₦airaland Forum

chidifrank:
That reminds me, all those drivers here uploading income dashboard as of last year , showing off how much they are making , why the sudden mute ? You guys should continue uploading your dashboard oo so we see how much you are making. I will never blame Bolt nor indrive because drivers are the problem . You kept on showing millions you are making monthly forgetting those Bolt and indrive workers and agents are here watching . Now they have succeeded in limiting your incomes una don begin join protest. Rubbish

this nonsense again.
bolt that is matching you with trips, removing their commission, giving you the dashboard doesn't know how much people are making on their app?

NaughtyBrainiac:
Hi Brother, is this e-hailing business profitable for Drivers in Ibadan?

to be honest, not enough volume here for full time work, you can spend an hour waiting for the next ride and even then it's you and 20 other people in the area doing first to click on indrive.


Bolt might be better, but the prices are too bad last I checked

Shimmaa:
The 3 negotiation options you have when you click a request, it has reduced for rides that comes with fair price to 2.

that's interesting, in ibadan here it's almost always two.

the negotiation is always ×1.15 and ×1.3

surprised that you guys have even lower multipliers in Lagos

Shimmaa:
InDrive has reduced fair price negotiation offer to 2. Who noticed?

can you clarify, I don't understand

Eazilyfe:
I never see MOOVE cars on lagos roads for years, abi dem dey hide their logo ni?

they provide financing for cars. so they don't need to put their logo.

those Suzuki cars are from them

Nteogwuija:
Morning bosses. Pls how do you guys deal with phones overheating while using the Bolt Driver app and Google Maps?

Mine overheats a lot even when I'm running just these two apps. And most times the apps will just close. And then I'd have to turn off the phone and wait for sometime. It can be really frustrating cuz sometimes it does this mid ride, and then I'll start begging riders to give me directions.

I use a Samsung S20 with a Snapdragon chip. It's 6gm RAM.

don't keep your phone on your dashboard when it's sunny.

you can get an AC vent phone holder so the AC cools it when driving.

not much else you can do

Pearl1910:
A

Always cancel if u don't want to go.
If u keep making Riders cancel and they pick a bad reason to cancle like Driver Requested Offline or Extra money, u will be cooked.

exactly. you're cooked both ways sha because your score will go down but it's better for you to cancel

Glithronix:
Baba pearl dey talk as if him no know the kind government wey dey run this country.
Government wey no send una.
The government wey dey look for every avenue to hang e-hailing drivers.
Abi him don forget the time wey government came up with e-hailing inspection crap? No be we refused to succumb?
If the competition between Bolt and Indrive continues, it will get worse than this.
What we need now is another rival to come in with enticing facilities that will drag drivers.
Once drivers accept an app. success awaits such app. company.

@Pearl191



Much respect, baba.

the only enticing facility is to give out free money to riders and drivers to gain market share. That's investment they need to get back somehow later.

Uber for example only started turning profit in 2023, 3 years ago. Bolt for the first time last year. you're asking another person to come in and burn millions of dollars so that in 7 years they can maybe make profit.


If you look at people abroad that usually pay by card. Uber will charge them as much as possible and then pay the driver as little as possible. Just wait till it's Uber that is processing payments.

Government intervention is truly the only way and these companies are even fighting that abroad too

Glithronix:
For real?
And these Ibadan drivers we have on this platform never made mention of not paying commission oh.
How true is this @bold, Ibadan drivers?


Much respect, boss.

yeah no commission.

even Uber was 2% commission

only bolt is still 20%


but the prices, distances and amount of rides are poor.

that's why drivers here are fond of accepting any trip that comes up and then doubling the price on the phone

Glithronix:
After over 20 mins, at least, one trip popped up.

Ibadan drivers should not be complaining nah, this one still good.

now look at the map passenger map and see the 50 people competing for that 1 trip

19k here

Shimmaa:
What, can you screenshot the message and upload here. When are they leaving?

they are leaving today.

the news is that The global company is letting 3300 workers go.

they are also closing up in uganda from what I've heard.

