When signing up to become a rideshare driver such as Uber, Didi, Ola as well as delivery drivers including Uber Eats, Doordash, Deliveroo you are asked to fill out an ABN (Australian Business Number). It’s a unique 11 digit number that identifies your business to the government and community. Generally, Read more
DoorDash was officially unveiled in Australia in early September 2019 starting from Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria. Not only in Melbourne, but the US-based on-demand food delivery service also planned to be launched in regions around Victoria as well as some major cities in Australia such as Read more
The Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi finally launched its services in new cities and regions, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast starting September 23, 2019. Didi opened services in both cities or regions after about two months ago officially introduced its services in the Queensland capital, Brisbane. The city and region were Read more
To be able to work in Australia you may be required to have valid working rights in the country, including those who want to work as a rideshare driver for Uber, Didi, Ola. This regulation also applies to couriers or delivery drivers who work for on-demand food delivery service like Read more
To be able to legally drive a car in Australia and NZ you need a driver licence, an official document that allows specific individuals to operate the car on public roads. So, if you want to apply to become a rideshare driver, make sure you have an acceptable driver licence Read more
The success of Uber in Australia has led many other rideshare companies to open their services in this country, including an Estonian-based company Taxify who was launched at the end of 2017 and then in 2019 they rebrand itself as Bolt to represent much broader transportation platform, not just the Read more
Didi is a new player in rideshare business across Australia, coming in 2018 with Melbourne as their first city. The Chinese ridesharing company must compete with several other global on-demand online transportation companies, such as US-based Uber which has been operated since 2014 and India-based Ola which were present in Read more
Australia was the first country where Didi Chuxing opened their first expansion outside its home country with Melbourne as the first city in the country. Using the tag line Low-fare rideshare Didi is quite successful in the cities where they operate. Didi uses a different approach to attracting customers and Read more
Being one a city with the fifth largest population on the continent, making Adelaide a promising city for rideshare services, including the Indian-based rideshare company Ola Cabs. Ola opened its service in Adelaide in mid-2018, Adelaide becomes a most recent city where their rideshare service opened in Australia. Competition is Read more
The Chinese ridesharing service Didi has been around since 2018 in Australia with Melbourne and Geelong as its first cities. The company which describes itself as low-fare rideshare seems to be quite successful in its first two cities. To be able to compete in Australia which previously had several global Read more