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Pearl1910:
U see, its comments like this that makes me go full throttle to change it for u.
I will let is slide today.

U clearly said something based on ur own determination of trip that is good and poor which is unique to u and your tools. U said u would rather take home 40k than do poor trips and go home with 70k please help me make sense out of this statement.

What makes a bad trip bad (in regards to fares) is because u will not make a lot from it, either because the fare is poor, or d fare is good but u will drive long to pickup, or u will drive a long distance after drop off back to civilization. A combination of price, pick up distance, destination and route.

So ur statement can't be true in any sense of it, because poor trips can't give u higher take home, if u had higher take home then d trips weren't poor after all.
Ur example of 1500 instead of 4k to ikeja can't give u higher take home at the end of the day so it doesn't quit explain what u were trying to say.

Instead of attack me personally, why not rephrase ur statement or explain what u meant better.

My brother sorry u found my last comments offensive. this is what I meant. If ojodu to Ikeja for 4000 is average for you then it means same trip for 2000 or 2500k will be poor. Let's assume u normally gross 60k daily meaning you might need to complete 15 trips to achieve this on average price.

Now cause we want to 'work' and don't want to 'wait' you accept prices of 2000-2500 completing 24 trips or so to achieve same 60k. Now tell me won't your pocket be full but are you still profitable?

When u can even be more methodological and look for even above average prices and maybe do 7 or 9 trips. But you wait longer. Like the man that posted . 9am to 9pm only 6 trips.

So my friend you can actually do more trips to meet up ur target and yet not make money. Someone going to Ikeja from Ojodu to work might just wanna make his fuel money back and accept 1500 or 2000 but can an ehailing driver do that? For me I'll rather be parked and waiting than just driving around Lagos. And it works for me.

Cause funny enough you ALWAYS have juicy trips EVERYDAY on indrive. Some riders don't wanna waste their time or urs. Just u have to always be looking at d screen to snatch and grab once d opportunity presents.

Please no hard feelings. U na Egbon for this thread

People are mostly requesting rides from inDrive compared to bolt and Uber ,this bad for business cause inDrive prices are cutthroat and make do
prices ..We need more shift on bolt and Uber ..

Dabadwela:
You dey fortunate say you get car na im make you dey feel like say you know all.

Why not give your car to am and ask for 30 weekly

K

Memberclub:
a dedicated driver can make 70k before weekend.

Someone was arguing that investing in uber fleet now is a waste of time and resources, i agree. My guy, back when i used to work outside Nigeria, most people prefer to work for companies where the leader na European/American, than any other nationality, you know why? They treat you better. With how hard things be now, make person with family dey deliver 60k weekly... Assuming you dey pay am salary, how much you go dey pay am? If he no dey touch money earned from driving, how much you go dey pay am for driving 10-12hrs every day every week? Will you cover his health insurance? Life insurance? What benefit does he get? Paid leave? Paid sick leave? Smh abi na slave.? ... Like i said one time previously, most of us can't see beyond what we know, which is normal. Na only uber business person go invest in, he wan realize him returns today today, not so... Na bad roads, bad drivers and bad maintenence culture we get, if not, ur car suppose stay years for road yield okay returns for long.

If nigeria had a working system, you CAN'T afford to keep a driver working 12hrs a day, you go too pay am... But alas this is Nigeria, na why big men prefer living her over overseas, cus here you pay driver 50-70k, chef same amount, cleaner 40k, etc, abuse of labour, no labour laws.... To the dimwit who said i should give car for 30k a week, if i had it, that's exactly what I'll do, employment is meant to better the life of the employed, not just the employer, if you can't afford to create a business environment where it doesn't feel like slavery, then you shouldn't be in that business. May God permit me to use this example, my compound gate man is paid 50k monthly, others use him to do various tasks, car washing, errands, cleaning, washing clothes etc cus that's how typical Nigerians abuse people... Now I use him for that as well, i can say 'my money contributes to his monthly pay, so no need to pay extras for extras he does' i may or may not be right, but God forbid i do... Money wey dat guy dey chop for my hand every month is almost tantamount to his salary, if i was more bouyant, he'd chop more and guess what the result of that is? Hes EAGER to run errands for, he takes care of my shi without me saying, he's happy to work for me.... I'm big believer of paying people what's due, no one will feel used or abused under me. Maybe if car owners made sure their drivers were happy, they'll take care of their cars like it's theirs? Maybe? The day i can no longer afford to pay him extras, I'll do my chores myself. If you can't afford to mkae ur uber investment returns slowly, invest in keke.

