Research on Resident Appliance Sharing Service (RASS)

With the development of Internet financing, the sharing economy model has been widely used in various fields. The resident appliance sharing service (RASS) is based on a pre-paid mode; the owner of an appliance provides equipment for those who need to use the appliance, and charges accordingly. Expenditure on the use of electrical appliances by users include purchase costs, use costs, and maintenance costs. Economic analysis is conducted, using electrical equipment purchase costs and user fees as economic indicators. This paper introduces the mechanism of RASS and analyzes the conditions for and constraints on the implementation of this mechanism. An economic benefit model of RASS is established and economic analysis of the appliance owner and user is conducted via a case study. The results show that the appliance owner can collect the cost of the equipment through a pay-per-click scheme, thereby recovering purchase costs and allowing the user to save the equipment purchase cost. This is ultimately shown to achieve a win-win outcome for appliance owners and users.