With the inception of many new taxi booking startups, successful funding rounds and big players showing interest in newbies, the global taxi booking app market has been witnessing an upward tendency.    

 According to Bloomberg, Indonesia’s on-demand service app Gojek has announced that they have purchased a minority stake in the local taxi operator Blue Bird for a whopping $30 million. People with the knowledge of the matter said that Gojek has bought a 4.3% stake in Blue Bird.

Though this is significant news for the global taxi booking app providers and entrepreneurs planning to build taxi booking app, this isn’t the first time when a big player has shown interest in local taxi booking app startup. In the past, many global taxi booking app providers have acquired local startups in astonishing deals.

But, such news clearly depicts the potential of the local taxi booking apps. Gone are the days when local taxi booking apps couldn’t break even after 1 year of the business. Now, it is a child’s play to put your taxi booking app business on the radar of investors, users and big players.

 Sensing the opportunity, if you are planning to build a taxi booking app like Blue Bird, you’ve come to the right place. In this blog, we will discuss everything you need to know to build a taxi booking app like Blue Bird, along with the cost of development.

What is so earth-shattering about Blue Bird?

Blue Bird is the Indonesia-based taxi booking app, launched by Blue Bird Group. After experiencing the initial success, Blue Bird Group has extended its services, from regular taxis to executive taxis, limousines and car rentals, bus charters, and logistics. Currently, Blue Bird is running its taxi booking app business in 7 major cities of Indonesia such as Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Bali, Medan & Lombok.

 Blue Bird is Indonesia’s largest taxi company with more than 30,000 vehicles and around 50% of market share. It has managed to win the trust of the users by providing taxi drivers with the training and professional development courses.  

What are the new features Blue Bird has added in the app?

Despite the fact that Blue Bird has launched Indonesia’s first GPS-enabled taxi booking app back in 2011, it started losing its novelty after the inception of many other similar apps. So, the Blue Bird team has recently decided to revamp its app to add missing features and meet the new laws imposed by the government.

 Now, users of the Blue Bird app can choose to pay the drivers with or without cash. To facilitate easy payment options, Blue Bird has tied up with Gojek for its GoPay service. 

They have also added some more privacy features. One of the most groundbreaking privacy features is the hidden customer mobile number on drivers’ app. 

Moreover, an ‘advance booking’ feature is yet another feature they have accommodated in the latest version of the app.

How can you start an online taxi booking business by building a taxi booking app like Blue Bird?

Starting an online taxi booking business like Blue Bird is easy if you follow a few simple steps. These steps include a market study, business plan, permit, funding, app development, and management.

• In the market study, you have to study the characteristics of the market. You have to identify the top rivals, potential users, opportunities and challenges associated with the market. This market study will help you to draft the best business plan.
• In the business plan, you have to draft the possible ways to overcome challenges as well as ways to seize the opportunities. You also need to find the loopholes in your rivals’ top business processes. Additionally, you must decide on the business model. You are also required to list out the requirements of the potential users and features which can do justice with their requirements in the best possible way. While listing out the features, you have to take driver app features, user app features and admin panel features into account.
• Once you have an extensive business plan, you can apply for the permit. In the permit application, you have to fill out information of your business which you have already drafted in the business plan.
• Once you acquire the permit, contact the investors and bag the decent amount of funds as you will need money to build a taxi app, run a marketing campaign, bring drivers on board, and manage other day-to-day operations.
• Later, you can hire a modern taxi app development company which can build the unsurpassable taxi app without charging too much. After running a pre-app-launch marketing campaign, deploy the app in the market.  
• You are not done yet. Once you start getting users and drivers, you have to maintain an appropriate supply-demand ratio. If the demand in one area is very high, and your drivers are serving in other areas, you will surely lose users. (Advanced features like Surge pricing and heat map help you to achieve an appropriate supply-demand ratio. )

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Generally, two types of people jump into the taxi booking business market. One is entrepreneurs and another is fleet owners. Both of these business seekers have different resources but the same goal. Entrepreneurs do have only a business idea and a hope to close funding rounds. Whereas, fleet owners do have existing users, funds, drivers and even vehicles. But fleet owners lack the idea. Talking about the business goal, they both want to be profitable and dominate the market.

