GPS tracker for bikes and cars: How Delhi-based Startup Onelap is Securing Vehicles Differently
Are you worried about your vehicle's security? If yes, then you are reading the right article because, in this article, you will get to know about how you can make your vehicle secure using GPS tracker. The GPS technology had come a long way since 1973 when it first came into existence, from just route mapping to track even the smallest of things. As we all know that vehicles are very costly asset, whether it's a bike or car or any other vehicle. The average price of a motorcycle in the country is ?80K, which isn't a small amount to pay in one go for any person. If someone is putting so much money in one go, the person must also want to use that asset for a long time, but what if someone steal your vehicle the day after purchasing it. Generally, a small thought about the vehicle theft can bring fear to in any vehicle owners' minds. With Onelap you can save your vehicle from all this by making your motorbike secure through its GPS tracker for bike and car.
Growing Verticals
Onelap isn't a giant in the market in the GPS category, but definitely, it is the fastest-growing company in the sector. Not only that, it is ranking #1 on Amazon for the past two years in the GPS category. Onelap was started by Shubham Choudhary & Vishal Sharma in the final year of their Engineering in 2016. Their primary aim is to develop a solution that eradicates fear of vehicle theft from vehicle owners' minds regarding their car or fleet's security.
Initial Days
In the initial days, both the founders observed that the telematics industry is very unorganized but with huge potential & there is a great need for good quality fleet management software & they also find out that the global automotive telematics market size was valued at $50.4 billion in 2018, and is projected to reach $320.6 billion by 2026. Onelap started sales and operations in Sep 2017 from Vishal house’s basement. Within 8 months of its launch, it was in the top 5 best-sellers on Amazon.
It wasn't a comfortable journey for the founders. Mr. Shubham Choudhary, an Electrical & Electronics Engineer who is a Graduate of AKGEC College, was a Robotics Enthusiast in his college days and participated in various National Level Robotics competitions. He was the team leader of his Robocon team.Mr.Vishal Sharma, a Software Engineer, is a graduate of the University of Delhi & participant of the Meizu App Mania contest hosted by digit.in in his college days, where developers from all over the nation participated and he was ranked top five in that competition. Vishal had to leave his recently joined job at Bluestone to achieve the start-up dream.Mr. Shubham also had to let go of his lucrative job offer from National Instruments.
Onelap Telematics headquarters is based out of Delhi. Still, under 1 year, it has increased its base from North India to Pan India & now, after 4 years, its products are used by the people in Qatar, South Sudan & Zimbabwe. In such a brief span, Onelap has established itself in 4 countries. It is compatible with over 1500+ GPS devices from various manufacturers, and it is also compatible with any vehicle such as bike, car, truck, bus, scooter, etc. Because of their loyal customers & clients, they are generating excellent revenue even that through Bootstrapping. In the first financial year 2017-18, their Revenue was INR 7 Lakh, but in the next financial year 2018-19, their Revenue increased by leap & bounds to nearly INR 1 Crore. In the next financial year, Onelap aims to generate Revenue of INR 4 Crore.
Shubham claims
"We are bootstrapping from Day 1 & planning never to go to a VC. Onelap is an easy to use software for vehicle management. Our most powerful source of marketing is word of mouth only. We are on a mission of building G.O.A.T. asset management software."
Onelapis now used by clients like Vivo and IdeaForge. One of our clients, Sandeep Murada, a small business owner, uses this GPS tracking device for all his delivery vans. He said that
"Onelap GO is a very useful solution for small fleet-based business because it provides important data regarding your business through which you can build your plans to make your business progressive in all aspects."
Advantages of OnelapGPS tracking devices
Here are the 5 benefits of this GPS tracker-
1. Alert from theft:
It is one of the most crucial features of these bike trackers because it saves your vehicle from theft or suspicious activity. Now you think how a small GPS device can alert you from any suspicious activity. Let me tell you how. Suppose you usually go to the office on a bike, but while you're parking your two-wheeler in the office parking area, a suspicious person keeps an eye on your bike for few days, and you're not aware of that. Now, one day that suspicious person decides to steal your motorcycle, and he tries to steal it. If, you have the Onelapdevice installed in your bike, you will get an instant anti-theft alarm on your mobile &or can track him if bike already stolen.
2. Safe-Zone:
After seeing the subheading, you must be thinking in your head that how such a small GPS device can draw a safe zones for the user, but actually this thing is done using Onelap GPS tracking app. After installing Onelap, you can mark a particular through Geo-Fence, a safe-zone, so that whenever your motorcycle enters or exits that area you will receive an instant notification on your smartphone with timestamps. Also, you can make unlimited safe-zones according to your needs and requirements.
3. Real-Time Tracking:
As we have discussed in the first point that with the help of this tracker, you will get instant notification whenever someone tries to steal or tow your vehicle, but it will only alert you. For catching that person who has stolen your bike, withOnelap’s real-timeGPS tracking is very handy because it gives you the exact location of that person who is riding your motorcycle without letting him know.
4. Speed Alerts:
It is a feature that comes into play when you give your bike to your friend or someone else to ride temporarily. With the Onelap GPS tracking device in your vehicle, you can set a speed limit according to your convenience. Whenever the person crosses that speed limit, you will get instant notification on your mobile application.
5. Portable:
Onelap GO is a portable GPS tracker; you can install it anywhere throughout your motorbike. This GPS tracker needs a very tiny space. It is wireless so that nobody can know that you have installed a GPS tracker on your motorcycle.
