PickupPal aims to ease congestion, cut greenhouse gases, make money
by Andrew Redfern @ 23rd April 2008 1:41 pm
PickupPal has been going for a couple of months now, it is an innovative new site aimed to taking car pooling onto the internet in order to get drivers and potential passengers in touch. Here’s how it works :
Step 1
- A Passenger tells us where they want to go.
- Drivers tell us where they are going.
- We match up Passengers with Drivers who are going the same way.
Step 2
- We inform Drivers of potential pickups. They can make an offer to the Passenger based on how much they want to charge for a ride and the Passenger’s feedback rating from other Drivers.
- We inform the Passenger that Drivers have offered rides. The Passenger reviews the offers and chooses the driver with whom they want to ride based on price and Driver rating.
- When a Passenger accepts a Driver’s offer, we contact the Driver and issue them both a “ticket to ride” with all the necessary information.
Step 3
- Passenger pays the Driver the agreed amount in cash (or otherwise, if agreed upon) at the end of the ride.
- The Driver keeps the cash.
- When convenient to the Driver, he/she pays PickupPal our commission via PayPal. Our commission is fixed at 7% of the ride value.
Step 4
- After the ride, we ask the Passenger and the Driver to provide feedback on each other and their PickupPal experience.
- We update the Passenger’s and the Driver’s profile.
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