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Driving Forward Together: End-of-Year Reflections

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As we approach the end of 2024, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the wild ride we’ve shared over the past few months. This year has been nothing short..

Gaurav Singhal

Dec 24, 2024

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Maximise your earnings: why aligning with Drive mate’s recommended pricing works

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As a car sharing host, your goal is to maximise your return on investment (ROI) while keeping your vehicle consistently booked. At Drive mate, we’ve developed..

Drive mate 2.0 overview

We have worked round-the-clock to build this system for you, and hope it will smooth the Drive mate journey for both Hosts and Guests - please see the key chang..

A letter from the founders - 041124

Dear Australia hosts, First, the good news: trip numbers are steadily climbing week over week, with October seeing more than double the trip days we had in Se..

Important Updates: Hardware devices, Fuel Policy, Support and more...

We’re in a period of migration, product evolution and rapid growth of both hosts and guest; while we’re working hard to resolve all issues, here’s what yo..

Drive mate Product Updates - Oct 1 2024

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At Drive mate, we’re always looking to improve the guest and host experience, and we’ve got some exciting updates to share... From UCS hardware integration,..

Drive mate host social media marketing 101

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Everything below is (very much) in addition to Drive mate’s ongoing (digital) advertising campaigns. Our new brand campaign has already been seen by 4.3m Aust..

Drive mate Hosting 101 – the basics for impactful listings

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Is your car eligible? Here are the criteria… Give your car a catchy name…Here’s an example of mine - not ‘Audi A3’ but ‘Audi A3 Ambition Turbo Quatt..

090924 Q&A summary from webinar with Drive mate founders

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Here’s key slides from our 090924 host Q&A update, with full recording here, plus extra questions and answers below… Hosts can now select subscription plan..

Drive mate's BYOD (Bring your own device) program

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To best help recently impacted hosts, hosts can now BYOD to Drive mate. The UCS Otoplug, OBD dongle, secondary GPS and lockbox will all seamlessly integrate in..

Updated 040924 - Drive mate’s answers from our live Q&A sessions…

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We’ve recently been asked hundreds of questions (by hundreds of hosts). We’ve below grouped our answers under the main hot topics, and added multiple ide..

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