But do you know what it takes to be profitable and dominate the market? You need the fusion of the resources an entrepreneur has and the resources a fleet owner has. Which means, one can easily be successful in the ever-growing taxi booking app market if he owns an idea, funds, users, and drivers. (Here, idea and funds you require before kicking off online taxi booking business and users and drivers you require after kicking it off.)    

Do you have queries or are you lacking any one of the resources? Let us help you.

How can we help you to collect all resources and be profitable from the first month of the business?

Coruscate is the top taxi app development company which has entertained many queries related to taxi app business planning and development. We accommodate 100+ app developers, app designers, business experts, and success managers who do not only develop and deliver taxi apps but help you to plan and deploy business strategies.

Our business experts and success managers help taxi booking app startups to study the market, get the permit, draft the business plan and decide on the business model. Whereas, our app developers and app designers utilize the latest technologies to come up with the flawless and feature-packed taxi app.

The cost to build a taxi app like Blue Bird depends on the approach you choose.

 To develop the custom taxi app with all custom features, we charge somewhere between $15000 to $25000.

• And the cost to develop the clone version of some popular taxi app starts from $10000.

 Feel free to contact us for a personalized quote. You will be rewarded with free taxi app demo and consultation.

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Careem has proved to be an everyday Super App for the region of over 600 million people that extends from Morocco to Pakistan. The area had missed out largely on the transformational power of the internet revolution. Because of the Careem app, people got access to transport and critical infrastructure.

Recently, the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai has announced the launch of Hala e-hailing service as a joint venture with Careem. They have halted the economy taxi services of Careem Go and Uber X. Now, forming the joint venture, Careem will take up the bookings of over half of the RTA taxis. Careem will expand Hala services to other markets where they already have their services.

People in Dubai have started booking the RTA taxis from Careem mobile app from September. Approximately 5,500 taxis were available for bookings via the app. These bookings will not have a multiplier price surge like the usual ones. Instead, they will be charging AED 8 as the starting price during regular hours and during peak time, they will charge AED 12. They are charging a cancellation fee of Dh12 if the driver has been made to wait for over three minutes.

Clemence Dutertre is the CEO of Hala. In addition to the Hala services, people will also get the benefits of Careem’s loyalty program if they make their bookings via the Careem app.

The Hala ride-booking service will be executed across all seven RTA franchisees. They are including more than 50 percent of the 10,000 taxis currently running on the road. Hala is planning to extend the services to combine all Dubai taxis by early 2020.

Careem and RTA are testing out the booking services since May. During the pilot phase, they were successful in cutting down the time between booking and taxi arrival from 10 minutes to 3.5 minutes. The venture into e-booking also suggests that the popular call centers would be ultimately phased out.

The Hala partnership among Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Careem will permit customers to book a Dubai taxi on the Careem app and has got it logged its millionth trip booked by the e-hailing service.

Top app feature of Hala that you can consider for your own taxi booking app:

 
Like the best taxi booking app should have, Hala also has some unique features that you can consider to imbibe in your taxi booking app to get your customer’s attention and make your taxi booking app more popular:

Hala is basically an app in progress which has two modules- a user app and a driver app.

» User app features:

• Easy booking– Book at the touch of a button
• Display ETA– The customers get to know the estimated payable amount beforehand.
• Easy payments– Allow your customers to pay by their choice of payment method- either by cash, credit cards or any mobile wallets of your choice.
• Know the driver details– Allow your customers to know the taxi details along with the driver details in order to make sure they catch the right cab.
• Route Map– Allow your customers to know their route with an integrated map in your app.
• Rewards– The customers can redeem any vouchers and rewards in this section.
• Push Notifications– Keep your customers notified regarding the ride location, payments, and new schemes.

How to ride a Hala Taxi like taxi booking app?

 
Riding Hala like taxi booking app is a simple process that can be completed in just 6 steps. They are as follows:

• Download the app
• Select the ride choice
• Confirm your pickup location
• Enter the drop location
• Choose your payment method
• Tap to go

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Top Driver panel features of Hala :

 
The driver panel is unlike any average bus or taxi service for Hala and Careem app. The drivers benefit in a lot more ways than just riding taxis.

