So simple, I love it! When Uber first rolled out in Boston I remember I got my girlfriend an Uber from South Station back to her sister's apartment in the North End...but I was in Manhattan. She got in around 1am so I wanted to be sure there was someone waiting there for her. And then I had the peace of mind knowing she got home to her sister's safely.
I wonder how you will monetize a user? Do you take a percentage on top of Uber?
@rajamatage Thanks for the love! That's a perfect use case. With Teleport it's even easier to take care of your loved ones. We aren't monetizing users and we don't take a % from Uber now, so its the same cost as a normal Uber ride. Outside of social use cases, there are also corporate use cases (interview candidates, clients, execs) that we may focus more of the monetization on in the future.
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Really admire the creativity used to engineer this sort of idea. Lots of opportunities available (in terms of pick ups/drop-offs, etc). Best of luck @bobawu and @mkwng !
Am I missing something here? Uber already let's you pick up a friend from their location. I open up the Uber app, request an uber to my friends address. They get picked up and brought to me. My Uber account is charged?
@aaronlumsden Check out our FAQ at www.teleportapp.co, but basically it's an even better experience to send an Uber to your friend with Teleport. You don't need to know their address. You don't have to be in constant communication with your friend. You don't need to troubleshoot if the driver can't find the passenger. Your friend also gets a map of their route to you and ETA etc. Hope that helps.
@shlomofellig our newest update on Thursday will allow you to send a teleport to anyone! Not just to those in your phone book. It even lets you send it to anyone on any messaging platform with the keyboard app.
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@bobawu Thanks for circling back! I deleted the app without the feature, but I will give it another try. Congrats.
Is this supported by Uber. A lot of the product is built on the trust of knowing the rider and the driver and seeing the ratings of each. If I call a teleport for a drink friend who does that rating go against?
@jmacias We are integrated with Uber's API so yes it is supported by Uber. The rating currently goes to the sender of the Teleport. The cool part is that your "drink" friend doesn't need to be a Uber user in order to accept the Teleport! Hence no way of having a rating for someone off the platform.
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What is the Teleport twitter handle? I want to show some love! Congrats guys. Big day.
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