In the first quarter of 2015,
Yandex.Taxi’s revenue tripled compared to the same period last year. This became known at the conference devoted to the results of the first quarter.
“The Yandex.Taxi service in the 1st quarter showed good results. We have improved the quality, entered new regions, retaining the fastest delivery time for such services, ”said Alexander Shulgin, general director of Yandex in Russia.
According
to the company's
financial report , Yandex.Taxi is included in the “other income” segment. While its size in comparison with the general income is very small. They brought only 2.2% of total revenue.
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In the first quarter, “other revenues” increased by 163% and amounted to 276 million rubles. And the total revenue of the company increased by 13%. "Megamind" today
wrote about it.
The Yandex.Taxi service earns commissions from taxis. RBC sources
report that in December last year it accounted for 9% of revenue.
The main competitors of the service are Israeli
GetTaxi and American
Uber . They also make a profit from the commission. In Russia, Uber has set a commission of 20%. The GetTaxi commission in December 2014 was 15% excluding VAT.
It is worth noting that GetTaxi
plans to significantly increase profits through business expansion. The company made a rebranding, and in the near future GetTaxi will turn into Gett - a service that can meet all the daily needs of customers.