• – Compared to other cabs, the drivers have the compliance to choose when to drive and for how long.
• – Through the Hala/ Careem driver app, the integrated GPS system helps in finding out the exact pick-up point.
• – Customers can pay the drivers in cash or credit. The drivers have ease of collecting payments.
• – There is 24/7 in-app support for the drivers during any situation.

 
The registering process for the drivers is much easier as compared to other taxi booking apps:

• – Drivers can register their details at the click of a button.
• – They need to complete the training and download the app.
• – Accept or reject the trips according to their choice.

Why choose us for developing your taxi booking app?

 
We are the experts in the on-demand taxi booking app development. We know how important it is to provide your customers with a hassle-free way of traveling. We have entertained over 500 queries and delivered unique solutions to each of our clients for making their business successful. We are well-versed in the latest trending technologies and can design an app that can generate millions and millions for you.

We can be your best technology partner as we can take care of your requirements right from the startup phase of your business to any point of time as and when required. Because we believe in building relationships. We prefer to walk that extra mile to deliver you the best possible solution for your requirement of a taxi booking app. Our white label solutions are 100% customizable according to your requirements and we can put your brand name too. By choosing these solutions you can save a lot of time and money for your app development and get going with your startup.

Cost of developing Hala Like Taxi Booking app or Hala Clone app

 
The cost of the Hala clone app depends on the number of hours taken and the technology that you choose while building the app. There are other factors also like team size and features of the app which decide the cost. However, with the basic features and our white label solutions you can get a fully functional app in just $10000.

What are you waiting for? Connect with us today to get a full demo and discuss your requirements with our research team and business analyst in a free consultation session.

FAQs –  For Hala Taxi Booking app

➯ What are the benefits of building a taxi booking app like Hala or Careem with our white label solutions?

 
ANS: The taxi booking apps like Hala or Careem are much popular among your customers. By using our white label solutions to build your app, you can save a lot of time and money. You can deliver a high-quality service with low maintenance charges. Also, you will have a high customer loyalty rate.

➯How can you earn with taxi booking app?

 
Ans: Each taxi booking app has its own business model. Most popular business models are the subscription models or the surge in prices during peak hours. You can also earn profits with a fixed rate per kilometer to avoid any confusion with the customers.

➯What is the team size that you need to develop a taxi booking app for your business?

 
Ans: The team size required to develop an app depends on how big the project is. If you are going for the customizable white label solutions, you will have to hire fewer developers to work on it. If you wish to build an app from scratch, you need more developers to complete the project on time. However, you can connect with us to discuss in detail the team size and we can guide you about the approach.

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» Established business or startup

If your transportation business is already rooted and established one, the taxi booking app that can suit all your requirements depends on a variety of factors. The very first of these factors is whether you already have an established taxi rental business. You can just complement the business with the development of an app for car hire or you are a start-up planning to engage drivers or people who want to rent their cars.

As we all know, Uber and Lyft are the most famous taxi startups. But Zipcar is another excellent example of car renting. Zipcar has a business that has been on the market for a very long time. They have successfully launched their own apps. The Zipcar apps for Android and iOS were launched in the years 2009 and 2011. Uber runs on its popularity among the driver and riders but in case of Zipcar relies on their own carpool.

» Duration and distance

The next factor that should be considered for your car rental app is distance. Will you be serving only for intra city transportation or do you want your customers to go from one city to another? The taxi apps like Uber and Lyft offer commuters transportation for intercity and intracity travels. Zipcar allows its users to travel to other cities also.

» Mobile platforms

Another factor to consider is the platforms that you require for your mobile app. Many businesses prefer going for the Android, some prefer iOS and there are a few which go for both of them. But you must consider building the app on the platform which your users are using the most. This way, you can make yourself much more easily accessible to your customers.

Must have features for any taxi booking mobile app – for car rental business

 
Taxi and car booking mobile app development are substantially similar since these types of apps have common features:

• API
• Registration
• Maps, GPS and routing
• Communication and notifications
• Payments
• Profiles and rating

There are different modules built for the drivers and passengers in these apps.

