O’Kolo (CEO Young-woo Choi), the operator of the electric kickboard sharing service ‘KickGoing‘, announced on the 29th March 2020 that the company is strengthening hygiene management in all directions such as electric kickboards, workspaces, and employees for the safety of users and to prevent the spread of new coronavirus.

KICKGOING is an electric kickboard sharing service launched by the start-up ‘Olulo’ in September 2018 for the first time in South Korea. By March 2019, its subscribers have exceeded 50,000; which makes it the biggest user pool among all Korean electric kickboard sharing services.

Currently it is operating with about 800 units in selective regions including Gangnam gu, Mapo gu, Songpa gu, Yeungdeungpo gu in Seoul, Pangyo, Seongnam si, Gyeonggi do, and Centum City, Haewoondae gu, Busan, etc.

What KickGoing offers to its users?

• To get a ride with KickGoing one has to download the application. After signing up user needs to register Debit/Credit card details to pay usage charge and for future payments.
• KickGoing operates a ‘kickspot’, an electric kickboard holder, to not interfere with pedestrian or vehicle traffic.
• KickGoing can be used by finding the closest kickboard or kickspot through the app and scan the QR code to unlock it.
• KickGoing operates 24/7 but within the specified area. So if the user leaves the area, a beep sound comes from kickboard and speed gets lowered automatically.
• KickGoing costs ￦1,000 to start your trip with kickboards. Users will get 5 minutes of ride time for free and then after each additional minute costs ￦100.
• KickGoing has a ‘transfer service function’, which is exempted from the basic fee if you transfer to another device within 30 minutes after the first boarding.
• If the user uses the ‘transfer service function’, the basic fee of ₩1,000 is not set, and only an additional fee of ₩100 per minute is immediately granted.
• Currently, KickGoing is introducing a kickspot in partnership with shared offices, share houses, convenience stores, cafes, and department stores.

Challenges for setting up e-scooter sharing startup in South Korea:

• The Road Traffic Act of the South Korean government categorizes Personal Mobility Devices as motorbikes and treats them the same as a standard motorcycle.
• This means the legal way to ride a PMD there is to stay in regular car lanes and wear a helmet. The rider must also be over the age of 16 and hold a two-wheeled motor vehicle driving license.
• Even there is no law mandating e-mobility devices to obtain the governmental safety certification required of all vehicles on the roads.
• Legal issues aside, experts warn that it is really dangerous to send e-scooter riders to the roads to travel next to regular cars that are going at much higher speeds.
• The electric scooters in Korea can be used from 7 am to 8 pm. This time restriction makes it even difficult for commuters for using it as a last-mile solution.
• Personal mobility devices are growing scope there, but the regulations are not keeping pace, hurting both the industry and PMD riding culture.

How can you develop an app like KickGoing?

The mobile application is what connects the service providers with users. So it is very important to have a well-featured and user-friendly app as it will make your first impression on users.

Here are some basic features that an e-scooter application should have:

• In-App Payment
• GPS
• Social Media Integration
• Cross-Platform Ability
• Barcode Scan
• Multi-Lingual Support

For having a better user experience, going basic might not help you. Let’s see some advanced features:

• IoT integration
• Geo-fencing
• In-app messaging
• Multiple payment gateways
• User feedback and support

Cost for developing an app like KickGoing:

The cost for developing an e-scooter sharing application depends upon various factors like complexity of features, technologies used, data discovery and cloud data services, the rate of the development team and so on. But considering the basic features, we can say it can cost you somewhere between $10000 to $50000. For the exact numbers, you can always contact us without any hesitation.

How Coruscate can help you:

You just have to approach the right people to develop your idea because having up-to-date features and user-friendly applications is the key reason for success in this business. Coruscate team is experienced and specialized in E-Scooter App Development field and ready to help with your idea.

You can join us for being updated with more questions relevant to on-demand e-scooter app development. A free app demo request and an expert’s guidance are also possible. 