Glithronix:
Some riders with funny names.
Imagine his horrifying destination for such a usee-less price.
His 8 minutes waiting will still turn to 1hr.

do people in Lagos usually accept when you negotiate?

demexTK:
How much do you charge per hr in ibadan for offline chief?

it honestly depends on the type of trip.

a lot of people don't do per hour.

ideally I'd like to do like 5k per hour plus fuel money. (if we don't know exactly how long it'll take or how much driving but we know it's within the city)

if it's a long distance trip, to and fro (like 30km+ total) I do like 400-500per km and add like 2k for each hour of waiting (you can increase this if you think you're losing better trips in that time frame)


I once charged 60k for a full day booking from akobo to akala express. Took them for a party, picked up their friend and waited and brought them back later in the night (but I knew ahead that the client was capable)

fatjo:
are you for real 140km with 20k fuel with matrix that's impossible na

9km per liter is impossible?

well I'm in ibadan so no traffic so I don't spend time idling except at traffic lights

tipsy242:
But to be candid, how much km should an average uber car be doing with 20k fuel for within city rides?? I'm curious

it will always depend.
using 1300 fuel price (15km)
my Toyota matrix can do about 140km with no AC and barely any traffic

im sure yaris and smaller engines will do better

Shimmaa:
Do you understand my comment at all?

I said I do a 50km distance work for 20k.

ooh okay I get you now.

I thought you were comparing to fuel when you also mentioned CNG

no vex

Shimmaa:
Wow
I do 50km distance work for 20k on indrive.
With this, it means one can gross 100k at least with 10k CNG.

is this minus pickup distance? or typo? Because 50km for 17 liters seem poor

bigl:
Its working

I tried one like this. it worked but the speed was too slow to do anything.

I don't know if it's the exact adapter but I don't have money to buy multiple and try

demexTK:
Ibadan ker , Lagos

omo you honestly have to drop bolt or cherry pick rides

I know Uber uses a base fee + price per km + price per minute

I know bolt uses something similar. so the long distances with free road always have worse prices

but to not even be able to double the fuel you used is really bad

demexTK:
Bolt dashboard earning Vs Actual earning.

lagos? or ibadan

demexTK:
I took some trips yesterday on bolt and indrive in Ibadan, now I understand why drivers in those states renegotiate prices all the time with their riders, cos wdym trips of #1500, 3k, bolt prices are even worse..

Anyone driving in Ibadan should give tips on how to make money here, ejo, I dont want to have to travel down to lagos all the time to make money..

bolt is horrible in ibadan. prices are real bad especially if you don't drive a yaris or those tiny engine cars. I don't use it unless I just finished a good ride and I need to leave the area

indrive is your best bet but fastest fingers are the issue. and these people are accepting as fast as possible so they can call their own price.

best you can do is find people that live near you and offer them offline trips next time they want to go out. That's how I usually survive. some people even ask about interstate trips(to Lagos) but I don't do that.


or you negotiate after accepting like people do. but you risk a ban

all in all Saturdays and sundays are the best sha

unless the marketing you're talking about is 20% promo for all their riders which means they're not making money, I'm not sure how else marketing will.


there a too many drivers and I'm sure some regular people will join just to get to double their fuel money for their regular day to day

taxiappguy:
Increase marketing spend, they already know this.

omo im not sure.
I drive more casually and don't do night trips

demexTK:
Please how much is doable for weekly remittance in ibadan?

demexTK:
Any driver doing ehailing in Ibadan here?

me, unfortunately.

the prices are not smiling especially on bolt

weekends are still the best. indrive it's fastest fingers that wins. some people do negotiating after picking a ride, but idk how that works

when you say net, you mean before you remove fuel abi?

