About Duanzumi

About company

Duanzumi simply could be described as a Chinese-AirBNB, a website to list rooms for short-term rental. The short-term rental space is starting to get competitive with existing property portals such as Youtx.com from Soufan.com and Mayi.com from Ganji.com (a Chinese classifieds site). Of course, this occurred after AirBNB became one of the hottest start-ups from Silicon Valley and has been valued at over $1 billion. However, many of these sites have been criticized for simply taking existing property from their parent sites and listing them on a per-night basis without the landlords knowledge. Similar to Airbnb, Duanzumi charges a transaction fee to the room owner and it is only collected after the guest has arrived.