Note: We do not make clones of any exact application, clone means to us is how better we can execute your app idea with existing app features and experience.

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However, almost all the cities need some kind of transportation even in the lockdown situation for so many reasons, be it delivering essential items to the public or delivering medicines or medical instruments to medical professionals in the case of emergency. Since micro-mobility transportation by nature allows social distancing, it has so much potential to serve people in this crisis compared to any other transportation.

How to make most out of existing business in the crisis period by ensuring a healthy ride: 

• Disinfecting shared hardware after every use:

According to the United States Environment Protection Agency, the virus can live up to 72 hours on steel or plastic substances. So apart from daily cleanings, it is very important to disinfect all the common contact points e.g. handles, seats, brakes, bells, etc. after each ride for the safety of both owners and users.

• Revise the work policy:

It is very essential to follow some hygiene routines for the safety of the staff and commuters. E.g. use of gloves and masks should be made compulsory for both user and owner, frequently washing hands, avoid taking meals together and anything that is needed and possible to implement.

•  Working responsibly:

As the symptoms of the coronavirus take two weeks to manifest, there is some personal responsibility to keep the authorities updated about your health. It is a shared responsibility of both owners and users to do their part in minimizing the transmission of the infection.

• Work as a union:

Follow the guidelines published by the local public health authority and support their efforts to prevent the spread of the virus. Try to be in close contact with them for better policy implementation.

How to start an e-scooter sharing business ensuring the safety of people during covid-19 successfully?

Although the micro-mobility sharing industry is in flux, the dynamic and agile nature makes it essential in the time of crisis. Now is the time to hold the opportunity but with efforts of reducing risks and sustainable mobility.

Design tricks for an e-scooter app:

• Nearest e-scooter discovery:

In the previous version of the Bird’s app, our team has noticed that an overcrowded map filled with overlapping logos makes the nearest e-scooter discovery and e-scooter selection process very tedious for users.

Instead, opt for a cleaner screen, in which by clicking on the number icon, the map zooms in and shows the exact location of the e-scooters of that nest. 

• Locate the e-scooter:

For that, our UI team has suggested two mobile app UI changes. First is the image of the last known parked location and the second is the approximate address of the e-scooter.

• Provide outstanding features:

You can add features like showing the battery percentage icon on each e-scooter icon on the map. Also you can integrate a feature that asks destination from users, and after analyzing watts needed to reach there, it only shows e-scooters with enough battery power.

• e-scooter reserving:

This feature can help users book the e-scooter up to 30 minutes. After reaching near the booked e-scooter, the user can simply unlock it. Here it is worth mentioning that during the time period of 30 minutes, any other user cannot unlock that booked e-scooter and a user who has booked that e-scooter cannot unlock any other e-scooter!

Strategies you can adapt to sustain the market in crisis period:

• Provide convenient mobility with safety:

You can provide an in-app wallet to make an online payment, riders can use the cashless ride and physical contact can be avoided.

• Health first policy:

Being a startup at this time, you need to be alert about maintaining all the safety measures to be a trusted brand.

• Tie-up with popular stakeholders:

You can tie-up with local government or hospitals or restaurants or local vendors and provide them vehicles for their communication purposes. Which may stabilize your initial customer base.

For any application development you need to research the market, identify potential users and their existing problems and then plan the features accordingly. This analyzing step is very essential to make any app successful especially in this critical time when the established players are pausing their business.

E-scooter app works the same as the other on-demand apps. You can refer our dedicated blog on how to develop an on-demand e-scooter app during covid-19.

How coruscate can help you? 

If you have an idea about e-scooter sharing business or are ready to start a business but having confusion about the business model, hardware, technology, planning, developing, customization or anything related to e-scooter, get in touch with experts now. We offer different packages for app development depending upon your idea.

Summing up:

While staying at home and following the government guidelines of social distancing is the topmost priority but in unavoidable circumstances taking a trip requires then e-scooter is the best option to ensure personal distancing. Catching some wind while at it is what makes any startup to be successful. Get free personalized quotes and app demo from the Coruscate team now.

