Pinche Dashi

What Pinche Dashi does

Pinche Dashi (拼车大师), operated by 灏众科技 (Haozhong Technology), is a Chinese carpooling information and dispatch platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Yibin, Sichuan. The platform connects passengers traveling between cities and towns with local fleet operators offering shared rides and chartered vehicles, covering 1,151 cities and approximately 11,142 daily fleet operations across at least 15 provinces including Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tibet. Customers discover routes via city-specific landing pages on pinchedashi.com or WeChat search and complete bookings by calling route-specific dispatch phone numbers (e.g., 13080301481 for Xinzhou-area routes), with no native mobile app.

The underlying technology is a low-overhead dispatch coordination system rather than a software product: the platform does not publish an API, SDK, or mobile application, and matching is handled manually via phone-based dispatch. Per-person intercity fares range from 15 RMB (Pengshan-Meishan) to 800 RMB (Chengdu-Lhasa), with chartered vehicle bookings priced at roughly 4x the per-person rate. The business model is a transaction-fee / commission structure on completed bookings, with no disclosed enterprise contracts, subscription tiers, or B2B revenue. Revenue is not publicly reported.

Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and route-by-route: SEO-optimized landing pages for each city-pair capture top-of-funnel traffic, WeChat search provides ecosystem-native discovery, and dispatch phone numbers convert bottom-of-funnel intent. The company's competitive positioning targets intercity and small-city travel corridors that are underserved by major ride-hailing apps focused on intra-urban transport. The platform's value proposition rests on coverage breadth, phone-based accessibility for non-app users, and dual shared/private ride options.

Name

Pinche Dashi

Legal name

灏众科技

Website

https://pinchedashi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Pinche Dashi (拼车大师) is a Chinese carpooling phone-dispatch platform connecting individual intercity travelers with local fleet operators across 1,151 cities via website listings and route-specific phone numbers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intercity Ride-Sharing / Carpooling

NAICS

Taxi and Ridesharing Services (485310)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTLAFAIAK

Intercity / Long-Distance Ride-Hailing & Carpool Platforms

Transportation & Logistics/Passenger Transportation (Air, Rail, Bus, Taxi/Rideshare)/Rideshare & Ride-Hailing Platforms (TNCs)

SECONDARYBPAMAIAE

Ride-Hailing & Taxi Aggregation Platforms

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Travel, Mobility & Booking Platforms

SECONDARYTLAFAHAL

Shared Taxi / Ride-Pooling Taxi Operators

Transportation & Logistics/Passenger Transportation (Air, Rail, Bus, Taxi/Rideshare)/Taxi & E-Hail Operators

Keywords

• Intercity carpooling
• Ride-sharing platform
• Chartered vehicle booking
• Phone dispatch service
• Long-distance ride matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Yibin

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Carpool Booking Commissions: The platform generates revenue by facilitating ride-sharing bookings between passengers and local fleet operators. The platform appears to take a commission or transaction fee on completed rides booked through its dispatch system.
2. Chartered Vehicle Bookings: Additional revenue from chartered vehicle bookings where customers book entire vehicles rather than individual seats. Pricing ranges from 4x to 5x per-person rates depending on the route.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pinche Dashi operates a nationwide inter-city carpooling phone and web information platform that connects individual passengers with local fleet operators for shared rides between cities, counties, and airports across China. Users search routes on the website or call dedicated dispatch phone numbers to book per-person shared rides or chartered whole-vehicle trips at roughly 4x the per-person rate.

Product overview

Pinche Dashi (拼车大师) is a single unified carpooling platform operated by 灏众科技 (Haozhong Technology). The platform connects passengers traveling between cities with drivers offering shared rides. Users can search for routes between cities, view pricing per person and charter fees, and contact dispatch centers via phone. The service covers 1151 cities with 11,142 daily fleets operating.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pinche Dashi Intercity Carpool Platform (拼车大师) Two-sided dispatch marketplace connecting individual intercity passengers with local fleet operators across 1151 Chinese cities via phone dispatch and web directory at pinchedashi.com.
• Chartered Vehicle Booking (包车) Dedicated whole-vehicle booking service priced at roughly 4x the per-person rate, used for group travel, family trips, and dedicated airport transfers on intercity routes.
• Phone Dispatch Service (电话调度) Route-specific central phone numbers that connect passengers directly with local fleet operators for booking shared or chartered rides between cities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 370+ passengers have rated and praised services on individual routes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Local Fleet Operators (全国车队联运)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPinche Dashi partners with local fleet operators across China to provide ride-sharing services. These fleet operators own and operate vehicles that provide daily carpool services listed on the platform. The platform acts as a dispatcher connecting passengers with these fleet partners.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Didi Chuxing: Didi is China's dominant ride-hailing super-app with nationwide coverage and an intercity carpool product (Didi Pinche). It dwarfs Pinche Dashi in scale, technology, and capital, but its focus is urban TNC rather than county-level intercity carpool.
• 曹操出行 (CaoCao Mobility): CaoCao Mobility is a Geely-backed ride-hailing platform in China with a fleet of company-owned vehicles. While primarily an urban TNC, it has explored intercity and airport-transfer routes that overlap with Pinche Dashi's longer-distance offerings.
• 首汽约车 (Shouqi Yueche): Shouqi Yueche is a state-affiliated premium ride-hailing platform in China offering intercity and chartered services. Its premium and corporate-oriented intercity product competes with Pinche Dashi's chartered vehicle bookings.
• 哈啰出行 (Hello Inc.): Hello Inc. operates shared bikes, e-bikes, and ride-hailing services across China through a super-app. Its four-wheel ride-hailing and intercity products overlap with Pinche Dashi's intercity carpooling, though Hello's core scale is in two-wheeled mobility.
• 高德打车 (Amap Ride-Hailing): Amap (Gaode), owned by Alibaba, is a mapping and navigation platform that aggregates ride-hailing and intercity carpooling services through a single booking interface. It competes with Pinche Dashi for intercity trip demand by routing passengers to partner fleets.
• 美团打车 (Meituan Dache): Meituan's ride-hailing service is integrated into its super-app for local services and food delivery, with an expanding intercity carpooling offering. Its massive user base and capital make it a structural threat to niche players like Pinche Dashi in intercity corridors.
• T3出行 (T3 Mobility): T3 Mobility is a state-backed Chinese ride-hailing platform with ambitions for standardized, licensed intercity services. As it expands beyond Tier-1 cities, it represents both a competitor and a potential regulatory benchmark that could reshape the informal market Pinche Dashi serves.

Direct peers

• 嘀嗒出行 (Dida Chuxing): Dida Chuxing is a publicly listed Chinese ride-sharing platform focused on taxi e-hailing and real-name verified carpooling (pinche). It is the closest direct peer to Pinche Dashi given its carpool-centric model and emphasis on long-distance and intercity matching.
• BlaBlaCar: BlaBlaCar is the global benchmark for intercity carpooling, connecting drivers and passengers on long-distance routes via a marketplace model. The same carpooling thesis, route-based listing, and driver-passenger matching apply, although BlaBlaCar operates primarily in Europe and Latin America.

Emerging players

• 小拉出行 (XiaoLa): XiaoLa is an emerging Chinese ride-hailing platform focused on affordable urban and intercity rides via driver-partner models. Like Pinche Dashi, it competes on price-sensitive routes but operates primarily as a mobile-app-based platform rather than phone dispatch.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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