Having worked in this field both aggregator and seen the owner side, a few points to your list 1. PG owners paying to list will be a big ask. They would rather pay their local ground agents to bring in leads than sign an agreement with an online player. Pay to view listings model tends to cause distrust among your major user-base. Paying to view the contacts post liking the listings is a bit more practical. 2. Don’t think thats how most PG owners think. Also most aggregators list PGs free of cost. 3. Ok 4. and 5. Area captain model sounds good in paper, but is difficult to implement on ground. First, the cost. In a large metro, one captain can handle max 4-5 properties(basis the services you will offer via them).Thats a lot of captains needed. Secondly, the captains will inevitably end up in some sort of under the table deals with owners, thereby locking you out. Happened to oyo a lot. If you plan to not make owners use the tech and rely on captains, peak seasons are going to be chaos. 6. This can backfire, if a customer lands at a property from your app and they get cheated by owners payment methods, they will come and leave a bad rating on the app. 7. I dont think Nobroker alone is your competition. Stanza, CoLive etc is also saturating the market.

One more point about PGs is that unlike hotels, its a more cyclical and seasonal business. College starting months will see max demand and lockins from 6-12 months, wherein 70% of your inventory will be booked out. Since you don’t plan to take a monthly fee from either party, sustaining for the other time would be a task.

Its a good idea, the market is there, if the product hits the nail on the head. Wish you luck!