Courtesy of Alex Eisler
- Brown sophomore Alex Eisler has a lucrative side hustle selling restaurant reservations.
- He vends them on nascent platform Appointment Trader.
- Eisler told BI his most expensive sale was $1,358 for an omakase reservation in Boston.
Need more proof that the scalper and bot-fueled restaurant reservation-selling ecosystem has intensified to new heights?
Brown University student Alex Eisler has generated $105,000 in reservation sales since November 2022, when he joined Appointment Trader — an online marketplace that allows users to buy and sell restaurant reservations using an auction model.