Of course, you've done the bride's most sacred dance - you bought that #crazyexpensive lehenga and succumbed to all the works - the second dupatta, the extra padding, the additional border. But what you didn't probably factor in is the fact that you'll only wear it once and never again. Heck, I took out mine to wear at a cousin's wedding and decided against it coz we don't want to upstage the bride
Suffice today, it's now peacefully lying in my closet gathering the standard mothball smell. But yours need not end up like mine, your lehenga can have another amazing life and in turn, earn you some serious cash.
What do you have to do? Just go to Flyrobe to check out the website and come back to fill this form and you'll know- you can list your outfits for others to rent and earn some serious cash from it! We answered some of your biggest queries to get you started .
Image via Kunali and Sreekanth's Wedding
Too good to be true. How does it work?
Simple - you list your outfits on Flyrobe. Flyrobe is an online store that rents out ethnic outfits for a great price so someone else can benefit out of your beautiful things. Gathering dust vs gathering moolah, you choose!
You can sign up to list your outfits and the guys from Flyrobe contact you and pick up your dress/outfit. The good thing is that they do the honours - dry cleaning the outfit, picking it up, custom fitting it and delivering it to their customers. You just have stay put and enjoy the spoils that Flyrobe sends your way.
What kind of outfits work?
Know these three things before you register. Put out only good quality ethnic outfits in great condition.
1. Put out only good quality ethnic outfits in great condition. Your pricing at Flyrobe absolutely depends on it.
2. Heavier and bigger lehengas will be priced higher than others so send those first!
3. Always have the stuff in place - designer labels, little tags, the box they come in etc so you know, it's an original product.
How much will I earn?
Rental costs start anywhere between 2000-15000 Rs and you get a portion of that money every time someone rents.
The highest someone's earned is a whopping 75k worth of bookings in a month. The average earnings across all asset owners are at least 5000 a month. How's that? Flyrobe has a ton of data as Indias largest fashion rental service on how much people are willing to pay for what. They list your outfit at the rental price it's technology determines. Every time your outfit gets rented you earn 40% of the rental value.
If you are wondering, how much your particular outfit will earn - if you bought it from a high end designer (say Sabyasachi), its likely to get you a higher rental amount . Also, the more people who can fit into your outfit with ease, the easier it is to sell so all those years of you thinking you were the 'average' body type is totally going to pay off ;)
How do I know my outfit is in safe hands?
Well Flyrobe ensures your outfits are always dry cleaned after every use . Infact here are some reviews from real-time renters on Flyrobe, you'll know this works.
"Flyrobe's new initiative of making money of your own closet was very thoughtful. After the wedding, all my outfits were just lying in storage with no intention of being used again. With my husband's encouragement, I decided to contact Flyrobe and offer them these 'as good as new' clothes so I could help out other brides and make them happy on their special day. Thank you so much Flyrobe for giving me this mutually beneficial opportunity!" - Ekta Mestry
"I knew I couldn't wear my bridal lehenga ever again! Social suicide to wear a bridal outfit to a friend's wedding, right? And it was worth 1.5L! So I decided to put it on Flyrobe & have already recovered the cost of it within a few months! Wish I knew this when I was buying my trousseau- I'd have bought more" - Gouri Nawathe
Great, where do I start?
Just fill out the form below and someone from Flyrobe will touch base with you. Happy renting!
Form here: Sign up form
