i rented a pair of 500 sneakers and this is what happened in today's video we're gonna go over the
beginning to the end of the process of renting a pair of sneakers on kicks world and how my
experience went along the way and if you didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show
on this channel i love talking about sneakers and exploring different options and when i saw this
was a service that is now coming to the market i figured it was only right that i check it out
and show you guys my experiences of the process so if you haven't already consider subscribing
and joining the fam because i love doing different experiments like this so with all that being said
let's go ahead and hop into the computer real quick so we can see just the initial ordering
process so you guys have a better understanding of that and then we'll talk about the shoes that
i decided to rent and how my process went so this is the kicks world website as you can see right
here they have a bunch of different options when it comes to sneakers and if you look right here on
the left side of the screen you can see you can also select by brand by size by model different
things like that to really kind of curate what you're looking for or sometimes you could just
browse on the website and be like oh you know what i like this i'ma rent it so it's definitely
nice to see when there's a lot of options because sometimes there might be a shoe that might pass
your eye that you might have considered purchasing but you didn't know or if you didn't know how it
felt or something like that and now you have the opportunity to rent it and try it out before you
make the decision on dropping you know five six seven hundred sometimes even more than a thousand
dollars on a pair of shoes now before you're able to actually select the shoe to rent you're going
to want to make sure that you set up your account and choose the status that you want to have
because that's going to also determine the type of sneaker that you can rent you have three different
tiers right here and then these categories are going to show you your different options and with
that being said one of the sneakers that i chose to rent was the city market nike dunk low i also
decided to rent a second pair of shoes because i'm not exactly sure how i want to create this video
but when i saw them on the website i was like you know what effort let's just go ahead and do it so
stay tuned for this video and i might give you guys a sneak peek at the end on what the shoe
is so once you have selected the shoe that you want and you place the order it's a pretty simple
process literally just be like i want the shoe in this size complete the order it'll go through
in a transaction you'll get a confirmation it'll say your shoes will be here in a couple days and
it literally takes a couple days like it's not a long time not like you gotta wait for two weeks or
something like that i think i got my shoes i want to say in either two days or potentially three but
it was pretty quick that's all i can say and that was another thing that i thought was very
convenient because say for example you have an event coming up or you're gonna be going
out of town for something special this particular situation i had just got them because i was like
i'm gonna just wear them out of town when i go on this trip and i'm gonna literally just wear
these shoes the entire trip but besides that if you're in a kind of a pinch and you're like oh i
need to get some shoes to wear for this thing and i don't really have nothing i decide to rent them
for a weekend or something i think that's also convenient because they just don't take too long
to get you your shoes in time and i think they're very conscious of that understanding that people
may need these for specific situations so that's definitely a perk that i did like about their
website because they're very time sensitive when it comes to actually receiving the sneakers once
you order them now before we get into the process of me wearing this sneaker i need to give you guys
a quick in-depth look at the shoe i know i have already worn them but i want to show you guys
what the shoes are even like or what they're about this is going to be a little mini review
section of the video just because you know i love giving you guys the details so these are
the city market nike dunk lows and as you can see right here these have a huge mixture of materials
all throughout the upper it's got a speckled tan bottom a white midsole with the white stitch
and then you got a bunch of different materials as you were to go to a city market and maybe get
a rice bag or a potato bag or a shopping bag or you know what i'm saying kind of the recyclable
bags that you use when you go to the grocery store there's gonna be a lot of those different elements
mixed into this sneaker giving you that recycled vibe making it feel like they actually took those
bags and brought them on to this now one thing that i can say is the shoe is fully curated
and designed so it is exactly the same on both feet and every single model is the same so with
that i don't think they actually were recycling fully materials everything like that i think they
did create this shoe i think that definitely would have brought another bonus to this sneaker if they
would have actually recycled all the materials and all the prints might have been different
but they use specific branding on this shoe when it comes to the blue ribbon labs and the different
things that you see with the nike logos here on the tongue stuff like that so i get both sides let
me know down below what you guys think about the whole design of the sneaker me personally i tried
to get these when they came out i wasn't able to get the shoe and now for a size 13 they're hitting
for like 500 bucks and i'm like i don't know if i really want them that bad but i wouldn't mind
wearing them on a trip so when i seen them on the website i was like you know what let's go ahead
and order them and see what they're about and it allows me to experience the full process of having
this shoe and deciding if i want to own this shoe or not because that's another thing they also have
the buy back program where you could potentially buy the sneakers after you rent them but we'll
talk about that a little bit later in the video let's talk about rocking the kicks so first things
first i made sure that i immediately put them on my feet and wore them to the airport saying you
know what i'm not gonna wear any other shoe i did bring a second pair of shoes because i decided to
do something a little bit later in the trip that i knew it'd just be kind of disrespectful because
