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Become an owner/operator of your own scooter fleet

Bird Platform invites independent operators from around the globe to start their own fleet of e-scooters.

Bird Platform launches for independent fleets of scooters - L.A. BizNow any one can have his or her own flock of Birds. Bird Rides Inc. has launched Bird Platform, a suite of technologies, products and services that will enable individuals to manage their own fleets of shared e-scooters. The program is aimed at local business owners, such as bike rental companies, and entrepreneurs.
Now any rich idiot can run their own Bird scooter empireSo you fancy yourself an entrepreneur. A doer. Someone who seizes opportunities and grabs life by the handlebars. Well hot damn, has Bird got a deal for you. You see, for the low low cost of buying your own e-scooters and paying Bird a 20 percent commission on all rides in perpetuity, you can now run your own fleet of Bird scooters.
For a small fee, entrepreneurs can now manage their own fleet of Bird e-scootersBird announced today that it will sell its electric scooters to entrepreneurs and small business owners, who can then rent them out as part of a new service called Bird Platform.
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Colin Jones
Colin Jones
Interesting... while the scooter market zigs toward building huge direct-to-consumer brands and fleets, Bird zags toward a white-labeled B2B2C model. 🧐
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bryonshannon
bryonshannon
Can we talk about the best use cases for this? It seems the broad general use case of uniquely branded, locally owned scooters doesn’t add significant value for riders, and it’s unclear how this is a better margin formula for Bird compared to keeping the full profit and assigning venture funds or other low cost debt for purchasing scooters outright. Perhaps there are specific use cases like events where this makes sense. Any others?
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Markus Schuette
Markus Schuette
@bryonshannon I had the same questions, and it sounds like users would have to download another app that's "powered by Bird" to ride your scooters.
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Aaron O'Leary
Aaron O'Leary
This seemed like the inevitable expansion for Bird, however with all the backlash towards scooter sharing and of course state legislation being an obstacle, I wonder how well this can work out?
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Angik Sarkar
Angik Sarkar
Wow. Ingenious solution for getting rid of Bird's cap-ex problem while making money off some. I would be very surprised if this actually makes anyone money.
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