Spacer (self-storage)

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{{Infobox company

| name = Spacer

| type = Private

| industry = Self storage

| hq_location_city = Pyrmont, New South Wales

| area_served = Australia

| products = Self storage online marketplace

| website = {{URL|spacer.com.au}}

}}

Spacer is an online marketplace for self storage, founded in 2015 and based in Sydney.{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-this-australian-startup-is-making-self-storage-easy-for-millions-of-people-2016-6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623135604/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-this-australian-startup-is-making-self-storage-easy-for-millions-of-people-2016-6|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 June 2016|title=How this Australian startup is making self-storage easy for millions of people|last=Chang|first=Olivia|date=2016-06-20|work=Business Insider Australia|access-date=2017-11-11|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38211628|title=Could your unused space make you money?|last=Shaw|first=Dougal|date=2016-12-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-11-11|language=en-GB}} Spacer allows people to rent excess space to other people. Spacer has similar features to Airbnb and ride-sharing apps.{{Cite web|url=https://finance.nine.com.au/2016/09/19/11/28/aussie-startup-eyes-off-4b-asian-market|title=Aussie start-up eyes off $4b Asian market - 9Finance|website=finance.nine.com.au|access-date=2017-11-11}}

In 2017, Spacer acquired US-based company Roost Shared Storage, a similar online marketplace, as well as its competitor Parkhound.{{Cite news|url=http://www.afr.com/technology/parking-space-startup-raises-27-million-and-buys-rival-parkhound-20170926-gyp8zh|title=Parking space start-up raises $2.7 million and buys rival Parkhound|date=2017-10-10|work=Financial Review|access-date=2017-11-11|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/australias-spacer-buys-out-us-storage-rival-roost/news-story/a9c11f5301577d6753092b72f88233d8|title=Australia's Spacer buys out US storage rival Roost|website=www.theaustralian.com.au|access-date=2017-11-11}}