“It is a shame that this has created instability within the market, but it is an opportunity for us,” is the first response from Felyx CEO Daan Becker. The now abandoned competitor Go Sharing is throwing in the towel, even though it won the permit from Felyx a year ago.
The main reason Go Sharing mentions: the disappointing customer base and rising costs. According to traffic expert Walther Ploos van Amstel, this was to be expected: “They are new in the city and therefore have to work hard to attract consumers. A few years ago they were almost bankrupt and were taken over by a Turkish parent company. You often see that large investors withdraw if such a company does not make enough money.”
Runaway customers
Felyx was on the Amsterdam streets for seven years and had to remove hundreds of scooters from the sidewalks last year. Then the CEO said what a shame he thought it was that the company had made as much as possible and had done everything together with the municipality to start sharing scooters, and that it was now being pushed aside. “Now I’m kind of thinking: you’ll see,” he says after the clapping of Go Sharing.
Discussions with the municipality are ongoing and Felyx is prepared to return. Ploos van Amstel gives the company credit, but also says: “It will be difficult. The other provider – Check – has continued to operate all this time and may have taken over consumers. So it will certainly take a period of time to get Felyx back to its old level. to get back.” The CEO also recognizes this, “but I still have confidence in it.”