₦airaland Forum

NaughtyBrainiac:
Low lives? Dem dey craze. A lot of NURTW guys are not low lives. Some of them have 3 houses and even more. You will see some Keke Drivers that have 2 good houses. So, na e-hailing Driver come be low life? Person wey get good car, dress well, speak good English etc Ah 😂

Danremmy:
The job is for driving a Toyota Camry 2004 model (Big Daddy) on Bolt.

* Working hours: 8am–7pm
* Sunday is normally the day off.
* If you want to work on Sunday, you can take another day off during the week when you need to attend to personal matters.
* The car will be picked up from my location in the morning and returned to my location every evening.
* Payment is 40% of the net profit after agreed expenses such as fuel and repairs, while I take 60%.
* GPS tracking and proper daily/weekly accounting will be in place.

If you're comfortable with this arrangement, I can ask you a few questions about your experience.


PLEASE EXPERIENCED SIRS, IS THIS A GOOD DEAL? I HAVE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND BUT I'M NOT GETTING IT YET.

Glithronix:
Very simple. The same way indrive smuggled themselves into the market, but with a more enticing facilities that will definitely attract drivers and riders.

Such as;
Lower commission - just as indrive started it.

Bonus to drivers- massive bonus and the ability to withdraw your bonus into your bank account if you want.

Bonus to riders - offer riders a very good bonus, but this one should not be taken from drivers trip fare.
For example, if a ride shows 10k on the driver's board, and shows 6k to the rider (indicating a bonus of 4k for the rider), the 4k bonus should be credited to drivers wallet and can be withdrawn by driver if he wants.

These two alone will do the work.
The purpose is to attract a lot of drivers on board.

So, as time goes on, they can start increasing the base fare but bonus to riders this time should be the main focus, and the bonus goes to drivers wallet.

They should do all these till they are fully in the market and start doing some things that would increase their own returns.
Na business house, they know what to do.

When they become expensive, the bonuses to riders will keep riders on the app till riders feel comfortable with them, just like they are with indrive now.

Drivers pick rides they want, just like indrive..

But dem go first spend that money 😁coupled with aggressive promotion/advertisement.


Much respect, boss.

tojahh:
Make I no talk sha... But seem there will be another Azonto Dancing soon. 😂

The earlier you realize protest can't give you anything in this line of business the better for you. You can't protest your way to your dream fare.

But what do I know?

Pearl1910:
So basically they should provide the lowest rides fares to riders through discounts, vouchers and reduced fares while giving drivers the highest earning possible through bonus and lowest commissions.

All for what? When and how are they gonna make this money back? Cos d moment they start increasing commissions we will all shout. And if they increase the fares back Riders will leave them.

For me more apps coming to compete in this space will only drag d price further down. The current App companies should collaborate or govt should regulate them to standardize the fares.

If I where in govt I would force Indrive and Bolt to have comparable prices with Lagride so as to make them desirable. Right now they hardly get customers cos the difference in price between Lagride and Bolt/Indrive is like night and day.

All over the world, Germany, UK, Spain, China, even Kenya and Tanzania, the govt regulates prices and fixes minimum fares to ensure a decent earning for the Industry players and protest the jobs of regular taxis.

To be honest, how would u feel if u were a yellow taxi operator after Uber and Bolt came into Nigeria? Bolt especially crashed trips of 5k to less than 2k.

tojahh:
Make I no talk sha... But seem there will be another Azonto Dancing soon. 😂

The earlier you realize protest can't give you anything in this line of business the better for you. You can't protest your way to your dream fare.

But what do I know?

NaughtyBrainiac:
Na only God sabi when Naija Government go fit do that kind thing. When there are several major things they are yet to attend to. Hmmmm

NaughtyBrainiac:
What's now the way to getting the dream fare?😩

Pearl1910:
So basically they should provide the lowest rides fares to riders through discounts, vouchers and reduced fares while giving drivers the highest earning possible through bonus and lowest commissions.

All for what? When and how are they gonna make this money back? Cos d moment they start increasing commissions we will all shout. And if they increase the fares back Riders will leave them.

For me more apps coming to compete in this space will only drag d price further down. The current App companies should collaborate or govt should regulate them to standardize the fares.

If I where in govt I would force Indrive and Bolt to have comparable prices with Lagride so as to make them desirable. Right now they hardly get customers cos the difference in price between Lagride and Bolt/Indrive is like night and day.

All over the world, Germany, UK, Spain, China, even Kenya and Tanzania, the govt regulates prices and fixes minimum fares to ensure a decent earning for the Industry players and protest the jobs of regular taxis.

To be honest, how would u feel if u were a yellow taxi operator after Uber and Bolt came into Nigeria? Bolt especially crashed trips of 5k to less than 2k.

obacasmir:
Before indrive 10k trip turn into 2 hours..

Nelochukwu:
As in u get. Na even e hailing drivers suppose chop life pass all dese people wey u talk. D people wey I dey talk about dey dis very group. Dey believe dis hustle na for slaves Imagine u dey work dey look urself as slave y app no go dey reason slave price.

Men no know say transport na very big bizness ANYWHERE IN D WORLD na Nigeria come be like say we dey jonze.

Anyway me wey dey talk now before u no Dem go ask me if I don recover my cng money forgetting na another economy cng dey operate but I lm fighting for d love of this craft no be just about making money. Now we have extremely entitled riders that can't even afford cars even d ones that have, have parked at home due to high Maintenance

Iz well

Pearl1910:
So basically they should provide the lowest rides fares to riders through discounts, vouchers and reduced fares while giving drivers the highest earning possible through bonus and lowest commissions.

