Ridesharing concept operates on zero inventory model similar to taxi hailing. Uber, Lyft, Bla Bla Car, etc are some popular players in the ridesharing platform.

It is estimated that global vehicle ownership will reduce and shared mobility will take the dominant form of transportation in five years. Between 2019-2025, the ridesharing market is expected to increase by 20% CAGR. By 2025, this market will reach a total value of $220 billion. These stats tell us the potential of ridesharing and the scope for ridesharing startups.

Two types of platform based ridesharing models

The platform based ridesharing has two business models. One is the carpooling concept offered by Uber and Ola. Here, ridesharing is done in the taxis attached to the startup. After the ride, the fare is split between the riders.

The second model is like a marketplace for carpooling. Here the ridesharing platform connects car drivers and passengers willing to travel together between cities and share the cost of the journey.

The carpooling marketplace model is exciting because it is said that 95% of the cars are either sitting idle or moving empty and this model makes the car more productive.

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Why ridesharing?

Trust and safety issues

We can see numerous reports of harassment and abuse in ride hailing taxis like Uber and Lyft. Even female drivers are at the receiving end of abuse. All these continue to happen even if strict measures like two way rating system, panic button are taken. 

Frequent riders too are skeptical about ride hailing because of trust issues. Female drivers who constituted a small share in ride handling market are leaving the firms because of poor safety.

In ridesharing/carpooling, the issue of safety and trust is not completely regained but it is there at a comfortable level. Even in carpooling marketplace also, the drivers are admitted based on thorough background checks. These drivers should maintain a rating threshold and will be terminated incase of breaching the threshold. 

Sharing inventory improves overall operating efficiency

This is another reason to choose ridesharing. Even though ride hailing taxis boasts of zero inventory, all their drivers should have own cars. But here in carpooling marketplace you can borrow a car from someone else and use it for ridesharing. 

Also, shared mobility has come as a boon to riders who want to travel comfortably at very low cost. What riders want to do is to simply search for available drivers nearby and book a seat in the car after entering the destination, pick up location, and other details.

It aids in improving the environment     

Ridesharing means fewer cars on the roads. This drastically reduces greenhouse gas emissions.  

So, in all ways, ridesharing comfortably surpasses taxi hailing. Be it in trust or safety issues or environmental improvement, carpooling is a notch higher than other transport types.

As an entrepreneur, if you are keen to enter the on-demand taxi market, then app based ride sharing startup is the best for you. The working of the app is more or less similar to that of a typical taxi booking.

The type of ridesharing whether it is carpooling marketplace or taxi sharing should be decided by you and both of these models are getting a great reception from the market. 

You can also start a taxi hailing startup and steadily add carpooling feature with it because the customer behavior has to change to accept the new concept and that transition will not take place immediately.  

How SpotnRides can help you?

Like any app based taxi booking startups, you need an app solution which should be promising since it makes the vital connection between you and the users. The solution must be devoid of flaws, issues, and have a brilliant design.

I hope our SpotnRides taxi solution can do it. SpotnRides is an on-demand taxi booking solution specially developed for entrepreneurs who want to venture into the taxi market.  

We are always ahead of time and sensing the demand for carpooling/shared mobility, we added this feature to our solution to cater new startups in this domain. Not satisfied with our ready-made solution? You can get a custom-made app solution by adding extra features, designs, etc from us. 

We do the development, testing, revision, deployment, and post sale assistance for the app diligently so that it is always a notch higher than what it has to be.

Like you, we are also keen to be a part of the ride-sharing market and partner with us to launch your startup with our app. Connect with us through hello@spotnrides.com. Feel free to ask any doubts regarding the features and development of the app. 

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Some drawbacks with traditional taxi business are:

• Customers don’t know the credibility of drivers, in many cases, cab drivers committed crimes.
• Exact fares are known only after the ride is completed. Most of the time the riders tend to pay more than what actual fare is.

• Sometimes drivers used to deceive gullible riders and take a longer distance to reach the destination.

Above disadvantages took a serious beating on the taxi industry. People’s trust in cabs plummeted. Nevertheless, the demand for taxi grew year by year because of some inevitable reason.      

Entrepreneurs are people who find a problem and develop a business out of it by solving the problem. Two entrepreneurs solved the above-stated problem in the taxi business by introducing an on-demand taxi company called UBER. Uber disrupted the traditional taxi business.

UBER opened the gates for the on-demand business only to experience a deluge of different startups. Do you know what? UBER has plans to start an on-demand jet business.

So, what is the correct approach to app development like Uber?

• Immerse into your business idea and know everything related to it
• Create a sustainable business model and do thorough market research whether a mobile app is viable or not.
• Find whether you are able to handle the demand and if needed apply supply chain principles
• Customer retention is the key

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Features

The success of Uber can be attributed to its app. Uber consists of three apps. Each for the customer, admin and service provider(Taxi driver).

Customer app

Track Route:  Once booked, the customers can track where the cab is coming. Also, while commuting the customers can check whether the driver is following the correct route.

Booking History: Riders have the convenience to check past rides and can avail any discounts if the rider is a repeat user.

