Dinkum Ride, a Ride Share company truly benefitting the Aussies

Western Australia, and soon the nation, welcomes the arrival of Dinkum Ride – the first all-Aussie ride-share company determined to put Australians back in the fair-work driver’s seat.

A new rideshare app already launched in Western Australia and ready to launch in other states is delivering its drivers the highest commission rates and pledging 10% of its profits to charities supporting homelessness across the country- now that’s fair Dinkum!

This latest rideshare technology is putting drivers and Aussies back in the driver’s seat, providing fairer working conditions and higher commission rates. By keeping its funds and taxes within the country, Dinkum Ride is making its contribution to the Australian economy. 

On the other hand, tech giant Uber were found to have made a gross profit of $785m providing ride and meal services to Australians but ended up paying only $8.5m in company tax, indirectly resulting in opportunity loss for the Australian Government, impacting the nation’s economy.

According to the last Census(2016), 9,005 people were experiencing homelessness in WA, with a total of 116,427 homeless people nationally. Tackling the issue in classic Aussie-style, Dinkum Ride drivers and passengers have the opportunity to vote for their preferred homelessness charities, which then builds a list of Australian-recommended charities to receive regular donations from Dinkum Rides’ profit.

Rajesh Vuppala, founder of Dinkum Ride: “There are approximately 15 million rides in WA per year alone. WA offers a huge space for personal travel and a great demand for Aussie job opportunities. We wanted to create a technology that not only supported Australians to get back in the driver’s seat when it comes to earning but also plays an active role in giving back to the community after a tough year.”

Since its launch in December 2020, Dinkum Ride has already expanded to more than 700 drivers, as its true-blue value of Aussie fairness welcomes opportunities for old and new rideshare drivers. Career instability has been at an all-time high in the wake of 2020, and while WA has popular offshore rideshare companies, Uber and Didi, running full steam ahead to provide work for Australians, DinkumRide enters the market offering the highest commission rates on record.

We vow in treating our drivers as part of the family’ which is the true Aussie way to run a successful business.

Some competing ride share apps penalise drivers for not meeting high quotas of rides, late acceptance of jobs, or failing to show the driver the final destination until they accept that journey, which can often blindly lead drivers into a route they don’t want to take.

We believe these small actions can often see drivers treated like employees when then the reasons for choosing a ride-share career are independence, flexibility and choices around the wat they work.

Gurnam Singh, co-founder of Dinkum Ride:

After the Covid-19 crisis, structured and strategic initiatives are necessary to cope up with the current challenging times where global economies have taken a huge toll and continue to be at risk moving forward.

I have always believed in putting in the efforts that ultimately bring some favourable changes in the community.

So the vision we have created with DinkumRide is to help boost the economic growth in our country by creating job opportunities.

Our main approach is to be transparent with the drivers by providing them with a huge 85% of every fare and contributing 10% of its profits to charity initiatives supporting homelessness across Australia.
This is a rideshare app with a difference. Made in Australia, DinkumRide is committed to its journey of improving the welfare of local rideshare drivers, without jeopardising the rider experience.”

About Dinkum Ride:

Dinkum Ride is the ride share app with a difference: it’s the only app built by Australians, for Australians. With Dinkum Ride, Australia finally has a rideshare company that puts people before profit, gives its drivers a fair go, and puts safety first. Since launching in Perth in late 2020, Dinkum Ride has been focussed on its mission to putpeople first, with 10% of the company’s profit pledged to charities working on homelessness across Australia.