Kumuyiii:
Someone was arguing that investing in uber fleet now is a waste of time and resources, i agree. My guy, back when i used to work outside Nigeria, most people prefer to work for companies where the leader na European/American, than any other nationality, you know why? They treat you better. With how hard things be now, make person with family dey deliver 60k weekly... Assuming you dey pay am salary, how much you go dey pay am? If he no dey touch money earned from driving, how you go dey pay am for driving 10-12hrs every day every week? Will you cover his health insurance? Life insurance? What benefit does he get? Paid leave? Paid sick leave? Smh... Like i said one time previously, most of us can't see beyond what we know, which is normal. Na only uber business person go invest in, he wan realize him returns today today, not so... Na bad roads, bad drivers and bad maintenence culture we get, if not, ur car suppose stay years for road yield okay returns for long.

If nigeria had a working system, you CAN'T afford to keep a driver working 12hrs a day, you go too pay am... But alas this is Nigeria, na why big men prefer living her over overseas, cus here you pay driver 50-70k, chef same amount, cleaner 40k, etc, abuse of labour, no labour laws.... To the dimwit who said i should give car for 30k a week, if i had it, that's exactly what I'll do, employment is meant to better the life of the employed, not just the employer, if you can't afford to create a business environment where it doesn't feel like slavery, then you shouldn't be in that business.

You never buy car give driver before, na why you go they talk this kind thing.

I'm surprised that someone will still be advocating for 30k remittance at this point. 30fkn..K.

Even you no fit try am. Just 1 repair will wipe off 1month remittance.

ReadaDream:
You never buy car give driver before, na why you go they talk this kind thing.

I'm surprised that someone will still be advocating for 30k remittance at this point. 30fkn..K.

Even you no fit try am. Just 1 repair will wipe off 1month remittance.

no mind the guy jare people have been complaining here of car maintenance and all he is still talking of 30k remittance if not for greed no sane person should even accept that kind of offer from car owner. You suppose beg am to increase it to 40-50k from your own good will because if anything do the car and the owner cannot fix it how will you continue making that money

ReadaDream:
You never buy car give driver before, na why you go they talk this kind thing.

I'm surprised that someone will still be advocating for 30k remittance at this point. 30fkn..K.

Even you no fit try am. Just 1 repair will wipe off 1month remittance.

Then invest in a keke... Or stocks. Sha no use person. No be force to invest in uber abi..? You're not blind, ure seeing the prices everybody is seeing. If it's not H-purchase, no one has any business paying such amount in such business climate. For the record 50k per week is what my guy dey pay for hire purchase.

Kaymax2222:
no mind the guy jare people have been complaining here of car maintenance and all he is still talking of 30k remittance if not for greed no sane person should even accept that kind of offer from car owner. You suppose beg am to increase it to 40-50k from your own good will because if anything do the car and the owner cannot fix it how will you continue making that money

You failed the answer the questions i posed oh....don't talk out of emotions, ure not a woman, or are u? Answer the questions i posed. Thank u

Kumuyiii:
Then invest in a keke... Or stocks. Sha no use person. No be force to invest in uber abi..? You're not blind, ure seeing the prices everybody is seeing. If it's not H-purchase, no one has any business paying such amount in such business climate. For the record 50k per week is what my guy dey pay for hire purchase.