Taxi booking apps are growing universally. Mobile technology has made this to spread like anything. There are already many taxi booking apps like Uber and Ola around countries like the USA. So, you must be confused about the possibilities of new players joining this market. Well, even though there are many good ideas in the market, the industry always welcomes some better and fresh ideas.

Because of the quickly improving technology, there is a reasonable amount of opportunity of your original idea charming abundance of consumers.

As Uber started in 2009, the trends it selected were some different new unique ideas. They were the first to bring the shared taxi in the market.

In the same way, Ola began Ola auto to capture that commutator who cannot afford the taxi fares.

So you have to think about some offbeat idea. A new uncommon idea provides you a fresh chance to make your business visible amongst various competitors. Once your business is established you can enter small segments efficiently accommodating taxi booking apps as an expansion of your taxi business.

Make sure the app developers understand the two critical parameters at every level of development of the app.
Coruscate can help you out while setting your taxi business from start to finish by becoming the most dependable technology partner.

1.Transparency

To build a cohesive taxi booking experience, it is very essential to follow the right pricing policy and managing the booking rates for users. Sustaining the customer-friendly fair pricing policy is very significant for the success of taxi booking app.

2. The speed and efficiency in hiring a cab

Many customers always require taxis on an urgent basis. On the other hand, there are many drivers who are idle and looking for customers. You taxi booking app should provide a solution for these people to match each other and solve the transportation issue.

For the immense customer satisfaction make sure the following parameters are followed

• The app must be user-friendly which renders advantages to both customers and drivers.
• Secure all the features are accessible easily to customers by with uncomplicated and effective way.
• The app must be sufficient adequately to calculate the fare based on the map selected by customers.

Implementation of the right tools for developing a taxi booking mobile app

» GPS based implementation of Maps and locations

 
Ensure that the GPS embedded in such a way that a consumer gets the taxi instantly. The app should provide the estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on the real traffic situation.

» Credit card information for hassle-free bookings

 
You must provide the facility of credit booking with the credit card information to the commuters. And there should be no deduction in case of cancellation of the booking.
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Apart from all these points you must develop a single app through which the users can access all the features. We can help you out to choose the best and unique features for your app. You can even get the information from scratch to finish regarding the establishment of your business.

For the cost of development and the any further information regarding the taxi or car rental app, you can connect with us by scheduling a free consultation session.

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ZayRide was launched in July 2016 as a Taxi booking app on the streets of Africa. It is now expanding its branches to Liberian capital, Monrovia. Ethiopia got its first taxi service with taxi booking app ascending the streets of Addis Ababa. ZayRide launched its services in collaboration with the Liberian web solutions firm Hak Technologies. The Ethiopian on-demand taxi booking app is expected to offer 200 cars by August this year.

Taxi booking apps similar to Uber and its competition Bolt (previously Taxify) are yet to penetrate into Ethiopia even as they have offered low-cost to premium taxies in smaller African nations which includes Uganda, Mauritius, and Ghana.

The African market is the largest untouched market with over 100- million people. That is because the government has established a centralized economic model and they have limited private sector operations to a few lines of activities for a long period of time.

Africa has a fast-growing economy. But despite that, the nation is landlocked and has continued to be poor and meets foreign currency shortages. Investors and global tech giants have also avoided Addis Ababa. Though it is called the home to the African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa headquarters. It also flaunts a new urban metro and is experiencing an extensive building of skyscrapers and roads initiated by Chinese companies. 

Why was there a need for taxi app in Addis Ababa?

 
The transportation in Addis Ababa revolved around the old taxis and public buses. The founder of ZayRide, Habtamu was determined to launch ZayRide. He faced a lot of frustration as he was not being able to conveniently summon a taxi on demand. He also had to monotonously do the negotiating regarding the prices with drivers.
It took 6 months for the company to establish itself. The regulators were unable to recognize if they should be registered as a transportation or software company.
 

