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Lush100:
Some people believe everything they see online.

Life has thought me never.

Let Mr A be Mr A

And just be yourself.

The grass no dey green oh.

CheerfulGiver:
Ask felicity.

Gentlelife50:
It means once you meet those requirements you must take 15k home, now this is how it works.
Assuming you complete the task and your earnings is around 8k bolt will make it up to 15k for you, they are using it to motivate lazy drivers so for you to get it means you are one of us.
Baazai let's welcome cheddaz to the famous hall of fame, he's one of you guys.

carixma:
As a driver-partner these are the challenges you will face as a beginner.


CHALLENGES YOU WILL FACE AS A BEGINNER IN UBER AND TAXIFY BUSINESS

1. Lastma, Police Vio and Road safety: U will meet them on d road. They will stop you and check your particulars and if u violate any law especially traffic law u go pay fine from d money wey u earn dat day. Make sure u carry all d necessary documents required by police and study all d necessary road signs. e.g No U -Turn, One way, etc.

2. Poor internet network on your phone: Issues with fare calculation. Sometimes network can be very poor. At d end of d trip Uber or Taxify app might not calculate your money well, d rider will end up underpaying u. But u can always report to Uber or Taxify when such error occur. You can take wireless Internet wifi along with u, should Incase u notice no network.

3. Aggressive Lagos drivers, danfo and Okada riders: u will definitely have minor scratches and dents on your car. You cannot dodge them. Okada riders will hit your car and side mirror, expecially in densely populated areas like oshodi, Ketu, Ajangbadi, egbeda, idimu, onigbongbo, idumota, iyana paja, Abule egba, orile, okomaiko, agege, ojota, mile12 and so on. I will suggest u have a standby painter and panel beater that will always fix your car when such thing occurs.

4. Rude riders or passengers: they will talk to u anyhow especially Ladies (Oloshos and runs girls), but you must be professional and do not fight or insult them , that will lead to low rating and permanent deactivation. They are likely to report you and accuse you of what you didn’t do. Eg Dorcas fapson and Taxify driver. Google and read d story, is online.

5. Fraudulent Riders: They will not pay u at end of the trip. They will sha look for a way to avoid paying u.Eg I forgot my ATM card at home, send me your account number I will transfer the money to your account, pls park I want to use the ATM and they come back telling u there is no money in their account, some might even runaway from there.

6. Interpersonal Relationship skills: some riders especially ladies notice say you be handsome driver they would come and sit in the front want you to chat them up. If u be guy wey no get correct yarns. Omo nah low rating O! So u gast dey inform and keep abreast with trends and latest gossips and news in town. That is what they like. If possible u entertain them. ( this advice nah for handsome drivers only)

7. Good customer service: Ensure you treat riders with respect. Speak to them in a polite manner. Don’t be rude and arrogant . Make them feel comfortable And make sure you have mints, pen and paper, Aux cable for music if your car has auxiliary output, savet or tissue paper, umbrella and so on. At any point in time they might want to request for it, and if you don’t have it nah low rating.

8.Outfit and Looks: do not dress like person wey dey suffer. Dress well and look neat always. Ensure to use good perfume and roll on. Brush your teeth well to avoid unnecessary mouth odouriferous smell in d car when A.C is on. Failure to do the following will get u low rating.


9. Armed Robbers, Kidnappers and Ritualist: we heard several cases of Taxify and Uber driver killed and their car snatched away from them. If u must work at night, u gat to be very carefull and shine ya eye wella. If u go "nogere la san" dem go Kpai u. So be vigilant and at alert.


10.Traffic: Traffic jam in Lagos can be on a lock down sometimes. It will surely affect your earnings for d day, you won’t be able to do more trips and it will also exhaust your energy and make you feel tired. Make sure you have pain
killer in your car. For headache, leg pain, back pain and so on.

11.Bad Road:There a lot pot holes, ditch and bumps on lagos road. It will certainly depreciate your car faster unless you carried out proper and regular maintenance and servicing on your car.

12.Village people:; If you notice that village people are following u, Don’t underestimate their powers . u gat to always pray before u hit d road for business. You can always subdue their powers and keep them in check with ya prayers be u Muslim or Christian or whatever

13.Low Trip request or Lack of sales: some days can be so dry. U hardly get enough request to make good profit but don’t get discourage. You can covered up for that especially on weekends


14.GPS Navigation: you must learn how to use google map to navigate to riders pick up location and destination or else they will bombard you with low rating. And google map will help improve your knowledge about Lagos road network.

15.Flood: During raining season places like Lekki, Ajah and some part of V.I are usually flooded, u should avoid going there or else water might damage your car engine. When there is heavy rainfall, these places are massively flooded.