Then make no driver dey ask for car again. Make them dey beg for keke

Kaymax2222:
no mind the guy jare people have been complaining here of car maintenance and all he is still talking of 30k remittance if not for greed no sane person should even accept that kind of offer from car owner. You suppose beg am to increase it to 40-50k from your own good will because if anything do the car and the owner cannot fix it how will you continue making that money

Way back 2021, I was paying 35k on a Corolla as remittance.

...I would not give out a car for anything less than 70k right now. If its on CNG and smaller engine like 1.3/1.1.. its 100k. You no gree, leave am. Its business, not charity. If e easy, make the driver bring out 3m go buy one dead car they manage.

If you invest 5m now, collecting 40k weekly, it will take you 3years of consistent payment to recoup 5m investment 😀.

Kumuyiii:
Then invest in a keke... Or stocks. Sha no use person. No be force to invest in uber abi..? You're not blind, ure seeing the prices everybody is seeing. If it's not H-purchase, no one has any business paying such amount in such business climate. For the record 50k per week is what my guy dey pay for hire purchase.

Advocating for a meaningful rental fee is not 'using' person or slavery as you wish to call it... as bad as the fares are, one can still take home 25-30k working 6am to 6pm. Its not rocket science.

Save 10-15k daily for the car owner.. how bad can that be?..

...also you can't tell people to invest in Keke, when they have chosen to invest in ehailing. If my coconut head says I should invest in Ehailing, best believe me, I'm coming up with terms to secure my investment, its not emotion, its business. Friendship no they for business.

Kindly share the way, abayomi54321@outlook.com. God bless you.

Vela01:
Guys, I wan drop one update, but I no wan cast am here.

As we get bolt and Uber account wey we dey use work.

Easy to get driving job with visa sponsorship.

I no wan drop info here and I won't give the country wey I dey go on here. But I go like make hustlers here chop am, we don too try.

Finally took a barely manageable trip to escape lekki phase 1

Lots of fast fingers hustling hard.

Jamie90:
Finally took a barely manageable trip to escape lekki phase 1

Lots of fast fingers hustling hard.

A pity, i still dey house since morning.

ReadaDream:
Way back 2021, I was paying 35k on a Corolla as remittance.

...I would not give out a car for anything less than 70k right now. If its on CNG and smaller engine like 1.3/1.1.. its 100k. You no gree, leave am. Its business, not charity. If e easy, make the driver bring out 3m go buy one dead car they manage.

If you invest 5m now, collecting 40k weekly, it will take you 3years of consistent payment to recoup 5m investment 😀.

3 yrs to recover ur investment... I don't want to use harsh words... But pls rry to educate ur self.... Invest money to buy car for obi cubana enviable transport company... Even keke, will take 3yrs to recover ur money. E reach say make person drive for you, you wan be tinubu for him head.

ReadaDream:
Advocating for a meaningful rental fee is not 'using' person or slavery as you wish to call it... as bad as the fares are, one can still take home 25-30k working 6am to 6pm. Its not rocket science.

Save 10-15k daily for the car owner.. how bad can that be?..

...also you can't tell people to invest in Keke, when they have chosen to invest in ehailing. If my coconut head says I should invest in Ehailing, best believe me, I'm coming up with terms to secure my investment, its not emotion, its business. Friendship no they for business.

6am to 6pm, becus na you create him life na abi? Una no dey think. 6 am to 6pm 7 days a week.... Once you again, you didn't answer my question.... Health insurance, life insurance, you go cover am abi? Or na jackie him be.?

Kumuyiii:
You failed the answer the questions i posed oh....don't talk out of emotions, ure not a woman, or are u? Answer the questions i posed. Thank u

I didn't see any question in your statement and na you dey talk out of emotion saying 30k remittance is ideal for today's business reality

Kumuyiii:
6am to 6pm, becus na you create him life na abi? Una no dey think. 6 am to 6pm 7 days a week.... Once you again, you didn't answer my question.... Health insurance, life insurance, you go cover am abi? Or na jackie him be.?

health insurance na water but life insurance?? You this guy self eh sometimes the way you reason soldier wey be say na him life be the working tools self no get life insurance

DEGREE2466:
This was my argument but someone said they should school me.

