Interesting project!
I did some homework and I wanna say - joining crypto and trucking looks promising.
Wanna contribute, so somebody from tech team please PM me.
Topic: [ANN] Doft – a new uber of trucking is announcing $50M ICO - page 6. (Read 5274 times)
Great news!
Our customer's base and community is growing daily.
Our startup has been in this space for 2 years and manages to build an awesome product which is live now and used by real truckers and shippers.
We connect direct truck drivers and freight shippers and let them book a truck in seconds.
There are some companies which are trying to disrupt trucking market - one of the biggest markets in US economy and still the market is very fragmented with no market leader.
With your support and contributions Doft is going to disrupt trucking market and beat all the competitors in this space including Convoy, Trucker Path, Uber and Amazon.
We have the resources and we have the will to change how the market works by connecting shippers and tickets directly like Uber connects passengers and cabs.
Doftcoins will be the single currency within the app. Doft will start paying out its drivers with DOFTCOINS which WILL BE TRADABLE at major stock exchanges.
All the contributors will be able to change Doftcoins to any other cryptocurrency and other fiat currency soon after the ICO.
Doft will launch the buy back program and will be buying back 5% of all Doftcoins in the circulation. This will support Doftcoin during first days after the start of trading.
Our Pre-ICO goal is 13,333 ETH or aprox. $3.9M.
Our customer's base and community is growing daily.
Our startup has been in this space for 2 years and manages to build an awesome product which is live now and used by real truckers and shippers.
We connect direct truck drivers and freight shippers and let them book a truck in seconds.
There are some companies which are trying to disrupt trucking market - one of the biggest markets in US economy and still the market is very fragmented with no market leader.
With your support and contributions Doft is going to disrupt trucking market and beat all the competitors in this space including Convoy, Trucker Path, Uber and Amazon.
We have the resources and we have the will to change how the market works by connecting shippers and tickets directly like Uber connects passengers and cabs.
Doftcoins will be the single currency within the app. Doft will start paying out its drivers with DOFTCOINS which WILL BE TRADABLE at major stock exchanges.
All the contributors will be able to change Doftcoins to any other cryptocurrency and other fiat currency soon after the ICO.
Doft will launch the buy back program and will be buying back 5% of all Doftcoins in the circulation. This will support Doftcoin during first days after the start of trading.
Our Pre-ICO goal is 13,333 ETH or aprox. $3.9M.
Hi guys!
I’d like to share some background of Doft starting from the idea.
I hope it will be interesting for you.
The Idea
The idea appeared almost 2 years ago. Alia (our co-founder) has friends in Chicago, Illinois. Husband works as a truck driver. And wife is sitting at home with a child.
He works as so called ‘owner operator’. It means that he is employed truck driver of the trucking company but in fact he searches for shipment orders by himself and pay % fee to the company.
And we discovered that those kind of work requires 2 people. His wife worked at home 4-5 hours a day. She was looking for shipment orders (‘loads’ in trucking), doing paperwork, managing payments etc.
You can imagine taxi company with 1 taxi driver and 1 dispatcher - it was the same.
We saw a big opportunity. We wanted to create software product that would instantly match shippers and truck drivers, do all paperwork and finance. In fact we wanted to replace the wife of owner operator
- save her time for playing with her daughter and any home affairs.
Preparation
We were 3 founders - 2 IT guys with 15 years experience in IT area and 1 PR and Marketing professional. How to start working in trucking - absolutely new industry for us that we know nothing about.
As experiment on 1 January 2016 we acquired US Freight Broker license and started operation as old-school trucking broker. Using phone, email and fax we started matching shippers (companies that pay for cargo movement) with motor-carriers (companies that move cargo).
It was difficult and tricky at the beginning but after a while we started to move loads pretty successfully. Size of the industry and huge perspectives even more inspired us during that period.
Implementation
At the end of the summer 2016 we decided to start creation of our own iPhone App.
