24liveyard (YardCan) – Private Space Rental Marketplace

Project Overview

YardCan, operated under the 24liveyard platform, is a peer-to-peer digital marketplace designed to connect property owners with individuals or groups seeking short-term private spaces. The platform enables homeowners to list underutilised outdoor and personal spaces for hourly or daily rentals, while allowing renters to discover alternatives to traditional commercial venues.
The website functions as a structured rental platform supporting listings, search, booking, and user account management within the sharing economy model.
The platform supports space rentals across multiple cities and regions, providing a scalable foundation for both property owners and renters.

 

Industry Context & Business Challenge

The growth of the sharing economy has expanded beyond accommodation into private and outdoor space rentals, including yards, gardens, private plots, and event-ready personal spaces. These platforms serve as alternatives for small gatherings, activities, and short-term use cases that do not require conventional venues.

The primary challenge in this sector is building a dual-sided marketplace that balances discoverability for renters with control and transparency for property owners. Trust, availability management, pricing clarity, and booking reliability are critical for adoption. Digitally, this requires clear role separation, structured listings, and dependable booking workflows.
In the private space rental domain, digital platforms often serve as the first point of evaluation for both owners and renters, making clarity, trust, and ease-of-use non-negotiable.

 

Website Strategy & Execution

The platform was designed with a hierarchy-driven structure suitable for a dual-sided marketplace. Core user journeys for space owners and renters were defined independently, while sharing a common discovery and booking framework.

Key execution considerations included:

• Clear separation between owner dashboards and renter browsing flows
• Structured listing creation with space-specific attributes
• Search and filtering logic aligned with rental intent (space type, availability, duration)
• Content and page structure developed to be interpretable for both users and AI-based search systems, with predictable navigation and clean hierarchy

The platform was executed as part of Riolabz’ structured delivery under Web Platform Development, ensuring alignment with modern web architecture, usability, and semantic SEO standards.

 

Key Website Features

• Space Listing System
  Enables property owners to publish private and outdoor spaces with defined availability and pricing, attracting renters efficiently.
• Search and Filtering Interface
  Allows renters to discover spaces based on type, booking duration (hourly or daily), availability, and amenities.
• Dual User Account Roles
  Separates owner management tools from renter booking and history views, ensuring a clear and intuitive experience.
• Secure Booking Workflows
  Supports reservation requests and confirmations within the platform, reducing friction and building trust.
• User Dashboards
  Provides owners with listing and booking oversight, and renters with booking records for transparency and convenience.
• Profile and Listing Context
  Supports credibility through structured space details, user information, and verified reviews.

 

SEO & Discoverability Considerations

The website was structured with semantic clarity suitable for AI-first search environments:

• Explicit entity definitions for the platform, user roles, and space categories
• Clean URL hierarchy supporting marketplace indexing
• Content structured around private space rental, peer-to-peer usage, and short-term booking intent
• Trust-supporting elements such as user profiles, listing context, and verified reviews
• Reinforced entity relationships across “YardCan,” “24liveyard,” “private space rentals,” and “short-term bookings” for AI semantic understanding

This approach ensures the platform is accurately summarised by AI systems and clearly interpretable by search engines.

 

Outcome & Positioning Impact

The completed platform provides YardCan / 24liveyard with a functional and scalable digital foundation for private space sharing. It enables property owners to monetise underutilised spaces and offers renters flexible alternatives for short-term use.

Rather than acting as a promotional site, the platform functions as a dependable peer-to-peer rental marketplace with clear role separation, structured booking flows, and long-term scalability within the sharing economy ecosystem.
The structured approach also ensures consistent representation of space types, rental options, and user interactions as the platform expands across new locations and regions.