Any waiting that makes me go home with lesser amount, simply because I was waiting for the perfect trip is a wasted time.

It is the end that justifies the means. A lost one hour waiting for the perfect trip can only be compensated by an extra one hour from your normal closing time.

No guarantee that the perfect trip will even come.

But you also should consider the wear and tear on your car.

Kumuyiii:
6am to 6pm, becus na you create him life na abi? Una no dey think. 6 am to 6pm 7 days a week.... Once you again, you didn't answer my question.... Health insurance, life insurance, you go cover am abi? Or na jackie him be.?

You dey drive every min, every hour and every moment?

We dey always take break for this job normal normal. Me I dey take 2 hours long break plus additional waiting time for good trip here and there

Life and health insurance??Why you dey talk like say driving na the most difficult and risky job in the world?

Bro this matter no hard , carry you car give person make e dey give you 30k every week for remittance

Dabadwela:
You dey drive every min, every hour and every moment?

We dey always take break for this job normal normal. Me I dey take 2 hours long break plus additional waiting time for good trip here and there

Life and health insurance??Why you dey talk like say driving na the most difficult and risky job in the world?

Bro this matter no hard , carry you car give person make e dey give you 30k every week for remittance

Landlord bought land, millions, building, millions... But when they put price high, suddenly ur brain kicks in.... 'you want to realise ur investment in a year? Ah ah nau, it's too much' suddenly you realise investment is not meant to be recouped in a year or 2.

I gave you a simple task.... Call a real company that knows business, enviable transport by obi Cubana, tell them say you wan invest in keke or car, how much monthly, mind you, after they've repaid you, ur car is gone oh. Then get back to me with ur findings. Say someday use you then, no means say you go use person now. If everywhere soft, sure by all means, conditions should be renegotiated. Equity. Na wetin dem wan use remit 60k/70k per week be dis abi? Oya na

Lmao..I'm just playing around with Chatgpt, so I asked the bot what it thinks about 30k rental in 2026.. 😀
A.I sef shock..

₦30,000 per week?
Let’s be very direct 👇🏽
That is far below market reality in 2026 Nigeria.

📊 Quick Breakdown
Even in a struggling city like Port Harcourt:
Average active driver makes ₦120k–₦180k weekly gross.
After fuel & expenses, he may net ₦70k–₦110k.
If you collect ₦30k weekly, that means:
₦120k per month.
₦1.56m per year.

You will not even recover the car’s value in reasonable time. Meanwhile:
Engine wear
Suspension damage
Transmission stress
Accident risk
Insurance exposure
Depreciation
All on your head.

🔍 Let’s Be Honest
₦30k weekly is:
Either charity
Or someone trying to emotionally negotiate
Or someone comparing to 2019 rates
Even dispatch bikes collect more than that now.

ReadaDream:
₦30,000 per week?
Let’s be very direct 👇🏽
That is far below market reality in 2026 Nigeria.

📊 Quick Breakdown
Even in a struggling city like Port Harcourt:
Average active driver makes ₦120k–₦180k weekly gross.
After fuel & expenses, he may net ₦70k–₦110k.
If you collect ₦30k weekly, that means:
₦120k per month.
₦1.56m per year.

You will not even recover the car’s value in reasonable time. Meanwhile:
Engine wear
Suspension damage
Transmission stress
Accident risk
Insurance exposure
Depreciation
All on your head.

🔍 Let’s Be Honest
₦30k weekly is:
Either charity
Or someone trying to emotionally negotiate
Or someone comparing to 2019 rates
Even dispatch bikes collect more than that now.

Make chatgpt come give you trips na oga mi, tell am to hack app increase price abeg 🙏 if price good, even 100k per week people go rugged am.

