Interview with real-life users of Didi Driver (full-time driver)

Interview with real-life users of Didi Driver (full-time driver)

Time: March 2020 18, 12: 00 Location: Bazhou District, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province Duration: 8 minutes.

(get on the bus)

Q: Hello, Master, are you a full-time drip driver?

Yes, I am full-time.

Q: What do you think of Didi's driver client? Is it useful?

A: It's easy to use.

Q: Do you think there are any features you want to add?

A: (Laughter) Nothing, it's quite practical.

Q: How is business recently?

A: As you generally know, Bazhong is a small place with few orders.

Q: I guess you have been running for a long time. Have you been running for a year or two?

No, I started running four months ago.

Q: How much money can you earn a day by running Didi like you, excluding fuel and car damage?

A: (Thinking) About 200.

Q: How long do you run every day to earn this amount?

About ten hours.

Q: What do you think of this income?

Well, how much do you want to earn? That's impossible. I can only say that it is difficult to support the family. Unlike big cities, we rarely receive tickets that can send passengers far away. Basically, a single bill is a few dollars. From one end of the city to the other, it is completed in a short time, and there are few tens to twenty.

Q: Do you have many guests every day?

A: Not much.

Q: Does this mean more free time?

Yes, I have more free time.

Q: What do you do in your spare time?

A: (Laughter) Haha, I'm just kidding.

Q: In other words, it is still a little difficult for Didi to compete with taxis here.

A: It's convenient to call a taxi. Wave your hand. Many of them are called Didi, and others call Didi if they can't get a taxi. By the way, there is one place that I think can be improved, such as going to those suburbs or remote places. Taxis can generally charge high prices because they can't pick up people on the return trip. But we can't. How much should it be according to the rules of the platform? I think there can be a return subsidy mechanism for passengers who pick up and drop off to the suburbs, because it still costs a lot of gas to return to the city.

Q: OK, are there any other features that need to be improved?

A: That's not true.

Q: Where do you think Didi is more competitive than taxis?

A: If Didi, it's free. I used to drive a taxi in Guangzhou for more than ten years. I went back to Bazhong for a year, and I switched to Didi not long ago.

Q: How much is it if you rent it?

A: Actually, the two platforms are similar, but they are basically the same after drawing. (If I remember correctly, the driver said it was about 20%. )

Q: Then why did you choose to open Didi?

A: You should be more free than renting a house, and there won't be those restrictions.

Q: (Chatting) Didi is not easy to earn now. There were quite a lot of subsidies before.

A: Yes, there is no subsidy now, and it is high.

Q: (in response to the sigh) @ ...... &; *, thanks, master. Goodbye, master.

(Arrive, end)

Refine:

Driver's identity: full-time Didi driver, with rich experience as a taxi driver before.

Driver's City: Bazhong, the first five-line city in Sichuan, is the center of Bazhou District, which is a large municipal district with a population of about 750,000.

Average daily income of drivers of Didi Platform: about 300 yuan (excluding fuel consumption, platform billing and other costs), and daily driving time is about 10 hour.

General situation of drivers: less orders, more short trips, and much farther to the city center.

The driver's main appeal to Didi driver: Because many passengers are going to places far away from the city center, they hope to have the function of return subsidy to make up for the increased cost of returning to meet guests after seeing them off.

Reference:

China City New Rating List _ Baidu Encyclopedia

Bazhou District _ Baidu Encyclopedia