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However, the Canadian micro-mobility market is less explored than European and American micro-mobility markets. And so, many Canadian entrepreneurs who want to start an e-scooter sharing business in Canada struggle a lot to collect very crucial data to identify the market characteristics and user groups. This lack of information many times leads them towards the dead-end from where they can’t figure out the direction to their goals.

Considering the gravity of the situation, we have previously shared many important details of the Canadian micro-mobility market in our dedicated blog (e-scooter app development in Canada). We’ve also put forth a dedicated blog containing 3 easy steps to start an e-scooter sharing business in Calgary, Canada.

Today, in this blog, we will discuss the most common questions (and their answers) all entrepreneurs have before starting an e-scooter sharing business in Montreal where the city council has already been running a pilot program after legalizing the e-scooter.

10 most crucial questions answered to successfully start an e-scooter sharing business in Montreal, Canada

Question #1: Is it a safe bet to start an e-scooter sharing business in Montreal?

The success of many global and even the local micro-mobility startups depict that a startup running an e-scooter sharing business anywhere in the world is most likely to be successful. However, there are many factors that still influence the performance of micro-mobility startups. These factors include government regulations, competition, and e-scooter-friendly infrastructure.

Talking specifically about Montreal, the government has already imposed many harsh yet clear and straightforward e-scooter laws. These clear and straightforward e-scooter laws save a lot of time and do not drag micro-mobility startups into ‘unexpected’ legal battles.

The infrastructure of the Montreal city is also e-scooter-friendly. Less congested streets, a network of the dedicated bicycle lanes and pedestrian paths make it very easy for e-scooter riders to navigate safely through the city.

And most importantly, the Montreal micro-mobility market has not been intensified yet. Only two micro-mobility startups – Lime and Jump – are running their business in Montreal. Meaning, a huge room is still available for new micro-mobility startups to maneuver. 

Question #2: Will I ever acquire the permit?

A permit is the most important thing to start an e-scooter sharing business. Without it, it is impossible to drop even a single e-scooter on a public road. Though many micro-mobility startups face a challenge to acquire the permit, you can easily acquire it if you follow best practices and get help from experts.

To acquire the permit, a micro-mobility startup is needed to submit the permit application. In that permit application, a micro-mobility startup has to demonstrate strategies to obey the laws imposed by the government. The city council later takes your proposed business strategies into account to make a final decision on your permit application.

Since business strategies you have to mention in permit application cover a wide array of business processes, it is a challenging task for an individual to find out the business strategies for each business process. Hence, it is advisable to leave it on the shoulders of the experts.

There are many e-scooter app development companies like Coruscate which do not just build e-scooter apps but also help micro-mobility startups to acquire the permit.

Question #3: What are the e-scooter laws in Montreal?

• The weight of the e-scooter should not be more than 45 kg.
• The e-scooter should be equipped with an emergency stop switch to cut supply to the motor.
• An e-scooter rider must be 18 years of age or older.
• An operator should offer the training program to first-time users.
• A rider should wear a helmet while riding an e-scooter.
• A rider isn’t allowed to ride an e-scooter on sidewalks and roads where the speed limit is beyond 50 km/h.
• A rider should not carry another passenger, haul the trailer or push or push any other object.
• It is outlawed to ride a modified e-scooter.

You can view here the full list of the e-scooter laws in Montreal.

Question 4: Can I able to run the e-scooter sharing business in Winter?

In Winter, it is extremely dangerous for riders to ride e-scooters on snowy roads. Thus, the Montreal city council has banned the operation of the e-scooter sharing business in winter. You are only allowed to run your business between April 15 to November 15.

Question 5: How can I stop losing money in winter?

By simply changing the app development approach, you won’t experience any financial burden in winter. An e-scooter app subscription plan costs really less than the custom app development. During winter, you can withdraw your membership and when the mercury rises again, join the program again. This way, you won’t lose money in winter.