16.Fuel Scarcity: During festive period approaching Christmas and New year there is always fuel scarcity. Fares and surge goes up astronomically. Ensure u get storage for fuel, so u don’t run out of fuel to work and profits margin are usually crazy at that time


17. And Finally HEALTH: Take care your of body “health is wealth”. Eat well, get enough rest and take medication if necessary. Don’t over stress yourself.


As a JJC In the business your average expectation on weekly earnings should be 50k-80k. At most 90k in a week with surge.
( Before expenses)

As u get more experience your earning capacity increases to like 100k-120k

Though there are a lots of cars on d platform NOW. So you gat to work smart and harder to succeed

FuckEveryday:
Omo I drove full time in Nov-Dec, I lost weight ehn My car sef hear m..it was looking like a sexually abused female..naxo I pack up biko


But this guys earnings cum dey be like e pass dat festive period which is supposed the be the best time for the hustle...ABI bolt don Increase money and decrease commission

CheerfulGiver:
Nice article for upcoming ants about to hit the road and take charge of their destiny.

https://www.nairaland.com/4425767/challenges-face-uber-taxify-business#66271740

ndubuisi2021:
It's not an invisible quest bro. To gross that 900k, that guy starts his Bolt business 4:30am and works through the night until midnight. Risk! Risk! Risk! Na serious danger be that oo. Any business without daylight in Lagos, your life is being put on the line. So if you can take that risk, you too can gross 1M.

The dude may have likely used 300k fuel too not to talk of Mechanics. Made about 700k a month with that. Serious hard work but with serious risk and investment. NOT ADVISED especially on health and security grounds.

My problem with that Cheerful guy is that he doesn't tell his story in full. We saw how xghost guy broke down his earnings and sacrifices here, that's honesty that can motivate not this mystery that this guy keeps posting here to disturb the peace. CheerfulGiverr, feel free with your usual insults, I'm waiting.

Cheddaz:
I don't think so o, I've been made to understand they are just assuring you can gross at least that amount and if you don't they pay the difference. So person wey dey gross pass this one steady na normal work we dey na

XGhost:
So I spoke with cheerfulgiver last week Saturday, and I can assure you that even with my experience and all he schooled me on some things I had never considered before. It's actually not hard.
It is all about trying to be as efficient as possible. I've seen my earnings jump while working basically same hours or less and I haven't been working everyday as you can see.
I buy Fuel 5k everyday I work and it always rolls over. I do this so it's easy for me to calculate how much fuel I used by multiplying number of days o worked by 5.
Like I say, let everyone make of this post what they may.

BAZ001:
Remain small rider for tear me slap now
Yellow warri looking lady with white snickers and jeans short. Sat in front and next thing increased AC by herself, like say I be her younger brother...
she began to talk and rake on phone...
her conversation “ I.K remove light fit compound for 10mins dem no call police for am but when I do my own craze them carry me go station go write statement”

Na so one sienna was dragging with a car for road, the sienna was coming close to me without looking at my car cos he no wan gree.
I had to put my hand on the horn like my whole life depends on it.
Guess what
Warri woman raise hand up like she wan slap me. I had to leave horn with right hand was ready to block slap.
After her call I asked her jokingly say na slapping wan slap me so.
She laugh say no naah , how I go slap u, I just wan hit your hand say u dey disturb my phone.

Till we reach 1004 I no press horn again. Make she carry her slap go meet that our guy wey chup slap and drink cold water.

carixma:
Abeg felicity where are u? u need to come and answer .

deedee44:
Lazy drivers will soon abuse it now. They will start requesting themselves for short trips and waste time online just to collect free 15k.

XGhost:
So I spoke with cheerfulgiver last week Saturday, and I can assure you that even with my experience and all he schooled me on some things I had never considered before. It's actually not hard.
It is all about trying to be as efficient as possible. I've seen my earnings jump while working basically same hours or less and I haven't been working everyday as you can see.
I buy Fuel 5k everyday I work and it always rolls over. I do this so it's easy for me to calculate how much fuel I used by multiplying number of days o worked by 5.
Like I say, let everyone make of this post what they may.

GeneralZodd:
The new G.O.A.T driver after Romeo

Gentlelife50:
What's your own?
Izit ya abuse?

FuckEveryday:
Omo I drove full time in Nov-Dec, I lost weight ehn My car sef hear m..it was looking like a sexually abused female..naxo I pack up biko


But this guys earnings cum dey be like e pass dat festive period which is supposed the be the best time for the hustle...ABI bolt don Increase money and decrease commission

hoodboy:
So today midnight(12:30am) I had my own too good to be true Uber story . Last trip of the day, from Landmark to Lugard Ave Ikoyi, ended the trip and it was 1300, the rider had just 1k cash and asked for us to look for cash point close by, told him he’d have to pay me extra as I don already end trip, dude was like “no problem, I’d pay you double or whatever “.

