For riders starting out
How to become a Yango rider in Nepaleven if you don’t own a bike
यांगो राइडर कसरी बन्ने? Registering with Yango is free. The motorcycle is not, and that is where most people in Kathmandu stop. This page explains what you actually need, and how an agency removes the part you cannot afford.
What you need to ride for Yango
Four things. Three of them you almost certainly already have.
A valid driving licence
वैध सवारी चालक अनुमतिपत्र
Category A, for a motorcycle. This is the one thing nobody can arrange on your behalf. Every other item on this list, we can help with.
Citizenship certificate
नागरिकताको प्रमाणपत्र
Bring the original and one photocopy. It is used to verify who you are before a vehicle is handed over.
A smartphone
स्मार्टफोन
Android or iPhone. The Yango Pro app runs on it, and so does our own rider app for support and bonuses.
A motorcycle, or us
मोटरसाइकल, वा हामी
Riding independently means owning a bike and its bluebook. Riding with us does not: the agency provides the motorcycle.
From walking in to onboarded, the same day
अफिस आउनुभएकै दिन दर्ता।
Message or walk in · सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्
WhatsApp the office, call, or come to Shankhamul, Lalitpur, Nepal with your licence. There is no form to fill in first and no fee to pay to be seen.
Document check · कागजात जाँच
Licence and citizenship are verified in the office. If something is missing or expired, we tell you exactly what to fix rather than leaving you to guess.
Platform registration · दर्ता
Your Yango rider profile is created and activated. We do this with you at the desk, so an app rejection is caught in the room instead of a week later.
Vehicle and gear handover · बाइक र सामान
The motorcycle is assigned, insurance is put in place, and you leave with a raincoat, a phone mount and a power bank.
You start earning · कमाई सुरु
The same day you walk in, documents in hand. From here the agency's job changes from onboarding you to backing you: payout queries, account problems, repairs.
On your own, with another agency, or with us
Anyone can register on Yango without us, and plenty of riders reading this are already working for someone else. These are the three routes. Where a cell says ask, it is because agencies differ and we will not put words in theirs.
| What is at stake | On your own | With another agency | With Ellite Yango |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | You need a bike and a bluebook before you can register | Whatever that agency asks you to bring | Licence and citizenship. Onboarded the same day you walk in |
| Money up front | A bike, or a rental deposit every month | Ask whether there is a deposit | None |
| Cash when you are hurt | Your own savings, or a lender | Ask what happens the day it happens | An advance the same day, against your own future earnings |
| Cash between payouts | You borrow wherever you can, at whatever rate | Ask whether they advance anything at all | The same advance. No interest, no fee, no term |
| How an advance is repaid | On the lender's terms | Ask, and ask it in writing | A set amount from each settlement, visible in the app, until it is clear |
| Health and accident insurance | You arrange it, or you go without | Ask whether you are covered while riding | Arranged for you, in force while you work |
| A payout that did not arrive | You chase it alone | Depends who picks up the phone | The agency chases it, and the trip ledger is in your app |
| A suspended account | You wait in the in-app queue | Depends who picks up the phone | A person at the office takes it up with Yango |
| The motorcycle | You buy or rent it yourself | Some provide one, some do not | Provided, on terms given to you in writing in Nepali before you commit |
| Rain gear, mount, power bank | Bought out of your own earnings | Ask what is issued and what is deducted | Issued to you |
An advance is money against earnings you have not made yet, not a loan. It carries no interest, no fee and no deadline, and it comes back a set amount at a time out of your own settlements. You can see what you took and what is left in the app, every day, without asking anyone.
Already riding for Pathao, inDrive or another Yango agency? Read what changes when you switch. Not sure who the other agencies are? Yango partners in Nepal lists them. And if the reason you have never started is that you have no motorcycle, बाइक छैन? के गर्ने? is written for you.
What decides how much you earn
We are not going to print a monthly figure on this page. Any agency that quotes you one before it knows how many hours you intend to ride is guessing, and you would be making a decision about your family on the back of that guess.
What actually moves the number is short: how many hours you ride, whether those hours fall in the busy parts of the day, how much of the valley you are willing to cover, and Yango’s own fare and commission rates, which the platform sets and can change.
Come to the office and we will go through the current rates with you, and what a realistic first week looks like, before you commit to anything.
Questions riders ask before joining
The ones that come up at the desk most often, answered plainly.
Can I become a Yango rider in Nepal without owning a bike?
Yes. Registering on Yango normally assumes you already have a motorcycle and its bluebook. Ellite Sphere Mobility (Ellite Yango) is a rider management agency, which means the agency provides the motorcycle to licence holders who cannot afford one. You need a valid category A driving licence and a citizenship certificate; you do not need a vehicle, and you do not need capital.
यांगो कसरी चलाउने? बाइक छैन भने पनि हुन्छ?
हुन्छ। तपाईंसँग वैध सवारी चालक अनुमतिपत्र (category A) र नागरिकता भए पुग्छ। बाइक एजेन्सीले उपलब्ध गराउँछ। Shankhamul, Lalitpur को अफिसमा लाइसेन्स लिएर आउनुहोस् वा WhatsApp मा सन्देश पठाउनुहोस्। दर्ता त्यही दिनै हुन्छ।
How long does it take to start earning?
Seven days from the day you walk into the office with your licence, provided your documents are in order. Most of that week is document verification and platform registration rather than waiting.
What does it cost to join?
There is no fee to come in, have your documents checked or be registered. The commercial terms for the motorcycle are explained in the office before you commit to anything, in writing, in Nepali. Do not accept a verbal-only arrangement from any agency, including this one.
Do I need to speak English?
No. The office, the phone line and the rider app all work in Nepali. This website is bilingual for the same reason.
I already ride for Pathao, inDrive or another Yango agency. Can I switch?
Yes, and it is a common reason people come in. Bring your licence and tell the office what you are riding now. What changes is the backing: insurance, gear, and someone who answers when a payout goes missing.
What happens if the bike breaks down or I have an accident?
Call the office. Riders are covered by health and accident insurance arranged by the agency, and a mechanical problem with an agency motorcycle is the agency's problem to solve, not a day of your earnings lost to a workshop queue.
How much can I earn as a Yango rider?
It depends on the hours you ride, the times of day you ride, how much of the Kathmandu valley you cover, and Yango's own fare and commission rates, which the platform sets and can change. Any agency quoting you a guaranteed monthly figure before it knows your hours is guessing. The office will walk you through the current rates and what a realistic week looks like.
Is Ellite Yango the same as Yango?
No, and the difference matters. Yango is the ride-hailing platform. Ellite Sphere Mobility Pvt. Ltd., trading as Ellite Yango, is an independent Nepali rider management agency that recruits, equips and supports riders working on that platform. Your rider account is on Yango; your bike, insurance, gear and support come from the agency.
Where is the office?
Shankhamul, Lalitpur, in the Kathmandu valley. Riders come to us from across Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. Call 9712604900 before travelling if you want to check someone is there.
Bring your licence. Leave with a plan.
कमाई हात-हातमा, जब Ellite Sphere छ साथमा!
Or walk into the office at Shankhamul, Lalitpur, Nepal with your driving licence.