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“Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping redefined through technology and peer communities.

“From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist, to emerging sectors such as social lending (Zopa) and car sharing (Zipcar), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not just what we consume but how we consume. New marketplaces such as Swap(books), Zilok(rent), Bartercard(money), AirBnb (accommodations), and thredUP (kids clothings exchanges) are enabling “peer-to-peer” to become the default way people exchange — whether it’s unused space, goods, skills, money, or services — and sites like these are appearing everyday, all over the world.

Examples

http://snapgoods.com/

http://neighborgoods.net/

http://www.sharesomesugar.com/

http://www.mymajorcompany.com/ (collaborative investments)

http://www.kickstarter.com/ (collaborative investments)

http://www.groupon.com/ (french)

http://fr.vente-privee.com/ (french)

http://www.airbnb.com/ (Airbnb is a global network of accommodations offered by locals)

http://www.homeexchange.com/ (home exchange and home swap service)

http://www.zopa.com/ (peer to peer loans)

Bike Sharing 2.0 http://www.socialbicycles.com

Object Tagging http://www.itizen.com

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing http:www.relayrides.com

Swap Trading http://www.swap.com

Group Solar Power http://www.1bog.org

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sources

• http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/08/collaborative-consumption/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-botsman/goodbye-hyperconsumption-_b_716107.html
• http://www.internetactu.net/2010/09/22/la-montee-de-la-consommation-collaborative/
• http://www.aximark.fr/blog/2010/09/internet-fait-decoller-la-consommation-collaborative-ce-qui-est-a-toi-est-a-moi/

More

http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com/