How to grow your payments app with tuk-tuk and rickshaw drivers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Tuk-tuk and rickshaw drivers carry people and goods on short trips in towns and cities across Asia, Africa and Latin America, and in many tourist areas they also run sightseeing tours. Most fares are paid in cash, visitors often have no local money, and many drivers pay the vehicle owner a daily rent. A payments app that lets passengers pay by phone, sends a link for a tour booked ahead and helps drivers keep track of what they earn and pay out can win these drivers, and every passenger who pays sees your app.
Talk to tuk-tuk and rickshaw drivers
Ask local tuk-tuk and rickshaw drivers:
- How do passengers pay, and how often do they not have the right change?
- Do you run tours for visitors, and how do they book and pay?
- Do you rent your vehicle by the day, and how do you pay the owner?
- Do you work with a hotel, stand or group of drivers?
Let passengers pay by phone
A code or link that a passenger can pay by phone means no hunting for change and no lost fares from visitors without local cash.
Take bookings for tours
A payment link for a half-day or full-day tour lets a driver confirm a booking from a hotel the night before, with the money already in.
Grow through stands and vehicle owners
Drivers often share a stand or rent from the same owner. When one driver and their owner use your app for fares and rent, the drivers around them see it working.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about motorbike taxi riders?
The motorbike taxi riders guide covers taking many small fares by phone every day and saving towards a bike.
Motorbike taxi riders →What about taxi drivers?
The taxi drivers guide covers taking payment at the end of every ride, often from passengers without cash.
Taxi drivers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.