From Phone Calls to a Trusted Vehicle Marketplace
We redesigned the vehicle-hiring journey around discovery, trust, availability and booking — helping customers find the right vehicle without relying on scattered phone calls and informal contacts.
How might we turn an informal, phone-based process into a trusted marketplace?
Vehicle hiring spans private cars, microbuses, SUVs, pickups, vans, CNGs, motorcycles, buses and commercial vehicles, with or without a driver — but finding the right one often depends on knowing the right person, which fragments the market.
Fragmentation hurts both sides of the market
Hiring a vehicle shouldn’t depend on knowing the right phone number.
The market exists — but the experience is fragmented.
Goals across the whole marketplace
Customer Goals
- Find vehicles faster
- Discover nearby options
- Compare vehicles
- Understand pricing
- Verify providers
- Check availability
- Book confidently
- Track booking status
Provider Goals
- Receive qualified inquiries
- Manage vehicle listings
- Manage availability
- Receive bookings
- Build reputation
- Reduce repetitive calls
Marketplace Goals
- Increase successful bookings
- Build trust
- Improve search-to-booking conversion
- Create repeat usage
- Standardize vehicle information
- Build a scalable ecosystem
Understanding both sides of the marketplace
Customer interviews
- How users currently hire vehicles
- How many people they contact
- How they compare prices
- What makes them trust a provider
- What causes booking hesitation
Driver / owner interviews
- How they receive customers
- How they manage availability
- How they set pricing
- What causes booking conflicts
- How they handle cancellations
Market research
- Local vehicle-hiring behavior
- Existing rental platforms
- Social-media-based hiring
- Competitor apps
- Marketplace patterns
The biggest problem wasn’t finding a vehicle. It was knowing whether the vehicle was available, trustworthy and worth the price.
Four people the marketplace had to work for
Family Traveler
Needs a comfortable vehicle with driver for a family trip.
Business User
Needs reliable transportation for work.
Event Organizer
Needs multiple vehicles for an event.
Vehicle Owner / Driver
Wants to receive more qualified bookings.
From searching for contacts to searching for vehicles
Slow + fragmented + uncertain + difficult to compare
Location is part of the discovery model, not just a map feature
“Vehicles available near you.”
A powerful search, and a card built for comparison
Vehicle Type
- Car
- SUV
- Microbus
- Pickup
- Van
- Bus
- Motorcycle
Hiring Type
- With driver
- Self-drive
- Hourly
- Daily
- Long-term
- One-way
- Round trip
Location
- Nearby
- Pickup point
- Service area
Budget / Capacity / Date
- Price range
- Passenger count
- Date & time availability
Toyota Noah 2022
7 Seats · With Driver · Available Today
Trust as a major UX pillar, not an afterthought
Provider Verification
Driver Verification
Vehicle Verification
Verification claims should only appear if the underlying procedures actually exist.
Rahim Transport
Turns an anonymous phone number into a trustworthy marketplace identity.
Replacing negotiation uncertainty with pricing clarity
A simple flow that turns a booking into an ongoing experience
A two-sided marketplace, designed on both sides
Customer app and provider app, structured separately
Home
- Search
- Map
- Vehicle Listing
- Vehicle Details
- Provider Profile
- Booking
- Payment
- Bookings
- Messages
- Profile
Dashboard
- Vehicles
- Availability
- Bookings
- Earnings
- Reviews
- Messages
- Profile
Validating structure, then building a mobile-first system
The twelve screens that carry the marketplace
Home
Location-aware vehicle discovery.
UX: Vehicles available near you, before any typing.
Search
Trip details + vehicle requirements.
UX: Structured inputs replace an open-ended phone call.
Nearby Vehicles
Map + list experience.
UX: Location is part of discovery, not just a feature.
Vehicle Listing
Filterable marketplace.
UX: Cards built to compare options at a glance.
Vehicle Details
Complete vehicle information.
UX: Everything a phone call used to be needed for.
Provider Profile
Trust and reputation.
UX: Turns an anonymous number into a known identity.
Compare Vehicles
Compare price, capacity, features and ratings.
UX: A structured decision instead of five open chats.
Booking
Simple booking flow.
UX: Minimizes unnecessary steps end to end.
Price Breakdown
Transparent total pricing.
UX: Replaces negotiation uncertainty with clarity.
Booking Confirmation
Clear confirmation details.
UX: Everything the customer needs, in one place.
Live Booking Status
Driver / vehicle status.
UX: Visibility that a phone number never provided.
Provider Dashboard
Bookings, vehicles and earnings.
UX: Turns the marketplace into a two-sided product.
Phone Calls → Search · Contacts → Marketplace · Uncertainty → Visibility
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Phone calls | In-app marketplace |
| Personal contacts | Searchable providers |
| Unknown availability | Real-time / managed availability |
| Price negotiation | Transparent pricing |
| Unknown vehicle | Structured vehicle profile |
| Unknown driver | Verified provider profile |
| No reviews | Ratings & reviews |
| Manual booking | Digital booking |
| No tracking | Booking status |
| Scattered communication | Centralized messages |
| One-sided experience | Customer + provider ecosystem |
How trust compounds into growth
Discover → Trust → Compare → Decide → Book → Complete → Review → Rebook
Search-to-Detail Rate
How many users view a vehicle after searching.
Detail-to-Booking Rate
How many users book after viewing a vehicle.
Booking Completion
How many initiated bookings are successfully completed.
Search Time
How long users need to find a suitable vehicle.
Provider Response Rate
How quickly providers respond to booking requests.
Repeat Booking
How many customers return to hire again.
Expected impact
Why this matters to the people who'd actually run it
For Customers
Find and book the right vehicle without calling multiple people.
For Vehicle Owners
Turn your vehicle into a discoverable digital listing.
For Drivers
Manage availability, bookings and customers from one place.
For Marketplace Operators
Build a scalable vehicle-hiring ecosystem around trust, location and availability.
Future product opportunities, not existing functionality
Location-Aware Marketplace
Nearby vehicle discovery.
Digital Booking
Availability + booking + payment.
Trust Layer
Verification + reviews + reputation.
Smart Recommendations
Recommend vehicles by trip type, group size, budget and history.
AI Vehicle Assistant
“I need a comfortable 7-seater for 6 people, Dhaka to Cox's Bazar, two days.”
Fleet Intelligence
Demand insights, pricing insights and booking analytics for providers.
Discover → Verify → Compare → Book → Track → Review → Repeat
Discover
Make the right vehicle easy to find.
Verify
Make providers and vehicles more trustworthy.
Compare
Give users the information needed to decide.
Book
Remove friction from booking.
Track
Keep users informed after booking.
Review
Build marketplace reputation.
Repeat
Create a better long-term mobility experience.
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