For China's white-collar workers in need of a place to take a nap, the burgeoning "sharing economy" offers a wide variety of services, and now comes a cheap, mobile-friendly option - capsule hotels.
Via their phone, workers can schedule a nap in a white capsule that looks like the ones for space travel. Half an hour of sleep in it costs an average of a dollar and a half, but it can also be found for a dollar.
"We fully meet the rigid requirements of professionals who find it difficult to find a private place to nap," says Han Yue, head of operations at Sangshui Spey, which started business in May this year in Beijing, but quickly expanded its services to Shanghai and Chengdu.
The capsules differ from those in Japan because people do not stay in them all night, but only for a short time during working hours.
The sharing economy has already shown excellent successful examples, which is why companies such as Mobike and Ofo, which offer motorbike sharing, have achieved such great results.
Some estimates say that in the next three years, this economic area could account for 10 percent of China's gross domestic product.
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