Challenges faced by ZayRide:

 
ZayRide had to devise its platform to work with the slower internet speeds encountered by users. The first challenge was mainly about having to compress the application size. They also organized a call center to help the customers with the technology and functioning of the app during the internet shutdowns via calling. According to the founder, they wanted to get local solutions for the local problems that people were facing.

The company aims to add an array of services to its on-demand taxi booking app. The services include ambulance service and other delivery services. ZayRide has its parent firm called ZayTech which is situated in Asia and the United States. ZayRide is launching its own mobile point sale which is called as the ArifPay. This launch is keeping in mind the costs and logistics associated with paying cash for rides.

ZayRide could enter Liberia after it secured funding from both local and international investors following early crowdfunding. The founder considered choosing Liberia is part of an approach of extending their footprint into markets where Uber and other taxi booking apps are yet to start. That tactic was solidified after Hak Technologies attended them in Addis Ababa and showed interest in striking a connection to present their app in the West African state.

Trying out of Ethiopia was also a way of challenging their own instinct to stay in one market and earn more profits there. They wanted to become the brand of Africa. And at the same time, they wanted to grow in other countries. The company is spreading its wings as Ethiopia increases its market with officials declaring plans to privatize state-owned businesses. With this, they wish to revitalize the economy and decrease unemployment and poverty percentages.
 

Addis Ababa claims a new bright rail system

 
According to what Chief executive Habtamu quoted, they are encouraged by these endorsed moves. They are looking forward to expanding in Ethiopian cities like Gondar, Hawassa, and Mekelle. They also wish to keep their best foot forward in the West African states Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire. They have their eyes set on the East African markets which include Kenya and Hargeisa city in the self-declared region of Somaliland.

Just like how they won in Addis Ababa, Habtamu wants to win over the public by localizing their services and customizing them to their customer’s requirements. Each of these proposed markets has its own culture, personalized languages and its own style of completing the transaction. So they have to bear it and change it. They know only after implementing these measures they will be able to convince people to use it.

Everywhere across the world, the taxi booking app industry is unfolding at a huge rate. People don’t want to ride their own vehicle due to growing gridlock on the roads. People prefer a comfortable journey in the long rides. So, people consult taxi services. All these factors have contributed to the growth of taxi booking apps. One such long-distance taxi booking app
 

Also Read : A Step-by-step Guide For Successful Taxi Booking App Development for your Business

 
JFK airport is earning huge benefits to increasing demand for long distance airports.

The development is remarkable progress for ZayRide, as it was the first to offer Uber-like taxi booking services in Ethiopia. Even though ZayRide was not the first taxi service in the continent of Africa, they are sure the first company to offer the bookings via an app instead of calling or texting. Beside ZayRide and RIDE, there is ETTA also. In the past few years, the three businesses have joined to offer smart transport options and modernize the city’s old and rusty blue and white cabs.
 

What are the opportunities for you in Africa? How can you expand your taxi business in the African continent?

 
Opportunities are automatically there as there is less competition. You can reach more and more audience and take advantage of the first few to start. As there is just one app-based taxi booking service, you can introduce new and latest technologies to people. You can launch your own taxi booking app and gain the benefit of the technology yourself.

Want to start Taxi business in Africa? or Want to develop zayrides like taxi booking app?

Coruscate can help you in building an IoT integrated app, which can even support the low internet speed which is the biggest issue in Africa. We have a talented team of developers and researchers who work together and dig deep, measuring the pros and cons of developing a taxi booking app.

The taxi booking app development with basic features will be kind of cheap for you to launch your pivot model. The breakdown of the features along with the time and price is given in the table below:

So, now that you are aware of opportunities and challenges, what are you waiting for? Get going to conquer the African market with our best technologies. Connect with us for a free consultation and ask for a demo.

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In this blog, we will study how Pathao managed to dominate the online taxi service market of Bangladesh with its generic taxi app. We will also discuss the features of Pathao App which you need to consider before developing a taxi app.

Everyday problems people of Bangladesh were facing

There are 160 million people living in Bangladesh which makes it the most populated country. Because of these many people, traffic problem was becoming worse. Most of the commuters were using CNGs (CNG-run auto-rickshaws). But it wasn’t easy to find one. It was also creating congestion on the streets of the big cities of Bangladesh. Moreover, it wasn’t secured, safe and comfortable.