All for what? When and how are they gonna make this money back? Cos d moment they start increasing commissions we will all shout. And if they increase the fares back Riders will leave them.

For me more apps coming to compete in this space will only drag d price further down. The current App companies should collaborate or govt should regulate them to standardize the fares.

If I where in govt I would force Indrive and Bolt to have comparable prices with Lagride so as to make them desirable. Right now they hardly get customers cos the difference in price between Lagride and Bolt/Indrive is like night and day.

All over the world, Germany, UK, Spain, China, even Kenya and Tanzania, the govt regulates prices and fixes minimum fares to ensure a decent earning for the Industry players and protest the jobs of regular taxis.

To be honest, how would u feel if u were a yellow taxi operator after Uber and Bolt came into Nigeria? Bolt especially crashed trips of 5k to less than 2k.

SHOOPSYN:
Your submission here, simply mean there is no solution and as such, Glith stance is the only temporary way forward. Mentioning govt as intervention in this case is even scary. My Nigeria govt. . Expecting Nigeria govt intervention as way forward is simply building castile in the air.
But whichever way, that is life, some of us will continue to dance azonto, while some will not. At the end, everything will reset again and everyone will still survive one way or the other.
Right now, we need healthy competitions.

MoonlightDrive:
We can lament all day long, this a multi billon dollar industry, drivers sadly are the pawns. The app company in America, Europe are even trying to remove the "entitled pawns", by rolling out more driverless cars.

On the CNG issue, imagine if every Nigerian motorist, install CNG, what happens in the future when a cheaper alternative comes on board, how do you safely dispose such amount of cylinder in an environmentally friendly manner, ultimately who bears the cost of the disposal? Honestly in our desperation for short term gains, we sometimes forget to look at the bigger pictures, mother nature always bear the cost.

I don't honestly mind entitled passengers, note not disrespectful passenger if they are actually paying the right fare for a trip. Imagine a trip from Ejigbo to Iponri estate, for less than N10k, and the passenger was lamenting... upon how much she is paying, i am not putting on my AC, i calmly told her lots of traffic and fuel is almost N1,400 per litre.

MoonlightDrive:
The so called healthy competitions, has lead to poor fares, what we probably need is a Dangote solution See how the price of cement is rising, regardless of the poor state of the economy. But will a monopolist model work for E-hailing, honestly i am not even sure of that.

On the mention of Government intervention, online loan sharks laughing their hearts out!

SHOOPSYN:
Your submission here, simply mean there is no solution and as such, Glith stance is the only temporary way forward. Mentioning govt as intervention in this case is even scary. My Nigeria govt. . Expecting Nigeria govt intervention as way forward is simply building castile in the air.
But whichever way, that is life, some of us will continue to dance azonto, while some will not. At the end, everything will reset again and everyone will still survive one way or the other.
Right now, we need healthy competitions.

NaughtyBrainiac:
Na only God sabi when Naija Government go fit do that kind thing. When there are several major things they are yet to attend to. Hmmmm

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.

@Pearl1910



Much respect, baba.

MoonlightDrive:
We can lament all day long, this a multi billon dollar industry, drivers sadly are the pawns. The app company in America, Europe are even trying to remove the "entitled pawns", by rolling out more driverless cars.

On the CNG issue, imagine if every Nigerian motorist, install CNG, what happens in the future when a cheaper alternative comes on board, how do you safely dispose such amount of cylinder in an environmentally friendly manner, ultimately who bears the cost of the disposal? Honestly in our desperation for short term gains, we sometimes forget to look at the bigger pictures, mother nature always bear the cost.

I don't honestly mind entitled passengers, note not disrespectful passenger if they are actually paying the right fare for a trip. Imagine a trip from Ejigbo to Iponri estate, for less than N10k, and the passenger was lamenting... upon how much she is paying, i am not putting on my AC, i calmly told her lots of traffic and fuel is almost N1,400 per litre.

MoonlightDrive:
As they say has any protest against the Cabal ever worked in this country.

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.

SHOOPSYN:
Your submission here, simply mean there is no solution and as such, Glith stance is the only temporary way forward. Mentioning govt as intervention in this case is even scary. My Nigeria govt. . Expecting Nigeria govt intervention as way forward is simply building castile in the air.
But whichever way, that is life, some of us will continue to dance azonto, while some will not. At the end, everything will reset again and everyone will still survive one way or the other.
Right now, we need healthy competitions.

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.

@Pearl1910



Much respect, baba.

mejai:
It’s not easy for hommies, bro! No option! I left this hustle since December 31, 2022. The hustle tried its best. Once in a while, I come here.

Pearl1910:
It has. Is it not protest that reversed GEJ subsidy in 2011?

Pearl1910:
After doing this business for upto 5yrs, u should be able to tell an investor practically how to enter the market and still remain relevant, sustainable and lasting in this business.
Ur recommendations will bleed the investors and their partners for years. They will run at a loss just to gain traction and after all said and done, when their money is finished, d only thing that will still keep Riders on that app is a competitive price. Then we will be back to square one.
Don't forget we as Drivers are looking for how to raise our income as cost is rising.
So whether 1 or 10 more apps enter d market, that is not the solution.

feran15:
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

A man shared how he was robb£d today in Victoria Island.

It is very s@d 💔 because today was his first day working as an Uber driver. pic.twitter.com/I9V5uaraO0

— Olakunle🪖 (@Olakunle_Omoba) October 2, 2026