property damaged, items stolen, neighbors calling the cops. The problem with small groups is they can still do that on airbnb, so why would they use your platform other than cost - except you need to monetize somehow as well.

There's an established warehouse rave party scene. Connect with them and work those parties for long enough to gain experience with the with involved and the various failure modes that they deal with before jumping in.

The idea of profiles isn't enough because you can kick people off the platform once they misbehave, but by then the damage is done. And who knows who really stole the laptop that was in the locked closet, anyway?

That's not to say don't do it. it's totally a niche in the market since airbnb had to shutdown party hosting places on their platform, but you're gonna need insurance, experienced people from the underground party scene, and enough money to fund this without profit for longer than you think.

You'll want bouncers of it's open invite to randos, plus a team of cleaners who specialize in post-event cleanup on call.

Parents are a specific niche that this might work for, although finding a babysitter that the parents will trust could be a challenge.