First version of the product we made by ourselves without employees.
We were selected from 6000 perspective projects and invited to Y Combinator. But at that time we had working prototype not presented at AppStore and no customers at all - so we didn’t pass last interview.
At the end of 2016 we released mobile App and started to acquire first customers. At that time we started our PreSeed investment round. Talking to angel investors and VCs we discovered that many of them shared our thoughts. Almost all of them told us the same thing - that revolution in logistics is coming. Similar to revolution in taxi transportation started by Uber. And all that is heating up by self-driving cars researches.
We closed preSeed round and started to grow our customers base at the same time improving our product. Now we have Android App and actively working on web-version. Mobile App suits better for small customers like owner operators, small shippers. Web-version is needed to cover medium and large customers like motor carrier companies, brokers, big shippers.
Since we started our project we receive requests from different countries - like Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Canada, China. People are asking us to start the same kind of startup in their countries. We decided that it is too early for us to do that now. We need to take stronger position in US first. But with the help of the universal coins economy, it became possible to develop in this direction much faster. Adding the opportunity to mine our coins while you drive (when mobile App opened and ready to accept orders) we will start to grow our drivers community much and much faster.
I believe that we are in the right place at the right time. The trucking industry is very old-school but it is ready for innovations.
Thank you for reading this!
Sergey Zaturanov
CTO and Founder of Doft
I’d like to share some background of Doft starting from the idea.
I hope it will be interesting for you.
The Idea
The idea appeared almost 2 years ago. Alia (our co-founder) has friends in Chicago, Illinois. Husband works as a truck driver. And wife is sitting at home with a child.
He works as so called ‘owner operator’. It means that he is employed truck driver of the trucking company but in fact he searches for shipment orders by himself and pay % fee to the company.
And we discovered that those kind of work requires 2 people. His wife worked at home 4-5 hours a day. She was looking for shipment orders (‘loads’ in trucking), doing paperwork, managing payments etc.
You can imagine taxi company with 1 taxi driver and 1 dispatcher - it was the same.
We saw a big opportunity. We wanted to create software product that would instantly match shippers and truck drivers, do all paperwork and finance. In fact we wanted to replace the wife of owner operator
- save her time for playing with her daughter and any home affairs. Preparation
We were 3 founders - 2 IT guys with 15 years experience in IT area and 1 PR and Marketing professional. How to start working in trucking - absolutely new industry for us that we know nothing about.
As experiment on 1 January 2016 we acquired US Freight Broker license and started operation as old-school trucking broker. Using phone, email and fax we started matching shippers (companies that pay for cargo movement) with motor-carriers (companies that move cargo).
It was difficult and tricky at the beginning but after a while we started to move loads pretty successfully. Size of the industry and huge perspectives even more inspired us during that period.
Implementation
At the end of the summer 2016 we decided to start creation of our own iPhone App.
First version of the product we made by ourselves without employees.
We were selected from 6000 perspective projects and invited to Y Combinator. But at that time we had working prototype not presented at AppStore and no customers at all - so we didn’t pass last interview.
At the end of 2016 we released mobile App and started to acquire first customers. At that time we started our PreSeed investment round. Talking to angel investors and VCs we discovered that many of them shared our thoughts. Almost all of them told us the same thing - that revolution in logistics is coming. Similar to revolution in taxi transportation started by Uber. And all that is heating up by self-driving cars researches.
We closed preSeed round and started to grow our customers base at the same time improving our product. Now we have Android App and actively working on web-version. Mobile App suits better for small customers like owner operators, small shippers. Web-version is needed to cover medium and large customers like motor carrier companies, brokers, big shippers.
Since we started our project we receive requests from different countries - like Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Canada, China. People are asking us to start the same kind of startup in their countries. We decided that it is too early for us to do that now. We need to take stronger position in US first. But with the help of the universal coins economy, it became possible to develop in this direction much faster. Adding the opportunity to mine our coins while you drive (when mobile App opened and ready to accept orders) we will start to grow our drivers community much and much faster.
