Cool Uber-for-X from Japan, which would seem to be a really really tough business: 
“Why is that a tough business?”
Typical user needs it once per year, $8 price point. Even if you cram the stores down to a 50% take rate (because this is free money for them) the margin never gets good enough to afford scaled customer acquisition to cover your expenses.
Typical user needs it once per year, $8 price point. Even if you cram the stores down to a 50% take rate (because this is free money for them) the margin never gets good enough to afford scaled customer acquisition to cover your expenses.
But I do like it, aesthetically. It solves a problem for travelers and obviates the need for a frictionful interaction across a linguistic boundary which is very possible (“Hey mate can I just leave a bag behind the counter for a few hours?”) but requires some deftness.
