Spacer in 9 slides
A parking and storage marketplace where hosts earn around 3,000 dollars a year renting a single unused spot.
- Parking marketplace
- Rental platforms
- Based in Sydney, Australia
What you do on Spacer
How the money is made: renting out assets
- List your space or item
- Guests book it
- Hand it over
- Paid after it starts
A parking and storage marketplace where hosts earn around 3,000 dollars a year renting a single unused spot.
Founded 2015 · next to 24 other rental platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What Spacer takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does Spacer take?
23% commission incl GST
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up
- Do the work
- Earnings clearMonthly, credited to Stripe Connect 3 days after renter billing, then bank trans…
- Withdraw1 way to withdraw
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
What people actually earn
The Boston Globe reported in November 2022 that Spacer takes 25% of transactions and the remaining 75% goes to people renting out their spaces.
Source: bostonglobe.com ↗How it scores
Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees2.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.5
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Clear fees
- 10 years running
Spacer against its peers
Guess: next to the 18 other rental platforms that charge a percentage, is Spacer…
The cut of all 19 rental platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Neighbor | 4.9% |
| JustPark | 6% |
| Camplify | 11.5% |
| GetMyBoat | 13% |
| Vrbo | 13.5% |
| SnappCar | 13.5% |
| Booking.com | 15% |
| Hipcamp | 15% |
| Airbnb | 15.5% |
| Boatsetter | 16.8% |
| Peerspace | 20% |
| GoMore Austria | 20% |
| BabyQuip | 22% |
| Outdoorsy | 22.5% |
| Spacer | 23% |
| Sniffspot | 24% |
| Click&Boat | 24.5% |
| RVshare | 25% |
| Swimply | 25% |
- At 23%, Spacer charges more than 14 of the 19 rental platforms we track that take a percentage (median 16.8%).
- Launched in 2015, Spacer is newer than most rental platforms — 19 of the 25 we track were founded earlier.
How much we know
We have 8 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts