I Hope Fare Co-op Succeeds, But Please Learn from Y Driver
I downloaded your app and spent some time reading both the driver reviews and your team's responses.
I can see that your company is real, and I sincerely hope you succeed.
I have been driving for Uber for 10 years and for Lyft for nearly 10 years, so I have seen many changes in this industry.
A few years ago, another rideshare company called Y Driver appeared. It also promoted a driver-friendly vision and promised to treat drivers better than Uber and Lyft. Unfortunately, it did not survive.
I strongly encourage your team to study why Y Driver failed. As someone who has been driving in this industry for nearly a decade, I'm concerned that your company may be repeating some of the same mistakes that caused Y Driver to fail.
Having a great mission and treating drivers fairly are important, but they are not enough to build a sustainable rideshare platform.
The real questions are:
• Can you attract enough passengers?
• Can you keep enough active drivers?
• Can you generate enough trips every day?
• Can you build a business model that can survive for many years?
Drivers don't need another company with a great slogan. Drivers need a company that is still here five or ten years from now.
If Fare Co-op succeeds, drivers win. If Fare Co-op fails, drivers lose another choice.
I'm writing this because I genuinely want you to succeed, not because I want to criticize you. Please learn from the companies that came before you, avoid repeating the same mistakes, and build something that can truly last.
Good luck.
I can see that your company is real, and I sincerely hope you succeed.
I have been driving for Uber for 10 years and for Lyft for nearly 10 years, so I have seen many changes in this industry.
A few years ago, another rideshare company called Y Driver appeared. It also promoted a driver-friendly vision and promised to treat drivers better than Uber and Lyft. Unfortunately, it did not survive.
I strongly encourage your team to study why Y Driver failed. As someone who has been driving in this industry for nearly a decade, I'm concerned that your company may be repeating some of the same mistakes that caused Y Driver to fail.
Having a great mission and treating drivers fairly are important, but they are not enough to build a sustainable rideshare platform.
The real questions are:
• Can you attract enough passengers?
• Can you keep enough active drivers?
• Can you generate enough trips every day?
• Can you build a business model that can survive for many years?
Drivers don't need another company with a great slogan. Drivers need a company that is still here five or ten years from now.
If Fare Co-op succeeds, drivers win. If Fare Co-op fails, drivers lose another choice.
I'm writing this because I genuinely want you to succeed, not because I want to criticize you. Please learn from the companies that came before you, avoid repeating the same mistakes, and build something that can truly last.
Good luck.
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Hopefully a competitor
Transparent pricing, no price gou I mean, dynamic surge pricing fair to all
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I heard about this app on the radio and figured I’d try it out. It won’t even let me make an account unless I have a referral code (which I don’t) so I can’t even try out the app. So annoying
Irresponsible owner
Drivers have been driving without comercial insurance since last year and no one was aware of this problem. Drivers and riders were exposed to financial irresponsibility from the company so call leaders. Don’t trust this app
Waste of time and resources
If you signed up and don't see results. That it works why bother. I signed up some people, unfortunately they were from out of state. That means I won't be seeing a single ride. Even people, say they can't trust something that sounds promising or too good to be true. Sorry I have lost faith in fare, ever since I was an approved I only seen two rides popped up. I've only seen activity here on the Fare group.
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