Uber Partners and Drivers: Intro to the Different Uber Services
by Peter Will Consulting ExperiencedWhat is Uber?
Uber is a global transportation and ride-share firm
currently with its headquarters in San Francisco. In 2009, the company started
out as an everyday business and has grown to a global company in a little over
7 years. You will agree with me that for any invention or newly generated
business concept to win its fight against the status-quo, it needs to have
identified some holes which it intends to fill. Over the years, the concept of
problem-solving has become a basis for the drive towards the revolution of the
world we have now. This is why when Uber came up with answers to the lingering
questions of transport passengers; it became impossible to limit the extent of
her growth. The world of transportation practically owes the mighty shift it
experienced to the advent of Uber.
The Problem Statement
In the earlier years,
people around the world had grown used to standing on the streets for sometimes
very long hours – waiting to find a taxi-driver who would pay attention enough
to stop. When the problem of stopping the cab is solved, then you go on to dealing
with the problem of negotiation (in countries without taximeters). The
time wasted while waiting and the high and sometimes unpredictable rates the
taxi companies charge were and still are a constant source of irritation to a
lot of passengers. In some cities, the number of available taxis is relatively
low (restricted sometimes by artificial government caps through Taxi
Medallions).
The
Uber Solution
When potential Uber partners and drivers ask if I can guess how
Uber came to be as big as it is, I simply say that the company saw a problem
and solved it. Uber acknowledged the weight of the problem that transportation
hiccups common across most major cities in the globe. So, Travis Kalanick and
Garret Camp put heads together and found a way to use technology to solve a
global problem. Within a flash, ordering a ride, which used to be a tug
of war, soon became a single click away. With the development of the Uber
mobile app, a user who has signed up can just order a ride, and also monitor
the movement of the driver who’s coming to pick them. This story changed the
entire transportation industry. The possibility of booking a cab by tapping a
smartphone brought about a revolution in the taxi industry and the value it
added to the life of many made it very popular in no time.
How
Uber Did It Limited Cost of Production
The fact that Uber
decided to hire drivers as individual partners and not as employees is an
amazing way of avoiding a very large maintenance cost that might come with
managing thousands of cars (Uber
black car: Uber started with this high end service, before diversifying its
offerings). It also gives Uber
the opportunity to wisely maximize profits by focusing largely as a dispatcher
of rides across the globe.
Quality
Research
Uber never at any point
jumped into any city without understanding the demographics of that particular
market. The proof you find is that some of the requirements to become a driver
in some cities are different. Most times, the required driver ages are set
differently based on the unique requirements/laws of each city. Also, there are
times where new services are introduced in a select number of cities. All these
decisions are based on the deductions made from sufficient research and
demographic examination.
Coordinated
Expansion
The company wasted no
time from inception. They launched in a new city every month starting from May 2011.
Such consistency and willingness to put their services out to a larger range of
customers is what has, over the years, helped the growth of the Business.
Uber
Services
Uber provides a wide
range of services. The three primary Uber services are UberX, UberXL and Uber
BLACK.
For more information on Uber, go to our blog at www.uberkit.net/blog. To
get an answer to the often asked question “how much do uber drivers
make?” and to start your Uber business today, visit the blog
post at http://www.uberkit.net/blog/how-much-do-uber-drivers-make/
-by Ola John
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