At Coruscate, in addition to custom e-scooter app development, we offer a subscription plan for the feature-packed white label e-scooter app which starts from just $500! 

Question #6: Which one is the best e-scooter hardware I can buy in Canada?

Micro-mobility startups giving cold shoulder to e-scooter hardware generally end up affecting the user experience and increasing the maintenance cost and efforts. Proper e-scooter hardware does not only help micro-mobility startups to ensure the safety of the riders, but it also helps them to keep retention rate high and maintenance-cost low.

You can read our dedicated blog to know the best e-scooter hardware you can buy under $500 and $1000.  

Question #7: How does e-scooter hardware communicate with the mobile app?

The IoT controller fitted in the e-scooter hardware establishes the connection with the backend of the e-scooter app. It then sends information of particular e-scooter to the backend of the mobile app. It also receives the information (commands) from the backend of the mobile app.

Here, it is worth mentioning that you can buy affordable e-scooters which do not come with the IoT controller. You can later buy separate IoT controllers and fit them in e-scooters. 

Question #8: What are the top e-scooter app and admin panel modules?

E-scooter app modules:

• Profile
• Tutorial 
• E-scooter discovery 
• E-scooter booking 
• E-scooter group booking 
• E-scooter unlocking/locking  
• Fare 
• Ride information 
• Payment 
• Ride history 
• Customer service

E-scooter app admin panel modules:

• User management 
• Rider management 
• Vehicle management 
• Ride management 
• Payment management 
• Dispute management 
• Fare management

We integrate all of these modules in the most basic e-scooter app. And when a client has a requirement to build an e-scooter app with unique features, we push the boundaries and add many disruptive features.

Question 9: What are the top ‘e-scooter app user groups’ in Montreal?

To offer personalized user experience, identifying user groups is very essential. Our business experts have ceaselessly studied the micro-mobility market of Montreal and revealed 4 most potential user groups of the e-scooter app. These are commuters, university students, tourists, and casual users. All of these user groups have different requirements and characteristics. Thus, a micro-mobility startup is encouraged to do justice with every user by adding dedicated features for each user group.

To know the list of dedicated features for each user group, you can read our dedicated blog.

Question 10: How much does it cost to build the e-scooter app in Montreal?

Coruscate is the top e-scooter app development company that has developed 10 e-scooter apps for different markets. We accommodate 100+ well-schooled app developers, app designers, IoT engineers, business experts, and legal advisors who all work parallel to make your business journey painless.

Our business experts and legal advisors help micro-mobility startups to get the permit, decide on the business model, select the e-scooter hardware, and draft the business plan.

The cost to build an e-scooter app in Montreal depends on the app development approach you choose.

• To develop a custom e-scooter app with all custom features, we charge somewhere between $15000 to $25000.
• The price to develop the clone version of some popular e-scooter app starts from $10000.
• And our subscription plan for the white label e-scooter app starts from just $500.

To know more about our pricing structures and get the personalized quote, please feel free to contact us. Our one of the senior business experts will welcome you with the free e-scooter app demo and free consultation.

Note: We do not make clones of any exact application, clone means to us is how better we can execute your app idea with existing app features and experience.

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Lack of regulations, an inactive partnership among stakeholders, insecure yet costly e-scooter hardware, technical limitations, and narrow profit margin influenced the profitability of many micro-mobility startups very badly. 

But now when all micro-mobility startups have many strategies to lock horns with challenges, this money-making business is finally blossoming. 

However, there is one challenge not ready to give up yet. Yes, we are talking about the manpower a micro-mobility startup needs to run an e-scooter sharing business. 

Our business experts who have worked with 10+ micro-mobility startups recently discovered that micro-mobility startups are spending more than 50% of their revenue on manpower. 

Manpower activities consist of keeping e-scooters charged, doing regular maintenance, solving customer queries, collecting and redistributing poorly parked e-scooters, claiming penalties and maintaining a healthy relationship with city authorities. 