I believe that we are in the right place at the right time. The trucking industry is very old-school but it is ready for innovations.
Thank you for reading this!
Sergey Zaturanov
CTO and Founder of Doft
difference between cartaxi and doft?
This is a good one. Good question.
Here you go:
- CarTaxi: operating car towing platform on blockchain
- Doft: on-demand freight matching platform on blockhain which instantly matches truck drivers and direct shippers
The answer is simple - Doft is for trucks and CarTaxi for towing. Different spaces and market.
Only US Trucking market counting $800B yearly and growing by 8% per year reaching $1.5B by 2025
Thank You!
Thank all the contributers for the support!
Let us create a community and change the trucking industry together!
difference between cartaxi and doft?
This is a good one. Good question.
Here you go:
- CarTaxi: operating car towing platform on blockchain
- Doft: on-demand freight matching platform on blockhain which instantly matches truck drivers and direct shippers
The answer is simple - Doft is for trucks and CarTaxi for towing. Different spaces and market.
Only US Trucking market counting $800B yearly and growing by 8% per year reaching $1.5B by 2025
So many envious trolls here, I wonder how much free time do some people have. My recommendation to some CEOs of competetive trucking apps (who can't even disclose their names) - pay more attention to your own business and make it better. What's your cool app name?
Please share so we all can compare and evaluate.
Doft is being used by many truck drivers in USA and especially owner operators. The average age is smth around 50 and most of them are excited bout Doft and we can share real reviews from real owner operators - you may check them.
We have a strong team in trucking and IT. Our investors really invested $500K in Pre-Seed round and we have a proof - account in Silicon Valley Bank. Interested parties, who want to check it, please send eqnuiries to me directly: [email protected]
Regards,
Dmitri Fedorchenko
CEO of Doft, Inc.
Please share so we all can compare and evaluate.
Doft is being used by many truck drivers in USA and especially owner operators. The average age is smth around 50 and most of them are excited bout Doft and we can share real reviews from real owner operators - you may check them.
We have a strong team in trucking and IT. Our investors really invested $500K in Pre-Seed round and we have a proof - account in Silicon Valley Bank. Interested parties, who want to check it, please send eqnuiries to me directly: [email protected]
Regards,
Dmitri Fedorchenko
CEO of Doft, Inc.
difference between cartaxi and doft?
This is a good one. Good question.
Here you go:
- CarTaxi: operating car towing platform on blockchain
- Doft: on-demand freight matching platform on blockhain which instantly matches truck drivers and direct shippers
The answer is simple - Doft is for trucks and CarTaxi for towing. Different spaces and market.
Only US Trucking market counting $800B yearly and growing by 8% per year reaching $1.5B by 2025
After sending out ether will we get the tokens immediately in our wallet or you will send it out later after the ICO?
You receive tokens immediately
difference between cartaxi and doft?
After sending out ether will we get the tokens immediately in our wallet or you will send it out later after the ICO?
Really great tactics!
Trying to drown the competitor's project instead of doing some great product yourself
I do understand that you afraid of competition, that's fine.
But, being the "CEO of a trucking app" - such posts is the worst way to act
Trying to drown the competitor's project instead of doing some great product yourself
I do understand that you afraid of competition, that's fine.
But, being the "CEO of a trucking app" - such posts is the worst way to act
Here is the biggest question..If DOFT is successful like they claim..Why are they doing an ICO and not traditional funding from a VC or a real angel investor? If you look at crunch base your investor pool is no name investors (Are they real?) can you show 120k check or wire depositing into your company bank account?
https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/4c29406afe0033eba0886477b95fbc7a
If you copy what other people do and not innovate...how do you expect to win and provide a ROI? You surely can't win a pricing war with your competitors since they have 100s of million in funding (in the case of Uber Billions). Most importantly..Truck drivers want cash in the form of a FIAT currency.. The average age for a truck driver is 55+ ...now why would a 55+ year old man or woman want to risk financial hardship so close to retirement? The short answer THEY WON'T
WHAT MAKES DOFT DIFFERENT? Short answer..NOTHING.