Panic Button: In case of any emergency or the driver is misbehaving with the rider, the rider can use the panic button in his app. It will immediately intimate to the nearby police station, riders family/friend and company authorities.

Mobile Wallets: Customers can integrate their mobile wallets with the Uber app. After the ride, they can easily pay with the wallets without any hassles.

Split Charge: Most advanced feature in Uber app is the split charge. When riders are traveling with their friends, after the ride they can split the fare based on destination. With the mobile wallet, it is easy to use the split charge feature.

Book for Others: With their account, customers can book rides for their friend or family. After booking, the riders get the details about the booking immediately.

Driver Ratings & Review: Riders can review the ride based on his/her experience and can comment about the cab. The most important thing is the rider can rate the driver on a scale of 5. Rating may help the driver to improve his work.   

Vehicle choice: Riders can select the vehicle of their choice, it can be a sedan, hatchback, SUV etc.

Driver App

Trip details: The driver can know the trip details like destination, ride fare, no. of passengers, trip history, distance traveled to name a few.

Commission details: Commission per trip can be identified.  The driver can send messages to the company in case of any grievances.

Accept/Reject request:  The driver can accept or reject booking request based on his availability.

Quest Earnings: This is a new feature in Uber like apps, the driver can earn extra money with this. The driver will have a target to complete in a given time, once completed he can get extra money.

Faster document uploads processing: Drivers can upload the necessary documents like ID’s, license etc in the mobile app itself without any hassles.

Forward dispatch: The driver can accept another ride while completing a ride so that the driver can save some time and earn some more money.

Admin app

Fare management:  In the admin app, a centralized dashboard system will be provided where fares of the rides will be updated on a real-time basis.

Trip management: The admin can oversee the ongoing trips, completed trips and booked trips in real time.

Commission management: Admin can see how much drivers are making for each ride and how many rides each driver are contributing on a daily basis.

Real-time Reporting with Google maps: The admin can track the destination of each driver instantly using google map.

Heat Maps: This is a cutting edge feature in Uber. The driver can identify the place where more people are there and be in that vicinity. By this, he can get more rides.

Route Optimization:  The driver can use route optimization on maps to take the shortest and efficient route possible. This saves fuel and unwanted traffic.

Other “Uber like” apps that can be carved:

• On-demand food delivery
• On-demand health care
• Courier service
• On-demand beauty service

How to build an app similar to Uber?

Creating an app like Uber is a long term process for which one has to work from start to finish with utmost commitment at least till the releasing of a beta version. For a hassle-free app development, plan your app development before starting.

First of all, there are three versions of Uber like app that can be developed.

The basic version of Uber like app consists of all the fundamental feature for the driver, rider and admin app.

Most advanced feature app, as the name suggests, all the stakeholders will be loaded with highly advanced features. This version will be released once you get a hold on the business.

The third version of the app is simply an extension of the second version. Some more features at the request of the admin will be added.

It is up to the stakeholder to decide the type of app for development. Also, the cost of creating the app is different depending upon the versions. Some may think of hiring dedicated developers to create the app from scratch. Developing an app from scratch is a costly affair. Not everyone can afford that especially if you are bootstrapping the business.

Those who want to develop an app from a shoestring budget, there is a provision of creating a clone app. For taxi business, we can develop a Uber clone app. Very few including SpotnRides are having a dedicated team to create Uber like app clones.

Sometimes, it is imperative to outsource the work to a dedicated team and it is the clients who should select the team. To decide the number of resources, you should first know the scope of your work.

Cost of hiring dedicated developers for creating an app from scratch:

For a basic version of the app you need:

1. A project manager
2. A backend developer
3. 1-2 UI/UX designers
4. 2-4 developers
5. Quality assurance engineer
6. Tester

For an advanced version of the app with many features you need:

1. A project manager
2. Team lead
3. 2-3 UI/UX designers
4. 3-4 developers for each platform
5. Quality assurance engineers
6. Admin panel
7. 2-3 backend developers

You need somewhere between $20,000 to $40,000 to create an app from scratch. The cost increases if the app is designed for multiple platforms.

App Clone Script:

You need not worry about the scalability and customization when choosing an app clone script. Our Uber like app clone script is a mirror image of the original Uber app.

This Uber like app is highly customizable and can be used not only for the taxi business but for other on-demand businesses. So far we have helped many taxi business across the world with our Uber like app.

Factors that influence the cost of app development

Features: For every add-on feature, a particular cost will be incurred based on time spent on that.

Operating system: depending upon clients requirements, the app can be made supported in Android or iOS or both.

Technology: App development is kotlin would be a bit costlier than other platforms. Similarly, you can select between native or hybrid app development.

Resource: In case of hiring a developer from outside, the cost may shoot up, again this depends on the type of developer.

Are you looking to start an on-demand business like Uber? Then, look nowhere, SpotnRides is there at your disposal. SpotnRides are a virtuoso in taxi app development and our satisfied clients are a testimony to that.

Since we have a dedicated team of professional developers, creating an app like Uber is a piece of cake for us.

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