Given the fact that all of these activities cry for different people with different skills, a micro-mobility startup has a large financial burden to shoulder. But there are some app features and technologies which a startup can employ to reduce the dependency on manpower. 

Following is the comprehensive study, showing how much manpower you need to run an e-scooter sharing business and top technologies help you to cope up with e-scooter sharing business without having many people in staff.   

Manpower you need to run e-scooter sharing business 

• E-scooter maintenance 

An e-scooter isn’t a complex machine. But its poor durability startles micro-mobility startups! The average life-span of an e-scooter in the USA is just 28 days. To increase this below average life-span of an e-scooter, a micro-mobility startup needs to maintain it properly; if it starts acting weird, a startup needs to fix it as soon as possible. And for that, they need to hire professional technicians who are able to fix any sort of issue. 

Though it seems easy to hire technicians for e-scooter maintenance, it is not, at least when the machine they have to fix is internet-connected! Here, you need IoT engineers who can fix software issues as well as hardware issues.   

Talking about the manpower needed to maintain the fleet of e-scooters, you at least need 5 IoT engineers, if you are having 100 e-scooters in your fleet. 

• E-scooter charging 

You need dedicated staff to keep the batteries of e-scooters charged all the time. Moreover, this team should be equipped with vehicles to move e-scooters and facilities to charge e-scooters. 

Here, you can opt for a gig model and allow anyone to charge an e-scooter. But gig workers do not work as effectively as hired employees. 

To keep e-scooters charged all the time, it does not matter how many people you hire, but it surely matters how well-equipped they are! 

• E-scooter redistributing 

Every micro-mobility startup recollects its all e-scooters and redistributes them before the sunrise. To accomplish this task, a team with vehicles is required. You can decide the size of the team and the number of trucks by taking the size of your business location into account. 

A team is also required to collect and redistribute poorly parked e-scooters. And considering the fact that the government only allows 2 hours to collect and redistribute poorly parked e-scooters, this team should work at a surprisingly fast pace. 

• Customer service 

Users always have queries and the people who can solve those queries in the best possible ways are the customer service executives you hire and train. Having a dedicated team of customer service executives is so important that it can easily convert casual users into regular users. 

If more than 3000 people are using your service in a day, you should have at least 30-40 customer service executives in a team. To save costs, you can arrange their duty roster according to the usage rate on different days. 

• City relation team 

Getting a permit from the government is an achievement for the micro-mobility startup. But keeping it with you is the challenge! 

If even after getting the permit, you run a micro-mobility business beyond the expectations of the government, the government can cancel the permit. So, to keep your startup away from such a disaster, you have to have a city relation team which always keeps healthy relations with city authorities and solves their all doubts. 

You can also utilize this team to get a fresh permit in another city. However, only an experienced and hand-picked person can do justice with this job position. So, keep your budget high; it’s worth it! 

Now, when you know the business processes and manpower required to satisfy all these business processes, let’s quickly discuss the technologies which can do wonders for you! 

Very purposeful technologies (and features) to reduce dependency on manpower 

• A smart diagnosis

There are many smart e-scooters available in the market which are armed with a very unique feature – smart diagnosis. This feature is very handy for an IoT engineer to find the issue and analyze it without wasting much time. A remote diagnosis feature goes the extra mile and enables IoT engineers to fix the issue remotely. 

If you don’t want to buy such feature-packed hardware which costs a bit more than regular e-scooter hardware, you can add a feature in the rider app which allows users to report any issue related to the e-scooter. All reported issues can be seen on the admin panel with the e-scooter hardware id. 

• Filter e-scooters based on remaining battery life

Your admin panel should have a module where admin can apply different filters and find out the locations of e-scooters with batteries below a certain percentage. Later, the admin can ask a team to reach there to charge the batteries of e-scooters. 

If you make this module work on AI algorithms, the filtration becomes more aggressive. The AI-enabled module studies the demand of areas and if the demand in an area is less, it does not show you the e-scooters of that area with the less battery. After all, you don’t need to send 2 people to charge the e-scooter battery up to 100% for one user whose ride would consume only 5% of the battery! 

