1. The short answer
Car Share is for sharing what a trip already costs, not for selling rides. A driver who is going somewhere anyway offers the empty seats, and the people who fill them help pay for the fuel, tolls and wear on the car. Drivers must not make a profit.
Once you build around that idea, taking a cut of the money makes no sense. So we don’t.
2. How paying works
- You see the price per seat before you request a ride.
- You pay the driver in cash when you are picked up.
- At the end of the trip you confirm the cash you paid, and the driver confirms the cash they received.
- Car Share never collects, holds or processes the money, and takes no commission.
There is no card to add, no wallet to top up and nothing for the driver to withdraw. Cash is all you need.
3. Why no commission
Everything a passenger pays goes to the driver, towards the cost of the trip. If we took a percentage, one of two things would happen: prices would rise to cover it, or drivers would recover less of their fuel. Neither helps people share rides.
It also keeps us clear about what we are. Car Share connects people. It is not the carrier, and the driver chooses the route because they are going there anyway.
4. The cap keeps prices fair
With no cut to protect, prices can follow one simple rule. The most a driver may ask per seat is the distance multiplied by a fixed rate. In Malawi that rate is MK 130 per km:
- Area 47 to City Centre, 8 km: up to MK 1,040 a seat.
- Area 25 to City Centre, 12 km: up to MK 1,560 a seat.
- Liwonde to Limbe, 115 km: up to MK 14,950 a seat.
The app blocks any price above the cap, and many drivers ask less. Try your own route with the fair-price calculator.
5. A clear record for drivers
Cash does not mean no record. Every trip goes into the driver’s cost-share ledger with the cap it stayed within, so drivers can see what they recovered and that each trip stayed within the cap. A shared ride is cost recovery, not income.
6. In short
Cash to the driver, no commission and a legal cap on every seat. It keeps shared rides cheap for passengers, fair for drivers and simple for everyone. For the numbers behind it, read How sharing your daily ride cuts commute costs in Lilongwe.
