Teleport

Bring your friends to you via Uber

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Bring your friends to you via Uber

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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?

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11yr ago

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@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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11yr ago

This is a cool idea! And I like the name. I was in San Fran recently and one evening, just as I sat down at my reserved table at the restaurant, I remembered I was supposed to pick up one of my friends on my way to dinner. Really didn't want to get back up, so I used my own Uber account and put my location as her address. Not the most user friendly experience. How do you deal with account ownership? When the Uber driver sends a message, does it reach the sender or the guest?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@alex_guirguis Thanks for the support! What you mentioned is the perfect use case! Right now when the Uber driver sends a text message it goes to the Sender of the Teleport. We are working on having that message be sent to the guest. Currently, the guest has access to all of the information of the driver including seeing on a map his/her ETA to them, name, car, phone number to reach them, license plate #, and picture. We also send text messages to the guest as the car is approaching.

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11yr ago

SkySilk

This looks really cool. Question - I have a friend who is visually impaired. They can use a smartphone with accessibility options. Can I Teleport them @bobawu? Or more precisely, how does it work for the visually impaired?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@alexsalkever Great question. We don't currently have voice activated features, but we are thinking of innovative ways we could implement them. We definitely want to support use cases like the one you mentioned.

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11yr ago

jQuery Cards

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?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@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.

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11yr ago

Cool bolt on to the Uber platform. We'll see if they manage that effectively (i.e. don't suffer from the 'platform creep' that Twitter succumbs to). Next step - recurring rides. Commuting as a service. My car costs me $300 + $100 insurance + gas + maintenance. If I could commit to a spend of $500 per month and guarantee getting to and from work, could be huge.

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11yr ago

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 !

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11yr ago

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@haidersyed Thanks for the support!

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11yr ago

Oh I LOVE the concept. I completely relate to some comments, would love to try! as @Paultomkinson wrote "I actually have been frustrated on many occasions trying to call an Uber or Lyft for the person I'm departing from (for various reasons)." I am based in SF. One of my dates, visiting from abroad, gave $20 to my uber driver not knowing how the system works. This was so sweet and I had a great laugh with him on this! No need to say he didnt give cash to my driver the day after but I am pretty sure he would have paid for all my trips if Teleport had been available otherwise! Not that I needed/wanted him to pay, but I really (really) appreciated the gesture.

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10yr ago

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