NewTech Friday: Parkinghk.com – Pioneering online car parking deals in Hong Kong
Josh Wong, CEO of Parkinghk.com, explores their journey from a car park operator to a pioneering online platform revolutionizing the way people rent and buy parking spaces in Hong Kong.
Josh Wong, CEO of Parkinghk.com, explores their journey from a car park operator to a pioneering online platform revolutionizing the way people rent and buy parking spaces in Hong Kong.
What led to the creation of Parkinghk.com?
We were once a carpark operator. When our customers moved houses or offices, they came to ask us if we had another parking location on the other side of the city. Over time, we thought that creating a website to list all our carpark locations would save us time in answering all these enquires. We then created a website to solve this problem.
Then we had enquiries from customers to check if they can book a monthly parking space at our locations online. Subsequently we created a mechanism to allow customers to book monthly parking online.
We soon discovered that there was a demand for not just our own parking locations, but parking spaces all over the city. To fulfil this demand, we created a new website, and Parkinghk.com was born in December 2009.
Could you present Parkinghk.com's offer?
Parkinghk.com presents a one-stop service to let driver members rent and buy parking spaces online, including confirmation of preliminary tenancy contracts and purchase agreements.
We have tens of thousands of listings of parking spaces for rent and sales advertisements for drivers to search. They can bargain and negotiate with owners of parking spaces, totally online.
In rare occasions when drivers cannot find what they want, they can also post free Carpark Wanted ads on Parkinghk.com.
For owners of parking spaces, we offer free advertisement services. Like our driver members, they can complete the whole leasing and sales process online with us.
What's coming next for Parkinghk.com?
In this era of artificial intelligence, we will tap into this new technology to speed up commercial transactions online.
We are also actively looking for opportunities for expansion overseas. We understand when Parkinghk.com was born, there was not even a website in the world remotely close to what we did. Now this parking space advertisement service concept is everywhere, but the online transaction process has real potential to expand in view of AI technology.
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