After hitting two ATMs with no luck, Baba just vex say I have some foreign currency, brought out 500 dirhams and kept it on my dash, happily dropped them back at the hotel. I’m resting today

Pearl1910:
Don't spend that money for another 1week. Was the guy drunk?

CheerfulGiverr:
Far from HBP. You're the dumbest human I've ever met, either online or offline. Therefore, whenever I read something that sounds dumb to me, I think of you by default. Not like I attach the minutest of value to you, as I honestly value a dogs fart more than I'll ever value you.

CheerfulGiver:
Driving for fun from this point.

skillip:
MMM- Money Making Machine. If I May ask have you ever won driver of the Month considering your earnings ?

samobaba4u:
45k deliver money must complete abeg week don dey end.

confusedworld17:
The unending drama of ehailing...
So yesterday I said to myself, let me for once leave lazy drivers class. I started working from 5am to around some minutes to 12am. Though I do take some short-short rests in between.

Got My first trip some minutes after 5am and the guy wanted to spoil my day but I refused to go for that trip, despite say na long trip. The guy na one of those guys wey Abba Kyari dey help buy native clothes.

Already he don dey sound some how on the phone but I just ignored due to say na long trip. But the one that broke the camel's back was, immediately he got into the car, without even taking permission, he turned off the radio that was not even loud. Thank God say I never even start the trip. I just canceled and told him straight to leave my car say I no go again. The guy starred at me for some seconds and then alighted and banged my door.

Another drama in the evening...
Picked up one fat lady, as in very fat.
Before she enter car, she say make I help her shift the front seat backward. for my mind I say today na today.

She occupied the whole place that even the arm rest self I no see use as her hand don collect the whole space.

Then she said no need for me to on the AC say weather cool and jokingly said "make I help you save fuel"

Na so I wind down we moove... She was chatty and nice. Then she bought one "pope" for her self and bought fearless for me, saying that I need the energy for the work. I just smile and collect the chilled drink. As if she know say na wetin I need to close in on Cheerfulgiver .

As old soja for the work... One mind just tell me say this her niceness is too good to be true say I should watch out, may be na fake transfer go end am.

Along the way, she now said "Pls can I smoke in your car ?"
Me wey don almost finish her energy drink, I was hesitant to say no. She now said "Don't worry the smell is not that strong. Your next rider would not even notice any thing"

Kai! Awuuf dey run bele Oo.. I no get mouth say no.
But true true the cigar smell was very mild.

I set destination to ikeja at about 9pm around lekki and got a trip to ogba after waiting for almost an hour.

As I just dey drop rider, I say make I reset destination to Gowon estate... 1.9 surge enter, going to Farmcity lekki 1. See temptation...

I dey come

confusedworld17:
The unending drama of ehailing...
So yesterday I said to myself, let me for once leave lazy drivers class. I started working from 5am to around some minutes to 12am. Though I do take some short-short rests in between.

Got My first trip some minutes after 5am and the guy wanted to spoil my day but I refused to go for that trip, despite say na long trip. The guy na one of those guys wey Abba Kyari dey help buy native clothes.

Already he don dey sound some how on the phone but I just ignored due to say na long trip. But the one that broke the camel's back was, immediately he got into the car, without even taking permission, he turned off the radio that was not even loud. Thank God say I never even start the trip. I just canceled and told him straight to leave my car say I no go again. The guy starred at me for some seconds and then alighted and banged my door.

Another drama in the evening...
Picked up one fat lady, as in very fat.
Before she enter car, she say make I help her shift the front seat backward. for my mind I say today na today.

She occupied the whole place that even the arm rest self I no see use as her hand don collect the whole space.

Then she said no need for me to on the AC say weather cool and jokingly said "make I help you save fuel"

Na so I wind down we moove... She was chatty and nice. Then she bought one "pope" for her self and bought fearless for me, saying that I need the energy for the work. I just smile and collect the chilled drink. As if she know say na wetin I need to close in on Cheerfulgiver .

As old soja for the work... One mind just tell me say this her niceness is too good to be true say I should watch out, may be na fake transfer go end am.

Along the way, she now said "Pls can I smoke in your car ?"
Me wey don almost finish her energy drink, I was hesitant to say no. She now said "Don't worry the smell is not that strong. Your next rider would not even notice any thing"

Kai! Awuuf dey run bele Oo.. I no get mouth say no.
But true true the cigar smell was very mild.

I set destination to ikeja at about 9pm around lekki and got a trip to ogba after waiting for almost an hour.

As I just dey drop rider, I say make I reset destination to Gowon estate... 1.9 surge enter, going to Farmcity lekki 1. See temptation...

I dey come