Full disclosure: I'm the CEO of a trucking app that actually innovates and builds business through handshakes, road trips, and cold calling. No scrapping here!!!
I could be a dick and share feedback on DOFT from a few VC's and Angels that they spoke with, but I would prefer they do the right thing and end this Fraud ICO (Return any funds received).
https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/4c29406afe0033eba0886477b95fbc7a
If you copy what other people do and not innovate...how do you expect to win and provide a ROI? You surely can't win a pricing war with your competitors since they have 100s of million in funding (in the case of Uber Billions). Most importantly..Truck drivers want cash in the form of a FIAT currency.. The average age for a truck driver is 55+ ...now why would a 55+ year old man or woman want to risk financial hardship so close to retirement? The short answer THEY WON'T
WHAT MAKES DOFT DIFFERENT? Short answer..NOTHING.
Full disclosure: I'm the CEO of a trucking app that actually innovates and builds business through handshakes, road trips, and cold calling. No scrapping here!!!
I could be a dick and share feedback on DOFT from a few VC's and Angels that they spoke with, but I would prefer they do the right thing and end this Fraud ICO (Return any funds received).
So, how is the 5% mined. I dont see any pools for this token.
BHTeam, this is a very good question!
We have minted in total 10% of coins and reserved them for:
A. 5% (2.5M DFC) - Mining
B. 5% (2.5M DFC) - Bounty Campaign
5,000,000 of Dofcoins (DFC) have been already minted and reserved. They are stored in one pool but amount is limited for different purposes A) and B).
Bounties will be paid out right After the ICO.
Mining will be available soon after the ICO. It is not yet implemented but I promise you that mining will be available for all truck drivers in Doft app early next Year.
In case if we reach Pre-Sale goal: 13,333ETH then we will implement Mining much faster - during main ICO round in November-December this year.
Regads,
Dmitri F.
CEO of Doft, Inc.
So, how is the 5% mined. I dont see any pools for this token.
The question about factoring was asked.
We do pay our drivers within 24 hours after the BOL is received.
We also partner with VHI - one of the oldest logistics companies in the USA, They help us with the load factoring.
We do pay our drivers within 24 hours after the BOL is received.
We also partner with VHI - one of the oldest logistics companies in the USA, They help us with the load factoring.
You can say all the same about Uber - go buy yourself a similar product online. More power to ya. You know the answer - IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! To create a product like Uber or Doft you need to work your butt off with a prof technical team.
Talking about scrapping - It is easy
1 We have our devoted shipper partners. Hundreds of them. They post their loads with our App.
2 We do have integration with major TMS systems - so we do have loads from there.
No scrapping needed.
And for those who calls us old-fashioned and non-innovative - we are the 1st really on demand service for truckers and shippers to appear on the market of Full truck load.
You can do your due dilligence research.
We have been asked to disclose our revenues and so on. OK we never do it on public.
But if you are interested in contributing - just send an email to our team [email protected].
We will chat personally!
1 We have our devoted shipper partners. Hundreds of them. They post their loads with our App.
2 We do have integration with major TMS systems - so we do have loads from there.
No scrapping needed.
And for those who calls us old-fashioned and non-innovative - we are the 1st really on demand service for truckers and shippers to appear on the market of Full truck load.
You can do your due dilligence research.
We have been asked to disclose our revenues and so on. OK we never do it on public.
But if you are interested in contributing - just send an email to our team [email protected].
We will chat personally!
So, how much do they pay you for coming here and trolling Doft? It's not proffessional to promote a competitor in your neighbor wife's bed.
It's not proffessional to promote a competitor in your neighbor wife's bed.