Kumuyiii:
Landlord bought land, millions, building, millions... But when they put price high, suddenly ur brain kicks in.... 'you want to realise ur investment in a year? Ah ah nau, it's too much' suddenly you realise investment is not meant to be recouped in a year or 2.

I gave you a simple task.... Call a real company that knows business, enviable transport by obi Cubana, tell them say you wan invest in keke or car, how much monthly, mind you, after they've repaid you, ur car is gone oh. Then get back to me with ur findings. Say someday use you then, no means say you go use person now. If everywhere soft, sure by all means, conditions should be renegotiated. Equity. Na wetin dem wan use remit 60k/70k per week be dis abi? Oya na

See for yourself sir

Kumuyiii:
Landlord bought land, millions, building, millions... But when they put price high, suddenly ur brain kicks in.... 'you want to realise ur investment in a year? Ah ah nau, it's too much' suddenly you realise investment is not meant to be recouped in a year or 2.

I gave you a simple task.... Call a real company that knows business, enviable transport by obi Cubana, tell them say you wan invest in keke or car, how much monthly, mind you, after they've repaid you, ur car is gone oh. Then get back to me with ur findings. Say someday use you then, no means say you go use person now. If everywhere soft, sure by all means, conditions should be renegotiated. Equity. Na wetin dem wan use remit 60k/70k per week be dis abi? Oya na

We don dey compare assets (land,house) with depreciable commodity like car now abi?? 60-70k minimum for rentals ,if you nor like am, go drive keke

Period

Kumuyiii:
Next week God willing, I'll run a full tank taking 'ok to dumb' trips, let me see how it goes, I'll share the results here.... So that everybody will see whether 'always busy' is better than selective busy.


One thing we should bear in mind is, is not only fuel money you should be concerned about, whatever you end the day with as profit, you should factor in maintenance..... Being busy throughout the day taking 'ok' trips is just more wear and tear on ur parts, God help you if you live in the mainland with far more terrible roads... You'll be just one trip to the mechanic to be back to ground zero. Let's not twist it up, of course you'll make 'profit' by taking ok to mediocre trips, but you'll be running ur business into the ground slowly, seeing only today without looking at tomorrow is a trap... You gotta make enough profit to cushion for expensive repairs which will INEVITABLY come in this line of work, many are forced to borrow. My opinion is, only take 'ok' trips when you need to leave a dead area(like vi). The trip below is heartbreaking, how bad things have got, last year, this same trip will be nothing short of 14k, but today look... May God help us, so does this fall under 'ok' trips or? Where is the line.?

"One thing we should bear in mind is, is not only fuel money you should be concerned about, whatever you end the day with as profit, you should factor in maintenance.."

Exactly. I learnt this the hard way when I first started this hustle. I was taking every trip Bolt threw my way... I was making money alright, but I was spending a lot on repairs. Before I know, alternator don spoil...next week, shaft leg break...I saw my car deteriorating before my very eyes. I had to purse and think...is this system worth it.

What pays me now is to be selective of where I go and the trips i accept. With this mode of operation, I get to keep more of what I make, instead of making and spending 3/4 on repairs. I wish I had realized this mode earlier. Anyway, to each his own.

Dabadwela:
See for yourself sir

You know that once them don pay ur finish, ur asset is gone ba..?

Dabadwela:
We don dey compare assets (land,house) with depreciable commodity like car now abi?? 60-70k minimum for rentals ,if you nor like am, go drive keke

Period

Chief, I no comot today oh.... I don find trip taya, and I'll be expecting somebody's son to vomit 60/70k for me end of the week.... He go chop stone, feed family sand, as in he's living for me na abi? Smh

Kumuyiii:
Chief, I no comot today oh.... I don find trip taya, and I'll be expecting somebody's son to vomit 60/70k for me end of the week.... He go chop stone, feed family sand, as in he's living for me na abi? Smh

Na you nor wan comot

Na you chose to stay your house

Na you dey find trip of NGN700/per KM

Your problem dey different from mine and plenty others wey need to feed and take care of some responsibilities