🎬 What is GYT?
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🚗 What GYT consists of
- Rider booking in 3 taps: The map opens on the rider's location, they tap “Where to?”, pick a place and see fixed prices for Go, Comfort and XL upfront, then tap Book. Name and number are asked once; house number is optional. Repeat bookings take 3 taps.
- Mitchells Plain pickups only: Pickups outside Mitchells Plain are blocked on the page and by the server. Drop-off (and 1 stop) can be anywhere.
- Meet your driver + live tracking: Driver photo, car and plate, ETA, and the trip on a live map. A 4-digit start code makes sure the rider gets in the right car.
- 🆘 SOS + share my trip: Red SOS button during the trip: call 10111 or 112, or share the trip on WhatsApp with a live map link (no phone numbers shown). SOS shows as a red alert on the admin board.
- Cancel / no-show fee: Free to cancel before a driver accepts and for 2 minutes after. Later cancels and no-shows (after the driver waits 5 min) add a fee to the rider's next trip. Fee and wait time set by Denzil in Settings.
- Tipping: Riders tip R10, R20 or R50 after the trip, 100% to the driver.
- Driver sign-up: New drivers apply on their own link with car details and document photos (ID, licence, PrDP, licence disc, car). Denzil approves them on the admin board.
- Driver app: Own PIN, go online, sound + phone alert for new rides, “You earn R__” shown before accepting, no acceptance-rate penalty, today's earnings and tips, goal ring and badges, fuel + car care reminders and the Driver Academy.
- Admin board + live tracker: Every booking and driver on one screen and a map. Approve applications, add or remove drivers, change fares and settings, see SOS alerts, export bookings.
- 📊 Usage tab: Visits, devices, searches, prices seen, bookings, completed and cancelled, driver logins, booking funnel and busy areas. No personal details tracked.
- Dispatch to WhatsApp: App drivers get the first chance. If no driver accepts in 3 minutes, the rider gets a “📲 WhatsApp dispatch now” button with all details filled in.
- Email alerts: Every new booking (and every “no driver yet” after 3 minutes) is emailed to the dispatch inbox.
- Fares: Denzil's own fixed price table: R40 inside the same area, set prices between Mitchells Plain areas (peak, off-peak and after hours) and a fixed price list to places outside. XL is the trip price + R30. Every price can be changed on the admin board.
- Works like an app: Riders and drivers tap “Add to Home screen”. No app store, no download, light on data.
- Directory link: “Need a ride? GYT” button on the Mitchells Plain pages of the Cape Flats Local directory.
🚦 Go-live steps + timeline
✅ Done, live now
- Rider booking page, driver app, admin board + tracker: live now
- WhatsApp dispatch + email alerts on every booking
- Flat rate inside Mitchells Plain, per km outside
- House number box
- “Need a ride? GYT” on the directory
🛣️ The road to go-live
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Day 1 📍 WE ARE HEREDenzil confirms the fares, which areas count as Mitchells Plain, and the dispatch WhatsApp number. We change the admin PIN to his own.
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Days 2–5Drivers sign up on the “Drive with GYT” link, we approve them, each driver adds the app to his home screen and does one test ride.
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Days 5–7Soft launch: Facebook posts in Mitchells Plain groups, Google Business Profile, drivers share their own link.
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Optional, 1–3 daysOwn web address (e.g. gyt.co.za) connected to the app.
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Before going bigOperating licence + PrDP for drivers: check with the Western Cape transport regulator. unverified, and the timing is the regulator's, not ours.
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Real riders on the roadGYT live in Mitchells Plain.
Realistic: about 7 days to real riders, once Denzil confirms his fares and has 2–3 drivers ready.
📦 Package price
Setup (once-off)Fares, areas, dispatch number, drivers loaded, trainingR2,500
MaintenanceHosting care, fixes, changes. Month 1 freeR1,500/m from day 31
Marketing (optional)Dee posting for bigger reach + more riders+R500/m
Contract: billed month-to-month, minimum 3 months.
Starter
R1,500 /month · first month free
- The app: rider, driver, admin board, tracker
- WhatsApp dispatch + email alerts
- Setup + fixes
- Directory listing
ManagementR1,500/m from day 31
Exit package (optional)R65,000
✅ Choose StarterGrowth
R3,500 /month · first month R2,000
Month 1: the R1,500 maintenance is free, you only pay the R2,000 difference for the extra work.
- Everything in Starter
- Marketing: Facebook group posts, Google Business Profile
- Driver onboarding + referral links
- Monthly check-in
Full
Price on request
- Everything in Growth
- More posting + flyers designed
- Monthly report: bookings, drivers, top areas
ManagementR1,500/m from day 31
Exit package (optional)R65,000
✅ Choose Full🎁 Exit package (optional)
If GYT ever moves to another host or his own developer, he gets GYT as a “business in a box”, so his developer can run it without starting from zero.
- Full source code of GYT (rider, driver, admin, server, database), cleaned of passwords and keys
- Handover guide for his developer: how it is built, how to put it on his own Cloudflare account, where fares, dispatch number and email are set
- SOPs: daily dispatch, adding drivers, changing fares, no-driver and cancellations, weekly + monthly checks, backups
- Export of his data: drivers and bookings
- 1-page “GYT Business-in-a-Box” summary
- One 2-hour handover call with his developer + 30 days of questions on WhatsApp
Exit packageLicence to run, change and host GYT for his own ride businessR65,000
Why: building an app like GYT from scratch in South Africa is roughly R90,000–R150,000 (quick-MVP band at one SA developer, 120–200 hours; source). Freelance developers charge R250–R750 an hour, agencies R450–R1,200 (source). Full native taxi apps are quoted at R240,000+ (source). The exit package costs about a quarter of a rebuild, and his developer can start in hours instead of months. Terms in a short written agreement.
⚖️ Licence note
Paid passenger transport (e-hailing) generally needs an operating licence from the Western Cape transport regulator and a PrDP for each driver. Unverified: check the current rules with the regulator. Drivers on GYT are independent.
📲 Ready Facebook post
For Mitchells Plain community groups. Copy, paste, post.
🚕 Need a lift in Mitchells Plain? GYT (Get Your Transport) is Mitchells Plain's own ride app, with local drivers. ✅ Book on your phone in under a minute ✅ Flat rate for trips inside Mitchells Plain ✅ See your fare before you book ✅ See your driver coming on the map ✅ Pay your driver cash 👉 Book here: https://gyt-rides.pages.dev/?ref=fb Tip: open the link and tap "Add to Home screen", then GYT sits on your phone like an app. No app store, no download. Got a car and want to drive with GYT? Open the link and tap "Drive with GYT". #MitchellsPlain #GYT #CapeFlats #CapeTown