tobby98:
My problem with some of drivers is their own appearance and looks of their vehicle. They don't care or don't value themselves or aesthetics. My car is well pimped, AC running smoothly, I dress well. This already gives me an edge in areas of getting juicy offline trips, negotiating or even getting tips( I don't demand, I too get steeze to demand). Because of the composure and presentation, I already got a business contract from a rider , surprisingly from a female, a gender that stresses us so much on this job. Indeed who go help you no go stress you, even when I turn on AC without her asking, she still wind down say she need fresh air, na there I suspect say na big lady, we no blow AC till we reach Parkview, Ikoyi. But those who don't have AC at home would nearly fight you if them hear say your AC stopped working or not cooling enough. So back to the matter, this was my dashboard for yesterday alone, worked from 6am till 5pm. I did 72k net on Bolt, 12k tips, 15k offline. Started with a full tank but the arrow never too pass F. On Indrive, I prefer it more on some occasions especially on the mainland like Ago, Yaba, Surulere, Ajao Estate, Ikeja. Just sabi position and you go enjoy them especially when there's surge(yes Indrive dey get their own surge). Both the beauty of Bolt is their surge too, the prices are killing lol, that's why most driver's get their Bolt app activated during ember months, their downsides is that they are cunny especially on the location you're going and the time to pick up. My own advice is do what works for you. On this CNG, I am observing, everyone wants to keep operating costs low, but I am a bit skeptical. I no wan risk my baby(Camry Muscle) but I want to buy a smaller car to test run with it. I mean going by the price of CNG, for guys like me, the least a day is going to be 90k net. So my final advice is for guys to start looking clean, no matter your problems, don't look it. Take care of your cars too. I just tried to talk to some Uber guys one day that I didn't go home and decided to do small night work, at that Enyo side close to the AP filling station that sells overnight, some guys looked like they never chop for 2 days, some were bathing outside by their car (this was my first time seeing this). Pls guys let's take care of ourselves and health. Don't let people look down on you coz you're doing Uber work, present yourself well, if you're serious about this work, your earnings already put you above 80% of Nigerians working, your problem would now be your lifestyle, habits and saving culture. I mandate myself to save 50k a day any day I come out and I have never missed since I started except I no work that day or I go for other runs. So that savings culture is a must, if not the day your car pack up, you go beg tire and people are not obligated to help you or share in your problems. Ire o. Just this morning, I don carry person go Airport from Isheri Osun, he paid 20k. I had to go from Ago to pick him up, driving time of 14mins, and ride time of 26mi s, that's not a bad deal for a start today. May God help us all o. Ire o.

why are people looking to electric cars and not hybrid?

has anyone here used a prius for this hustle?

what is battery replacement and cost like?

any body paying for twitter and telling you story is lying to you

Eazilyfe:
Hard to believe sha

rapheal5:
Here is the earnings of January and February of my brother, though he works 3, 4 to 5 days a week due to car maintenance. He works 12 to 14hrs any day he choose to work. During the 2 months he bought fuel at 730 per litre and he bought 45k fuel each day.
My first question is, as a driver who works 12 to 14 hours how much is he suppose to net after removing fuel money at the end of the day.
For those who didn’t see my first post concerning my brother earning on bolt, he drives 2006 4plug big daddy.

we can't tell the issue from this as we don't know how many km he drives.

since bolt price is usually uniform unlike indrive

it's likely he is going too far to pickup per ride(big problem especially when doing many short trips as it adds up)

or his car is consuming too much fuel

he would have to outline how a day goes for anyone to have any specific advice

400 naira for ibadan as if fuel isn't the same everywhere

did they give you guys anything substantial

Jegheter:
Some don't know genuinely .

Now he knows

im sure most people don't know.

the first person that posted it here only saw it from a ride request on indrive

Pearl1910:
What do u think increases the Driver Score?
Nothing else but rating!

I assumed it was just completed trips.
just complete trips and eventually your last 100 trips will be completed trips and then 100% wether they rate you or not