Sure Doft may look like the companies you have mentioned.
BUT...
Doft has developed the App long before uber for freight boom began.
And concerning the feedback there is a great way to check.
Download our app and make sure how it works yourself.
Therealdriver - you really do not seem real. You seem to be a competitor.
It's been said that our founders have no experience. You can check our team and make sure, that our team members have such experience in logistics and IT, that 1 human's life is not enough to measure.
check https://doft.com/startup
BUT...
Doft has developed the App long before uber for freight boom began.
And concerning the feedback there is a great way to check.
Download our app and make sure how it works yourself.
Therealdriver - you really do not seem real. You seem to be a competitor.
It's been said that our founders have no experience. You can check our team and make sure, that our team members have such experience in logistics and IT, that 1 human's life is not enough to measure.
check https://doft.com/startup
Interesting, it seems to be a very promising long-term project, but I need more information about ICO, I hope dev give more detail about this project, good luck
they are just scraping loads form old system, their adoption is fake, drivers and shippers are years and years away form using a coin, Doft are just using the old system to make money, they are not solving any real problems for the shippers or drivers. Don't waste your money on them!Event though the post is so simple, but i think that this project is really interesting.
- So when will the ICO started?
- Will you open some bounties?
- So when will the ICO started?
- Will you open some bounties?
Pre-Sale starts September 20th 12:00pm GMT.
yes Bounty Campaign is open - you will earn 5% of all Doftcoins your referees have purchased. Please get a Referral ID here: https://doft.com/investor-relations
Hello!
Does your company work only in the USA or also in other countries?
If only in the USA, are you going to scale? Most likely in the country there are no problems with the cost of sending and the currency that you pay.
But if the work takes place in different countries, then there really is a need for a crypto currency.
Does your company work only in the USA or also in other countries?
If only in the USA, are you going to scale? Most likely in the country there are no problems with the cost of sending and the currency that you pay.
But if the work takes place in different countries, then there really is a need for a crypto currency.
Thank you for your question!
Now we are working in the USA. But we are going to scale. That is why we launch the cryptocurrency.
btw, join our bounty campaign!
1 What do you call "scrap from the old system"?
Sure the loads will never appear from nowhere - yes we accept loads from the old - school shippers. What is innovative in our project, you may ask.
a - The direct load publishing. The Info regarding the loads goes straight to the truck drivers.
b - Realtime tracking system for the shippers.
c - Prediction system for the drivers, which is able to offer a backhaul from any part of the country short after the load is accepted.
2 What do you mean when you say we do not solve problems?
a - There is a problem - Brokers and shippers pay 14 to 60 days from the delivery date. They ask a fee for a Quickpay. We pay 24 hours after the load is delivered with no additional charge.
b - There is a problem - Drivers move empty about 30% of their time. We solve this problem by offering backhaul loads.
c - There is a problem of unscheduled shipments for the manufacturers, or so called HOT loads for the Brokers. Our service is on demand and it sure helps to solve this problem.
d - We also save time for both parties - and that means we are more effective. This saves money.
Why do we launch our cryptocurrency?
a - It will help us grow. I mean scaling to Canada and Mexico and so on.
b - It will help to save on banking commissions.
c - It will increase the transaction speed.
Sure, it is for you to decide, whether to contribute to Doft or not.
Doft is a company with the real-estate background, so Doftcoin will be backed by our services.
1. Do you offer freight factoring to cover the cost of unpaid invoices? You may know that most shippers do not pay invoices until they receive the original BOL copy.
2. How do you mitigate deadhead miles when you have little to no loads available on your app?
3. Are you bonded? It looks like your MC# is expired...
4.What is your margin? Can you sustain profit...
5. Why would you scale to Canada and Mexico...If you can't scale across the US?
6.Do you think any shipping company in the US will use a crypto coin as a form of currency? I can answer that for you...
7. How do you validate drivers?
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