4 Jul 17
News

Sharemine lets SMEs manage their own shared mobility

If you manage the mobility needs of a club or even an SME, you may think that professional ridesharing and carsharing tools are beyond your means. Think again: Omoove has just launched Sharemine, an online platform aimed specifically at small to medium-sized communities and companies.

“Our aims is to make best-of-breed technology available at the level of community managers and small and medium-sized companies”, says Edwin Maria Colella, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Omoove.

“For example: you run a gym, and you want a tool for members to book a shared vehicle to go to events. Or you are a car dealer and want to monetise your stock by renting out a number of units. You can even use Sharemine to organise peer-to-peer carsharing”.

Like Wordpress for web content, Sharemine works on the freemium model: a basic service is provided for free, extra functionality comes at a small cost. The basis of the system is a tracking device that is either installed or already present in the vehicle.

Omoove is a subsidiary of Octo Telematics. Octo is the world's largest insurance telematics company, with 5 million connected users and the world's largest telematics database, with over 155 billion driving miles collected and 397,000 crashes and other insurance events analysed.

Sharemine allows communities, small companies and even individuals to build and monitor carsharing and ridesharing communities. It has a fully configurable dashboard that allows booking and tracking of vehicles, drivers and riders, as well as revenue. The system also allows the inclusion of insurance telematics to encourage safe driving.

SMEs in particular can benefit from Sharemine, as an alternative to more expensive proprietary technology. Sharemine allows fleet operators to track their vehicles, monitor usage and wear and tear. Companies or communities moving beyond Rideshare's freemium offer can expect to pay between €5 and €30 per month per vehicle, depending on the range of services and the number of users.

Omoove says Sharemine is ideal for communities or companies with up to 10,000 members (or employees), sharing up to 50 vehicles. For larger organisations or fleets, Omoove has more complex and scalable platform available, like MyCarShare and MyRideShare.

Omoove is currently training the first Community Managers for Sharemine, which will be opened to the public from August.

Image: Omoove

Authored by: Frank Jacobs