• Heat map 

The heat map shows the historic as well as live demand of e-scooters in a particular area. So, before redistributing e-scooters every morning, study the demand in the heat map and distribute more e-scooters in areas where demand is high and less number of e-scooters where the demand is low. This practice increases the usage and decreases your efforts! 

• Chatbot 

A chatbot is nothing but a computer program that talks to users like a human, understands users’ queries and gives quick and personalized answers.  Most importantly, it works 24 hours, without human interaction. If you deploy a chatbot that is no longer a costly choice, you can save a huge amount of money on customer service. 

How much does it cost to build an e-scooter app which works on all these technologies? 

Coruscate is the top e-scooter app development company that has developed 10 e-scooter apps, all with groundbreaking technologies. We accommodate 100+ well-schooled app developers, app designers, IoT engineers, business experts and legal advisors who all work together to make your business journey painless. 

Our app developers, app designers, and IoT engineers actualize an e-scooter app with futuristic and disruptive features.  

Our business experts help micro-mobility startups to decide on business models, study the market, draft the business plan and select the e-scooter hardware. Whereas, our legal advisors help micro-mobility startups to get the permit. 

The cost to build an e-scooter app largely relies on the approach you choose. 

• To develop the custom e-scooter app with all custom features, we charge somewhere between $15000 to $25000. 
• The price to develop a clone version of some popular e-scooter apps starts from $10000. 
• And our subscription plan for the white label e-scooter app starts from just $500. 

To know more about our pricing structures and get the personalized quote, please feel free to contact us. Our one of the senior business experts will welcome you with the free e-scooter app demo and free consultation.

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An e-scooter sharing business is a very commercially successful business. But at the same time, it is a resource-heavy business. E-scooter hardware, e-scooter app, government permits, insurance requirements, and maintenance team make a small-scale micro-mobility startup unable to shoulder the financial burden. 

And if a micro-mobility startup successfully bags enough initial capital, it doesn’t help it to acquire the government permit so easily. In fact, government permit is the major challenge that prevents entrepreneurs from starting an e-scooter sharing business. 

However, there is a proven business strategy to start an e-scooter sharing business without spending too much and top the chart within just 8-12 months. So, without wasting any time, let’s reveal it! 

What’s that workable strategy?

If we study the business journey of top micro-mobility startups, we can find out a very interesting thing – they initially launch their e-scooter sharing service around a university or within the boundaries of the university or within the boundaries of any private property. 

For instance, Lime which is the billion-dollar micro-mobility startup first launched its service at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Another USA-based one of the latest micro-mobility startups, Fly Rentals, has started its service around Western Michigan University. Moreover, if we look at the data provided by the Texas government, we can clearly see (in the following image), the usage of e-scooters is very high close to The University of Texas. 

(Here, the white color shows the locations where riders have unlocked the e-scooters and blue color shows the locations where riders have ended the rides)

These examples clearly depict two major hidden aspects of the micro-mobility business. First, micro-mobility startups choose private properties like a university campus, sports complex, corporate park, and hospital campus as the initial business terrain and second, the usage around such private properties is high, at least high enough to survive and make yourself ready to get the permit and drop e-scooters on city roads! 

So the strategy to dominate the market in the future is to start e-scooter sharing business within the boundaries of the private property, now! 

Let’s now discuss the benefits of launching an e-scooter sharing business on private properties like university campuses, corporate parks, a sports complex, and a hospital campus. 

Advantages of kicking off e-scooter sharing business within the boundaries of private property

For a small-scale micro-mobility startup with limited initial capital, private property is the best business terrain to initiate and leap forward in the future.  

• It eliminates the requirement of the permit

In all cities, micro-mobility startups are required to satisfy all the harsh laws of the government to acquire the permit. Some of these laws are so difficult for small-scale micro-mobility startups to satisfy that even by spending a few percentages of raised money, they can never meet the requirements of the government.  

