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Why Rent?  Rodger March 26

Note: As more and more people discover the benefits of rental, and iLetYou grows and sheds light on the tangible and intangible benefits, I’m searching for concise ways of explaining what we’re doing.  Please let me know your thoughts in the comments!

In the down economy, renting makes more financial sense than ever.

From an ecological standpoint, you can make a real impact by changing your purchases into on-demand rentals.  From car sharing to consumer subscription services, new and innovative rental businesses are helping you do this without skipping a beat.

Green businesses have embraced rental as a means to turn a product into a service for some time, reducing consumption levels.  Studies tell us what we already know: we derive more enjoyment from our lives, experiences and the people around us, and that’s a better way to spend our hard-earned cash than surrounding ourselves with useless stuff.

iLetYou helps you discover the products you can rent, and the activities that have been enabled by rental businesses helping you discover your inner do-it-yourselfer, adventurer, fashionista, and much more.

It’s a lifestyle you can affordably and sustainably enjoy!


 

iLetYou Video - Check it out!  Rodger May 13

We’ve been incredibly hard at work at launching the iLetYou rental search engine and store platform for all products. It’s really been amazing what’ve already seen come up for rent, and what will continue to be unearthed for rent by iLetYou. Check it out for yourself. Please stay tuned in the coming months for rapid iteration and improvement of search results, and exciting announcements.

Your feedback is immensely important to us. Please send any feedback or questions you have to feedback@iletyou.com. Tell us what you want from iLetYou.

In the meantime, check out this video teaser about iLetYou. Enjoy!


 

iLetYou Makes News!  Rodger May 11

iLetYou, along with three great iLetYou stores, seems to have been featured on the Fox 16 (Little Rock, Arkansas) evening news last night.

See the video here:

http://www.fox16.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=47022@video.fox16.com

You’ll see the story featured on the Fox 16 home page for the time being as well. Thanks Fox16!

We’ll be rolling out new features in the coming weeks/months that continue to make iLetYou about the stores and serving up great personalized service to their customers, as well as continuing to build upon the core iLetYou product.

You can always e-mail us at support -at- iletyou.com for some personal love or write pr -at- iletyou.com for any media inquiries.

Cheers!

Rodger


 

iLetYou Launches: Rent now, rent more  Rodger April 24

iLetYou has officially launched!

I want to personally thank our great iLetYou team, beta users and testers, friends and family who helped us get this far.

On Sunday, I watched my first iLetYou movie from Video Room California. Right now, you can get a $2 discount on your deposit of $20 or more. Rent from thousands of titles for as little as $1.44! It’s a great way to see more movies with no commitment, more choices - everything that iLetYou stands for.

I hope to use the iLetYou blog to chronicle this journey. I’m looking to do more writing on the entrepreneurial process, new iLetYou developments and tips, movie and game features, and featuring the many great stores that are setting up shop on iLetYou.

Thanks again. We look forward to building iLetYou into the ultimate online rental community with you each and every day!

Till next time,

Rodger

Here’s the press release:

iLetYou launches open online rental community for DVDs and Games

iLetYou allows anyone to instantly start an online rental store for DVDs and Games, as well as rent from other stores in the iLetYou community.

San Diego, CA. April 24, 2007. iLetYou ( http://www.iletyou.com ) launched the public beta of its open online rental community today, creating the first rental platform where users can instantly start their own online rental store for DVDs and Games, as well as rent a wide range of titles from other stores in the iLetYou community.

iLetYou ( http://www.iletyou.com ) launched the public beta of its open online rental community today, creating the first rental platform where users can instantly start their own online rental store for DVDs and Games, as well as rent a wide range of titles from other stores in the iLetYou community.

iLetYou allows any video store, entrepreneur or individual with a collection of DVDs and Games to start their own personalized online rental store in a matter of minutes. iLetYou charges no upfront or monthly fees to instantly create an online rental business with unlimited items for rent, partnering with stores on a strictly revenue share basis.

Users can quickly browse the available inventory of DVDs and Games, rent from a store of their choice within minutes, and receive their items in the mail. Users also benefit from complete transparency on the availability of a particular DVD or Game, multiple rental options, and store ratings and feedback, delivering a rich user experience.

“Our goal is to unlock the diverse and eclectic inventory of DVDs and Games owned by independent video stores and individuals, enable new rental businesses, and create a rich online rental community. iLetYou gives the power to the users and truly changes the way people rent”, said Rodger Visitacion, Co-founder and CEO.

About iLetYou, Inc.

iLetYou, Inc. was founded in 2006 to bring open rental platforms to the online world, democratizing the online rental experience and allowing everyone to participate both as a renter and as a store.

iLetYou, Inc. was founded in 2006 to bring open rental platforms to the online world, democratizing the online rental experience and allowing everyone to participate both as a renter and as a store. iLetYou, Inc. was founded by Internet entrepreneurs CEO Rodger Visitacion and COO Vaibhav Domkundwar with offices in San Diego and San Jose.

For more information, visit http://www.iletyou.com or e-mail pr (at) iletyou.com.


 

Pre-launch Coverage - Thank you!  Rodger March 29

Everyone at iLetYou is busy getting everything just right for our upcoming public launch.

It’s been just a few weeks since we started opening the doors wider to our Private Beta. I’ve already had many interesting conversations over this very short period.

Thank you to everyone who’s covered us so far. Here’s just some of the people and publications that have taken their time to write about us:

Mashable (Pete Cashmore)
iLetYou - Run Own Your Own Netflix

Webware/CNET (Rafe Needleman)
iLetYou.com: Just like going to the video store. But online

HackingNetFlix (Mike K)
Create Your Own Game or DVD-by-Mail Store

TrendHunter
P2P Renting - Make Money By Renting Out Your Own Movies and Games …

Springwise
Instant dvd-rental stores

Andrew Ive: The Million Dollar Startup Game!
ILetYou: A $1M Virtual Investment (The First!)

We’ve glad that people are seeing the value of iLetYou.

If you would like to conduct an interview or site tour for your own stories or posts, please write us at pr –at- iletyou.com. Please feel free to write us at beta –at- iletyou.com regarding anything else as well. Be sure to also tag your posts with iLetYou.

Many have cued in correctly that iLetYou is aimed centrally at community participation. At our upcoming launch, there will be tremendous, immediate value both for renters and stores. As the community and participation grows, so improves the value for everyone involved as well.

It’s also our goal is to continue to improve the iLetYou community and how it operates each and every day. Your participation is the greatest contribution that you can give.

Thank you!

Rodger