it was just literally muddy but either way i made sure that i was rocking the kicks throughout the
entire trip so as you can see right there i was on the escalator just shooting a couple shots
and i didn't shoot too many shots because i was literally just having my vacation and i wasn't
trying to like document the whole whole process but at the same time i wanted to show you guys
that i was actually wearing the shoes throughout the things that i was doing so you can see me
here getting on the airplane or me walking in different places and as we got to the airbnb i
had always made sure i had different outfits that kind of coordinated with the shoes or i just wears
just all black with the shoes either way i knew i was like i'm wearing these shoes the whole time so
i wore these and you can see me rocking them on the deck looking out at the river walking
in the grass like all the different things that you would literally do if you were wearing your
own shoes i did that i wasn't like tiptoeing in the grass or like worried about all that stuff
because that's one thing that i saw that kicks world really prides themself in when
i was looking on the website they literally tell you to just wear the shoes like they're yours so
obviously when you wear your own sneakers you're not going to just be messing them up
putting holes in the shoes you're going to try to take care of them but still rock them not be
you know too worried about everything and just having a good time so for me i was like you
know i'm a rocky dinner i'm gonna rock these everywhere and i'll have a good time rocking
the cakes and honestly they're a nike dunk low they're not the most comfortable sneaker
but they're cool they got the job done i was also low-key maxing and relaxing for a good majority of
the trip i left on friday i got back on monday i wore the shoes the entire weekend i got a little
bit of dirt on the bottoms or a little bit on the midsoles but nothing too crazy and i think even if
i did get a little bit of something on the upper there wasn't too much to wear about just based
off of what i was doing and it was raining for a little bit during the time that i was out there
but i think that was one thing that was super cool too knowing that they weren't my sneakers i didn't
have to worry about being like oh i gotta worry about cleaning these when i get home and all the
other stuff so when you get the shoes they send you a shipping label for a return label and like
i said all you're gonna have to do is just slap that return label on the box that you got them in
not not on the actual shoe box but the brown box that they came in slap it on top of the brown
box and the next thing you know you ship the shoes out and you're good to go so typically it's like a
monthly thing recurring so what you do is you kind of recycle different sneakers or sometimes if you
want to wear that sneaker for a longer period of time you can say hey i want to keep these ones for
this month and keep my subscription going or you can cycle a different shoe out and get a different
one for the month and kind of have a new pair of shoes every single month or a couple different
pairs of shoes each month and if you actually like the sneaker you can take that credit towards your
rental and put that towards the purchase of the shoe and one thing that i really like about all
this is not only are you gonna be able to just rock the shoe with no worries and just have a
good time not thinking about having to clean the shoe but you can now even purchase the sneaker if
you decide you want to keep it and you don't have to worry about paying the top resale market value
on a dead stock shoe this allows you to buy a used sneaker and get that for a decent price at the
same time after you've worn it and tried it out and said hey you know what i actually like this so
i think this whole process and the whole thing that they have going on i think it's really dope
because if you already planned on purchasing a shoe and you're like i'm gonna wear this shoe why
not buy a rented version that's used because as we all know what's the secret to the game if you buy
a used sneaker you can get it for a discounted price compared to the high resale market value
for example if a shoe is a thousand dollars and it's dead stock and you can find a used version
for 700 bucks and it's only been lightly worn and it looks really clean and you're already
planning on wearing the shoe why not save the 300 you know what i'm saying i don't know i mean
everybody's got their own opinions but i like the whole business model and everything's going
on i tried it i did it i wore the shoes over the weekend i think it's really dope now obviously i
have a bunch of sneakers in my collection so i don't really need to do this all the time but
definitely even for somebody like me there's going to be a lot of reasons why i would still use this
service because it could be potentially for a photo shoot or me using a pair of shoes for a
different review that i might not have that pair and i could just randomly use them for the video
to do the comparison there's a lot of different reasons why i think this is suitable for a bunch
of different people and again you're gonna always have the people that are like oh no this ain't for
me i get it i get it i make sure i have a link for you guys down below in the description or pinned
in the comment section that also gets you 30 off for the first month so if you want to try it at an
even more discounted rate and just try the first month see how it goes if you like it continue to
do it if you don't just cast a membership um oh wait a minute i got something for you
yo if you enjoyed this video and want to grow your collection or make extra money on the side
i built a vip mastermind that will teach you everything that i've learned about growing
my sneaker collection over the past 15 years this will also give you access to the dna fam
in my vip community where we talk about investing outside of sneakers and don't worry if you don't
plan on joining the vip community it's okay i also set up a private dna fam community that gives you
access to all the behind the scenes looks from the studio and multiple chances to win free sneakers
and gear from weekly and monthly challenges so all you need to do is click on the link
down below in the description or the first link pinned in the comment section that
will get you set up and into the community i'm excited to see you guys on the inside
if you made it to the end of this video this is the second pair of shoes that i
got from kicksword what do you think's inside the box drop a comment down below don't forget
to subscribe hit that like button we on the road to a million subscribers all right y'all i'm out
you