>> there's no network effect or immediacy required
If there's enough "shared trips"[1] , there's a network effect.And actually the lack of immediacy makes more shared trips combinations possible.That's on the customers side.
And on the drivers side - more drivers you'll get, more competition, but also more trucks that are spread through space and time - which would help in finding an optimal driver - with the shortest distance to the next job , and with the end point of that job closer to "home".
> It's not a simple push-button order
Why ?
[1]Or even close to share trips - drive from A to B , and from somewhere near-B to C .Also shared trips could be less-than-truckload and that's probably why they aim at small/medium business first.
If there's enough "shared trips"[1] , there's a network effect.And actually the lack of immediacy makes more shared trips combinations possible.That's on the customers side.
And on the drivers side - more drivers you'll get, more competition, but also more trucks that are spread through space and time - which would help in finding an optimal driver - with the shortest distance to the next job , and with the end point of that job closer to "home".
> It's not a simple push-button order
Why ?
[1]Or even close to share trips - drive from A to B , and from somewhere near-B to C .Also shared trips could be less-than-truckload and that's probably why they aim at small/medium business first.