For Boston drivers, easy and parking are two words rarely found together.
SPOT CEO Braden Golub wants to change that. His new mobile app launched on Thursday connects private spot owners and drivers looking for a place to park.
The idea was born out of necessity, said Golub, who was up early Saturday mornings feeding the meter on his girlfriend's car, when she stayed at his Back Bay apartment.
As he walked home, he noticed 20 out of the 25 spots in his private lot empty.
"I would've gladly paid someone to park her car in one of those empty spots," he said. "There's got to be a better way."
Through the app, spot owners rent their unused space for anywhere from an hour to a month and SPOT takes a 15 percent cut on the transaction.
Owners set their own price, which is generally 40-60 percent cheaper than nearby garages.
Touted as the airbnb.com of parking, SPOT amassed 6,000 users since its beta launch in June.
About 90 percent of those users are renters, while only 10 percent are spot owners, but Golub said he hopes to build up inventory in the coming months.
Allston resident Sasha Garfunkel uses SPOT to find parking in Brookline when she visits her boyfriend.
"It's been really easy and convenient," she said. "In Brookline you're not allowed to park anywhere and sometimes I'd have to have my boyfriend come pick me up, so I jumped on the opportunity not to have to do that."
Golub took other cities into consideration for the launch, but found Boston was the "perfect geographical area" for an app like SPOT.
Since SPOT only deals with private property, they have not run into any issues with the city.
SPOT plans to expand to Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco in early 2015.
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