Rent out your Melbourne pool by the hour. 0% host fees. Keep 100%.
List your Melbourne pool on Pool Rental Near Me. Founding hosts keep 100% of every booking - 0% host fees forever, local-currency payouts via Stripe.
- ✓ 0% host fees, forever for founding hosts
- ✓ Paid in Australian dollars (AUD) via Stripe
- ✓ Listing takes about ten minutes
By Derek Bowen, founder of Pool Rental Near Me and author of 7 books on pool hosting · Updated August 6, 2026
- Listing fee
- None
- Subscription
- None
- Payouts
- AUD via Stripe
- Guest approval
- You decide
- Setup
- About ten minutes
Already listed elsewhere? Paste the link and we import your photos and description.
- You keep 100% of your hourly price
- Paid in AUD to your local bank via Stripe
- Your calendar, your rules, your guest count
No surprises
How the money works
You set your hourly price
Prices currently display in US dollars — we're a US-built platform expanding out, and we'd rather tell you that plainly than pretend otherwise.
Guests pay by card. You're paid in Australian dollars (AUD).
Straight to your local bank account through Stripe, the same payments company behind Shopify and Airbnb-scale marketplaces.
You keep 100% of your price
Our revenue comes from a small service fee guests pay on top — your payout is your price. No listing fee, no host commission, no subscription.
How hosting works
1. List in about ten minutes
Our listing wizard builds your page for you. Already on another platform? Paste the link and we import your photos and description automatically.
2. You control everything
Your calendar, your rules, your minimum booking length, your guest count. Approve the bookings you want.
3. Guests come, swim, and leave
Hourly bookings mean afternoon pool parties, birthday swims and family sessions. Payouts are initiated after each completed booking; bank arrival times may vary.
More of the Australia launch
The first pools listed in each city get founding-host status: 0% host fees, locked in forever.
From the founder
We're bringing Pool Rental Near Me to Melbourne, and the first pools listed get something nobody after them will: founding-host status with 0% host fees, locked in forever.
The Melbourne opportunity
Private pool rental by the hour is one of the fastest-growing sharing-economy niches in the US — and Melbourne has the two ingredients that made it work there: neighbourhoods full of private pools, and families who'd rather have a private swim than a crowded public one. Right now, Melbourne has almost no hourly pool listings. Being first isn't a risk here; it's the whole advantage.
What you get as a founding host
- 0% host fees, forever — you keep every dollar of your hourly price
- Payouts in AUD to your local bank via Stripe
- Full control — your calendar, your rules, your price, your guest limit
- A ten-minute setup — our wizard builds the listing; already listed somewhere else? Paste the link and we import it.
Ready when you are
List your Melbourne pool now — or read the full Australia launch page here.
Guides for Australia hosts
Written for Australia pools — pricing, payouts, tax, heating and the full founding-host guide.
Host Your Pool in Australia: The Founding Host Guide
A host-first guide to setting up, pricing and running a profitable pool-hire listing in Australia — with 0% host fees forever and payouts in Australian dollars.
Read the guide →
How Pool Rental Near Me Works in Australia
Find out how Pool Rental Near Me connects Australian guests with private pool hosts. Book by the hour, pay securely through the platform, and founding hosts keep 100% of their price.
Read the guide →
Swimply Alternative Australia: Swimply vs Pool Rental Near Me
An honest Australian comparison of Swimply and Pool Rental Near Me for pool owners — fees, AUD payouts via Stripe, direct founder support, and Swimply calendar sync that makes listing on both painless.
Read the guide →
Top Pool Rental Platforms in Australia: A Guide for Hosts
An honest guide to the pool hire platforms available to Australian hosts — which ones actually operate here, how their fees compare, and why 0% host fees compound over a long southern season.
Read the guide →
Pool Hire Income and Tax in Australia: What Hosts Should Know
A general guide to the tax side of hiring out your pool in Australia — what may be taxable, which costs may count against your income, and why a local accountant should be your first port of call.
Read the guide →
The complete pool maintenance guide for Australia (2026)
An Australian backyard pool needs 30 to 60 minutes of weekly attention in season and a lighter winter mode from June to August. Get the four pillars right and the pool stays clear nearly year-round.
Read the guide →Thinking about listing your pool? Talk to Derek, the founder.
Book 15 minutes with me. I'll walk you through how it works, what you could earn, how waivers and booking approval protect you, and how to get your first booking. No pressure, no sales pitch.
Questions Australia hosts ask
- Do I pay anything to list my pool?
- No. There is no listing fee, no host commission and no subscription. Founding hosts in Australia keep 100% of what they charge — 0% host fees, not introductory, forever.
- How and when do I get paid?
- Guests pay by card. You are paid in Australian dollars (AUD) straight to your local bank account through Stripe. Payouts are initiated after the booking is completed; bank arrival times may vary.
- Why do prices show in US dollars?
- We're a US-built platform expanding out, and we'd rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. You set your hourly price, guests pay it plus a small service fee, and your payout — your full price — reaches you in AUD.
- Who controls bookings, rules and guest numbers?
- You do. Your calendar, your rules, your minimum booking length and your guest count are all yours to set, and hourly bookings mean guests come, swim, and leave.
- How long does it take to list?
- About ten minutes. Our listing wizard builds your page for you — and if your pool is already on another platform, paste the link and we import your photos and description automatically.
Founding hosts
Be one of the first pools in Melbourne.
Free to list. 0% host fees, forever. Listing takes about ten minutes.
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