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Bula Rides
In build · not released
Three apps, one market: riders, drivers, and the dispatch desk behind them.
Not released — there is nothing to download yet
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The problem
Fiji runs on cash. Uber, Lyft and Grab have never come, and the local booking apps that did arrive still leave the two things a rider actually worries about unsettled: what the trip will cost before it starts, and who is driving. Fares get argued at the kerb or run on a meter, and a driver with an empty afternoon has no way to fill it.
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How it solves it
A rider app, a driver app and an admin console, built around the price being settled before anyone moves. Fares are quoted up front and settled in cash in Fijian dollars — estimated under 16 km, agreed above it — with no meter, no surge and no bidding. Drivers go online, get a ride offer with fifteen seconds to accept, and confirm pickup with a PIN. Every completed trip records the fare and the platform's 15% against it, so a driver sees gross and net per day, week and month. How that 15% is collected on a cash fare is the open problem, and it is being solved before launch rather than after.
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The screens
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The rest of it
Three other products, each with its own state — and the local work that pays for all of them.