For car owners
The terms, in plain language.
This is how your car earns on Raahvi: what we do, what the operator does, how the money works, and the safety rules that protect your vehicle. The binding agreement is the one you sign with your operator at placement — this page is the honest summary of it.
How placement works
You list your car; Raahvi matches it with a verified rental operator in your city — a business we have checked and that runs its whole operation (bookings, customers, handovers, paperwork) on this platform. You approve the match and the revenue split before anything is signed. Your car stays in your name; the operator runs it day to day.
Safety rules
- Every renter is KYC-verified. Driving licence captured and checked before any handover, and a statutory renter register (Form 5) is maintained. An Aadhaar is optional and never gates a handover; where one is given, the scan is discarded after upload and only the last four digits of the number are kept.
- Every handover is evidenced. A 360° video of the vehicle at pickup and at return, so condition disputes end before they start.
- Security is taken on every rental — a refundable deposit or an equivalent the operator holds for the trip.
- Operators are vetted. Only verified businesses can run placed cars, and Raahvi can suspend an operator platform-wide.
Payment terms
- Revenue split: agreed per placement — typically 80% to you, 20% to the operator who runs everything. The exact split is fixed in your agreement and shown on every earnings report.
- Payouts: monthly, from the operator, against a per-booking earnings report you can see. Customer deposits are never part of the split — they are refundable and return to the customer.
- Raahvi’s fee is 3% of rental revenue, charged to the operator — not deducted from your share.
Documents & maintenance
- The operator maintains the car — servicing, cleaning, day-to-day upkeep — as part of their share.
- Papers live in a vault. RC, insurance and pollution certificate are stored digitally against the car, with expiry dates tracked.
- Expiry alerts go to both of you. When insurance or PUC is 30 days out, a week out, or lapsed, both you and the operator are notified — a placed car never runs on expired papers unnoticed.
- Insurance stays in your name and must be valid comprehensive cover. Renting a private vehicle has insurance implications — confirm commercial use with your insurer before listing; your operator can guide you.
Leaving
30 days’ written notice to your operator, any active bookings honoured, pending payouts settled, and the car comes back to you. No exit fee.