The problem with going it alone
If your network only covers a single neighbourhood or town, your own clients can't charge when they leave that area — and a driver from another network can't charge at your chargers either. Solving this bilaterally, by signing a roaming agreement with each operator one by one, doesn't scale: the technical and commercial integration has to be repeated for every partner.
One OCPI integration, access to the whole network
The AskaCharge Hub connects all member brands to one another using the open standard OCPI 2.2. Enabling roaming on your brand is a checkbox in Settings — from that point on, your clients can charge at any other Hub member's chargers, and drivers from other brands can charge at yours. One integration, the whole network.
Externally, the Hub also presents itself as a single OCPI party
(ES*ACH) to international aggregators like Hubject or
GIREVE — so joining the Hub also gives you, indirectly, a route into
much larger roaming networks without having to integrate with each one yourself.
Who charges whom
When one of your drivers charges at another Hub member's charger, it's your brand that bills your client using the card they already have saved — not the operator who owns the charger. On the 1st of each month, the system automatically settles what each brand owes the others for the previous month's cross-network sessions, with a 1% Hub commission. The charger operator (CPO) receives their share via bank transfer, with no need to chase payment.
You keep your brand and your client
Joining the Hub doesn't mean your client starts depending on another brand: they're still your client, with your card, your invoice and your support. The Hub simply lets them charge outside your usual network — and turns the energy you sell to other brands' drivers into extra revenue for you.