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I think Sidecar lets each driver set their own rate. It would take a whole lot more than 1% of the fare to keep the system running though.

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Why would you say that?

Credit card processing itself cost 2.7%, on average.

So charge 1% over fees

Just managing disputes between rider and driver would cost more than that. Since you're the one running the credit cards, you're going to be on the hook for all chargebacks and fraud.

And are you going to vet drivers at all? Check that they have a license and insurance?

> Since you're the one running the credit cards, you're going to be on the hook for all chargebacks and fraud.

Who says you have to run credit cards? Users could pay the drivers cash, or the drivers could have their own Stripe readers or similar.

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