Skyfornia:
Your experience is personal and differs from others...I have a neighbour who is into it as a side hustle, if you ask the guy, he will tell you being an Uber driver is next thing after catfish peppersoup. The guy is cashing out!

Skyfornia my bro the guy lie cos For Uber nowadays gas take allot of the money,suffering but smiling 🥲🥲🥲 the guy.



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Your experience is personal and differs from others...I have a neighbour who is into it as a side hustle, if you ask the guy, he will tell you being an Uber driver is next thing after catfish peppersoup. The guy is cashing out!

codenameSTYNO:


That neighbour is not telling you everything, what OP said is pure truth, them say them say no be fact, go and try it out yourself

shortgun:
It's either you are are lying or you are telling us a fictional story.
One thing I've come to know about Nigerians is they will always discourage people from joining their line of business or tell you how difficult it to make a living from what they are doing.

Even the ones abroad will always discourage other Nigerians from traveling abroad

codenameSTYNO:


Go and try it first, he no discourage you, at least this one no be japa, just register your car try am for just 1 day 8am to 5pm come back and testify

blackgold2018:
🤣🤣..

Wow, you doubt me. Bro I have done it before.

The only thing you need in Uber business is just a good functional car. Not bad cars that will drawn your savings

AchichaMmuo:


You must be a payed agent of uber or bolt.
Op is actually right. You probably rode with their platform when fuel was selling at 165 naira. Now basically, 85% of the money you make, goes to buying fuel and paying for bolt or uber commission, and these companies make helluva money off drivers. Uber and bolt drivers don't save 10 - 25k daily, that is misinformation, if it's so drivers won't be complaining.

OGrockinnewacct:


Bro I’ve been doing it for almost 3 years now but about to call it quits because it’s no more profitable.
I’m saying this now and will say it again;
No driver can make any profit on EHailing business in Nigeria at the moment if you stick to driving strictly online and no offline. Irrespective of location and Ehailing company.

Revolution2022:
Goverment can share server with inec,immigration,frsc or even waec

blackgold2018:
look drivers till earn from it big.

I only detected OP is just a failed Uber driver in the past. Trying to discourage inspiring drivers.

Look, I have done that business before. And it was lucrative

The only thing you need is just a good functional car, that’s all.

Uber drivers save 10-25k savings everyday(Minus fuel and feeding money, ie after feeding and buying fuel).

So don’t mind that failed driver. Only the wise and the favored make it from Uber business.

RoadMozart:

pretty cool... i have a diary here where i post updates about it. Hasn't been so easy for someone with a very little experience about stuffs like this

https://www.nairaland.com/7841920/journey-into-tech#125939443

flexyrule:
The government would also buy Amazon Web Servers right?

Or you think it's just the app?.

Have you ever wondered why the network downtime on these apps is usually less than 1%?

And the app is almost 100% online?

erniok:

Have you also considered the current economic situation cos I also know it used to be lucrative.

COMPAQ:


Where there is a will, there is a way. We have data centers here in Nigeria don’t we? We can use another data center somewhere else say Ghana or SA for redundancy. Theses technologies are known, we don’t have to depend on Oyinbo for everything. After all the Netflix server for west Africa is in Ghana or is it Ivory Coast.

flexyrule:
A country that God blessed with crude oil, has not been able to build one functional refinery in over 30 years. it's data center that you think they'll go and start losing sleep on?

Seems some of you underestimate the uselessness of this country.

Serious.

As far as it doesn't affect the elites, they won't do it!

kelvin21887:

Your own even better, mine was in portharcourt last week, my front right shock spoil, linkage, fuel 599 naira, ran from morning till 8pm, made like 17k, fuel took 12k, bolt charged 4.5k, took coke and groundnut, went home owing bolt because there's no way I'm paying them that money. And I'm done doing it cos my car is already making funny sound which I know I will have to fix when I have the money. Funny thing is how Portharcourt riders orders you around some will even want you to come pick them up from inside a hole and take them to inside a hole

cornerstonee:
Wow, Kidspirit, thanks for sharing your experience as an UBER driver for a day in Abuja. It's definitely eye-opening to see how the costs can add up, especially with UBER taking a significant chunk of your earnings and fuel prices being a major factor. It's essential for aspiring drivers to consider all these factors before diving into the gig economy. Your story serves as a valuable insight for others who may be thinking about becoming UBER drivers. Thanks for sharing, and I hope your future experiences turn out more profitable!


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Simeonjoe1:


Check e dey already, na clout dey no get

shortgun:
It's either you are are lying or you are telling us a fictional story.
One thing I've come to know about Nigerians is they will always discourage people from joining their line of business or tell you how difficult it to make a living from what they are doing.

Even the ones abroad will always discourage other Nigerians from traveling abroad

brightDdon:



Bro you think we'll and that's the best thing to do but let me tell you..

Remember these companies pays tax(heavily) to the government and there are people in the same ministry making it big with the tax money of these companies hence they'll readily sabotage every move pointing at your advise.

That's the country we live in.

GodWrites:


Stop being lazy. ChatGPT is a big turn off. No one will take you seriously.

TemmyDayo50:


You see that 13k wey remain, more than half of it will still go on maintenance at the long run...

shortgun:
It's either you are are lying or you are telling us a fictional story.
One thing I've come to know about Nigerians is they will always discourage people from joining their line of business or tell you how difficult it to make a living from what they are doing.

Even the ones abroad will always discourage other Nigerians from traveling abroad

Elvis2kay:
SUFFERING AND SMILING 🤫

Skyfornia:
Your experience is personal and differs from others...I have a neighbour who is into it as a side hustle, if you ask the guy, he will tell you being an Uber driver is next thing after catfish peppersoup. The guy is cashing out!

uuzba:

White men developed the Uber app,
then sat in their office, to use our head to get them their cool 35% cash.
We will be hear suffering hot sun, traffic, back ache, expensive petrol, car wear, tear, damage...
to gain nothing.
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Why can't we do our own Nigerian uber app sef?
Must we use UBER app?
Always using oyibo stuff.

blackgold2018:
no bro I disagree.

If one have a very good functional car, plus you are a driver in all platforms(bolt, Uber, rida and Indrive). Theirs no how you wouldn’t save at least 10k in a day. Haba bro.

You are a driver in all platforms?

codenameSTYNO:


Maybe you tried it last year when things were better, not at this current cost of fuel, if you insist drop your screenshot, no come de post misleading info

Most of the drivers still driving are the ones with personal cars and probably no other option, if you do strictly online, if care is not taken, you will be at a loss at the end of the day

OkukoIgbo:


SO na approximately 22 litres of fuel you use?


TO Show working:

You make 22000 naira

Uber took 35%: 35/100 = 0·35
0·35 x 22000 = 7700 naira

You are left with 22000 - 7700 = 14300 naira

You said you came back with only 550 naira
meaning you used 14300 - 550 = 13750 naira for fuel.

You said fuel price was 617 naira per litre,
13750/617 = 22·28525122 litres

I know Abuja pump meter will take care of the decimal points accordingly,
IN summary, it is approximately 22 litres you used within those few hours.