Collaborative consumption is the "rapid explosion in traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting and swopping reinvented through network technologies on a scale and in ways never possible", explains the book What's mine is yours, written by Rachel Botswan. Other resources with similar ideas on sharing include the book "The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing" by Lisa Gansky and the Shareable websites.
In the books What's Mine is Yours, the author describe three systems of Colloborative Consumption- Product Service Systems, Redistribution Markets and Collaborative Lifestyles.
Examples of collaborative consumption in Singapore include:
Product service systems: Consumers pay a small fees to enjoy the benefit of using something without owning it outright.
* Rent That Toy
(rent-that-toy.com): Rent children's toys
* The Baby Specialist
(thebababyspecialist.com.sg): Rent baby equipment
* Maternity Exchange
(maternityexchange.sg): Rent and buy maternity wear for mums-to-be
* Clean Mobility
(clean-mobility.com.sg): Electric vehicle sharing and rental
* MyRideBuddy
(myridebuddy.com): Car and taxi pooling
Redistribution markets: The transfer of used or unwanted goods from where they are not needed to where they are:
*SG Freecycle
(sgfreecycle.org): Give away or get used items free
*Barterfolks
(barterfolks.sg): Trade services or goods for other items
Collaborative lifestyles: Sharing skills, time, space and money with people of similar interests
*Cowork.SG
(cowork.sg): Share a workspace
*Learnemy
(learnemy.com): Teach anything or find a lesson
*HelloworldHQ
(helloworldhq.com): Explore or guide visitors around a sub-culture, such as the cycling scene or golf scene.
*Give Singapore
(Give.sg): Allow anyone to organise their own fundraising campaigns
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