I've been a big fan of Skurt since they started. WAYYYY better than dealing with old school Avis/Hertz/etc. car rental services. Instead of waiting in line, Skurt delivers the car to you.
They just released an Android app and since their initial launch, they've expanded to two other cities beyond LA: Miami and San Diego. Still waiting for Skurt to come to San Francisco. 🙏🏼
@rrhoover Appreciate the support Ryan, you've been an OG supporter of the company. Really excited to be able to offer the platform to Android users now and looking forward to SF in the future.
@harryhur5t Definitely Toronto or Vancouver first! Since it's right beside a bunch of major universities (Guelph, Hamiton, Kitchener-Waterloo) which would have your audience demographic and there isn't much transportation options yet.
Hey all, we've built both our iOS and Android apps from ground up in the past 4 months with @luskin and @tonyteate.
We went full Swift on iOS. It heavily relies on PromiseKit. We built a few internal libraries that we will be open-sourcing soon. Our Android app is fully native as well. It's built with flux architecture, leveraging RXJava. We are using Swagger to auto-generated our internal SDKs on both platforms which allowed us to iterate super fast.
We'll be around all day. Would be more than happy to answer any technical questions.
@icanberk Yeah @luskin (iOS) and @tonyteate (Android) did an amazing job (biased of course). The app has come a long way since it was launched in October 2015.
@everette@icanberk@luskin@tonyteate this is amazing, great job! I love the concept and it's awesome that you guys are scaling quickly but with lots of thought and precision in every move 🙌
@icanberk@luskin@tonyteate excited to try you out once you come to San Francisco but I applaud your dedication to building on each platform natively. Good luck!
@joshmangel@harryhur5t Very nice. The app has a big disadvantage of facing a barrier of getting downloaded. The chance of remaining on the phone is also low. We can help mitigate that.
We at http://morph.ai can bring it to Facebook Messenger, which practically everyone has. Please check demos at http://morph.ai/demos. Contact me on ishan@morph.ai :)
@ishanjain_t first time being pitched on a product hunt launch, A for effort. will check out your platform. But disagree that having to download an app is a big barrier + our onboarding is pretty seamless and takes less than a minute.
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@everette@ishanjain_t Disagree here as well. If they have Facebook Messenger, it means they have a device that has access to google play or app store, where Skurt is just a couple taps away. Not a big barrier by any means.
@matsilva thanks Mat, definitely with you on this one. Messenger bots have some cool applications and I'm excited to see where developers like Ishan take them. That being said, for now we're super focused on perfecting our in app experience.
I probably came out wrong here. We do not think that apps can be replaced by bots. Messaging is a very natural and personal way of communication. Bots are a good add on if not a replacement for app. I personally feel a little hesitance in downloading an app that I come across and I use around 6-7 apps daily on my phone. Rest of the apps just sit there waiting for it to be opened. @everette@matsilva@harryhur5t@everette would love your experience regarding this, I always assumed that everyone is hesitant in downloading new apps, specially when they are commuting and are on mobile data.
I love Uber and Lyft, but the problem of course is if you want wheels when you're out of town for a weekend or whatever, those rides really add up. Skurt makes it super easy to just click, get a car, and be on your way. No waiting at counters, hiking it to rental car garages, nothing. Congrats Skurt team!
@morganb thanks! We share the same sentiment here, Uber and Lyft are awesome for that short A-B journey. Anything longer and it starts to make a bunch more sense to have your own wheels.
Skurt fills an important gap in the transportation space for sure. I actually like using Enterprise because they come pick me up but I still have to go back to the rental place for paperwork etc which eats into my time. This app takes care of that - giving me time and adding Uber-like predictability to when I can get going.
Also just the fact that @everette is involved should tell you that this is something worth checking out.
PS: Y U No in Boston yet? :D
@anujadhiya thank you very much. We're often compared to the Enterprise pick-you-up service, but never quite understood why. Their main business is insurance replacement, so that offering was unique and made total sense for their customer who may have been stuck at the body shop having handed in their car for repairs. Hats off to Enterprise for early innovation there. We agree with you though, having your car delivered right to your door, or body shop for that matter - wins every time!
@anujadhiya You're far too kind man, appreciate that. Yeah we know that having to go back to the rental car location and fill out paperwork is a huge pain point. We're glad to be able to alleviate that for our customers. Boston is somewhere we definitely want to be someday =)
Man Skurt has saved me and my business partner on several occasions. Easy to use app. Would love to see it launched in New Jersey because there a parts of New Jersey that really has poor public transportation.
@frank_denbow haha a lot of people in NY/NJ share your sentiments.
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It's only a matter of time before Skurt takes over the consumer rental car market. Better experience by a mile. Please come to NJ/NY, Boston, and SF! ;-)
I've been a big fan of Skurt since they started. WAYYYY better than dealing with old school Avis/Hertz/etc. car rental services. Instead of waiting in line, Skurt delivers the car to you.
They just released an Android app and since their initial launch, they've expanded to two other cities beyond LA: Miami and San Diego. Still waiting for Skurt to come to San Francisco. 🙏🏼
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