Rent.com.au (or simply Rent) is an Australian-based company that runs rent.com.au, a dedicated Australian rental property portal. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as ASX:RNT.
History
Rent.com.au was established in 2007[1] to address a gap in the market for a real estate portal that specifically catered to the needs of Australian renters. For the first two years, the company focused on developing a website front end and ensuring sufficient property listings content was available to provide renters with the widest choice of rental properties possible. To achieve this, Rent.com.au integrated with over 60 different real estate software providers[2] between March 2007 and March 2015, allowing real estate agents to automate property listings onto rent.com.au.
Rent.com.au was one of a few portals that allowed private landlords (those not using a real estate agent) to list their properties on the site. Early revenues were low and derived mainly from property listing fees and other advertising sources.
In 2018 Rent.com.au launched its mobile app in both the Google and Apple app stores.