But if an entrepreneur chooses the private property to drop e-scooters, he doesn’t need to acquire the government permit; he just needs to tie up with landowner! This partnership works like a business deal where there aren’t any harsh rules for anyone to follow.  

• Easy to run safety and awareness campaign

As a micro-mobility startup, it is your core responsibility to ensure the safety of riders. And for that, every micro-mobility startup runs awareness and safety campaigns. 

However, running such campaigns for unidentified and large user-base is a very costly choice for a small-scale micro-mobility startup. But in the case of e-scooter sharing business on private land, every user and his characteristics are known to micro-mobility startups and the number of users is very less. This knowledge results in more affordable and effective awareness and safety campaigns.  

• It helps a startup to build good business history and acquire a permit in future

Private property is the best initial business location to kick off the micro-mobility business. But if an entrepreneur wants to dominate the market and earns heaps of money, he needs to acquire the government permit and drop e-scooters on the streets of some major cities. And fortunately, when a micro-mobility startup applies for the permit, the government checks its business history to validate how this startup has managed to cope up with the challenges of the e-scooter sharing business. This time, you can exhibit the data of your e-scooter sharing business on private land to make the government believe that you are a pro player!  

So, after reading so far, if you are thrilled to build an e-scooter app to start an e-scooter sharing business within the boundaries of private property, let’s quickly discuss the technology which plays a major role in actualizing a micro-mobility business on private property.  

The fundamental technology to run e-scooter sharing business on private property

When you are running a micro-mobility business in the university campus, corporate park, sports complex, or hospital campus, you always have to make sure that no one is taking your e-scooter outside of that private property. But it is impossible to keep an eye on all riders manually. So, employ a technology called geo-fencing.  

Geo-fencing prevents the riders from taking e-scooters outside of a certain location by alerting them or cutting the power supply of the e-scooter. This technology also stops people from stealing the e-scooters. This is indeed the most affordable and very purposeful technology which Coruscate integrates into all e-scooter apps.  

Along with geo-fencing and some common e-scooter app features, you have to add a few groundbreaking features into your e-scooter app to attract more users and keep them with you even when you expand your business to cities. 

Groundbreaking features you have to consider to build an e-scooter app for private property

E-scooter discovery, e-scooter unlocking & locking, profile, payment, and ride history are the common e-scooter app features which you have to add in the e-scooter app, regardless of the business location. But there are some features which rely largely on the business location you choose.  

• Give users a way to book a group ride as students and corporate people generally prefer to ride e-scooters with their friends.   
• Allow users to unlock the e-scooter by tapping their student id or employee cards (A game-changing feature).
• Add a very detailed and a custom map of the location in the e-scooter app and give real-time information to the users. 
• Link the university app with the e-scooter app for better exposure and service.  
• Help students and corporate people reach the lecture room or meeting room on time by fetching the details of their schedule and allocating an e-scooter automatically (Another game-changing feature).   

How much does it cost to build an e-scooter app for private property?

Coruscate is the top e-scooter app development company that has developed 10 e-scooter apps for different markets. We accommodate 100+ well-versed app developers, app designers, IoT engineers, business experts, legal advisers who all work together to make your business journey painless. 

Our business experts help micro-mobility startups to decide on business models, select the hardware, and study the market. Whereas, our legal advisers help micro-mobility startups to get the permit. 

The cost to build an e-scooter app depends heavily on the approach you choose. 

• To develop the custom e-scooter app with all custom features, we charge somewhere between $15000 to $25000. 
• The price to develop a clone version of some popular e-scooter apps starts from $10000. 
• And our subscription plan for the white label e-scooter app starts from just $500. 

To know more about our pricing structures and get the personalized quote, please feel free to contact us. Our one of the senior business experts will welcome you with the free e-scooter app demo and free consultation. 

Note: We do not make clones of any exact application, clone means to us is how better we can execute your app idea with existing app features and experience.

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