According to a Daily Star reporter, Mansura Hossain who frequently travels Bangladesh for interviews, finding a CNGs was a half hour long business. She also hated the way drivers were upsetting the fare.

How online taxi booking platforms solved those problems?

For the people of Bangladesh, things radically changed with the launch of Bangladesh’s first online taxi booking platform, Pathao in 2015. It changed the way people were traveling in big cities. Soon after Pathao, Uber also targeted the market of Bangladesh and launched its services in three major cities of Bangladesh.

Mansura Hossain wrote in one of her articles that ride-sharing is a revolutionary change. It is easier, safer and time-saving.

Now, let’s be familiar with Pathao and its services.

Insight into Pathao

In 2015, a Bangladesh-based transportation company named Pathao was founded by Hussain M Elius, Shifat Adnam, and Fahim Saleh. Since they owed very limited capital fund, they decided to provide delivery service for e-commerce sites on bicycles and motorcycles. By mid-2016, Pathao managed to earn more money than their expectation and so, they expanded their business by starting bike-sharing service. People of Bangladesh quickly adapted the Pathao’s taxi service on motorbikes. Pathao signed up more than 100,000 drivers and 1 million users by March 2018. Pathao has also started Uber-like premium taxi service and food delivery service.

As of April 2018, Pathao had a fleet of 50,000 motorbikes and the company was valued over $100 million.

Funding of Pathao

In its initial seed funding round, Pathao has raised $1 million from Battery Road Digital Holding LLC. In 2017, Pathao raised more $2 million in its series A round. After one year, Pathao closed its series B funding round with more $10 million.

Services of Pathao

Pathao is the fastest growing ride-sharing service in Bangladesh. It offers a features-packed mobile app that tackles everyday problems of the users. With the ambition of making users life simpler, Pathao is constantly expanding its core business processes and services and integrating it in its taxi booking app.

Currently, Pathao is providing following services.

• Pathao bike – a taxi service on the motorbike
• Pathao car – a Uber-like premium taxi service
• Pathao food – food delivery service
• Pathao parcel – parcel delivery service

Pathao app features which you need to consider for develop pathao like taxi booking app.

Pathao is providing a resourceful app to the users to utilize its all services including taxi service.

Pathao welcomes users with a very easy method of signing up.

• User can choose different services like Pathao bike, Pathao car, Pathao food and Pathao parcel from the home screen itself. Each service is treated with different app module.
• To utilize the taxi service, users just need to add the destination address and to select the taxi type. App automatically fetches the location of users and shares it with drivers to minimize the waiting time. Moreover, a rider can track the location of the driver in real -time.
• Pathao has developed own e-wallet to let riders pay the fare in an easy way. However, it also allows users to use other payment methods to pay. If you want to derive more benefits from your taxi app, we recommend you to ask your taxi app development company to develop own e-wallet and integrate it into the taxi app.
• From the same app itself, customer can order the food in a few easy steps.
• Pathao app always shows a comprehensive fare breakdown to earn the trust of users.
• With just a few clicks, users can see the history of their rides, orders, and deliveries.
• Pathao app offers different promo codes to avail discounts on rides and food deliveries.

How generic mobile app like Pathao helps you to earn more?

A generic mobile app is an app which is developed to satisfy more than one requirements of more than one user bases. Pathao has developed a generic taxi app and integrated more than one services in the single app. If we analyze the reasons behind Pathao’s success, then its generic taxi booking app demands the highest heed. It avails Pathao to generate more revenue streams.

So, rather than developing bespoke mobile taxi apps which only satisfy one specific requirement, ask taxi app development company to integrate a few trending on-demand services into a taxi booking app. By doing so, you will attract more users and earn more money.

Coruscate Solutions is one of the few taxi app development companies which can integrate more than one services in your taxi app. We are also capable to provide a bespoke taxi app. Our highly skilled developers and designers will first understand your requirements and then start developing your taxi app. To know the price of developing and common features of the taxi app, you can visit our taxi app development page. We also provide a free consultation. So, feel free to contact us.

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