₦airaland Forum

XGhost:
In hindsight, i should have ended the trip. It impacted too much on my driving time

the 1.3x surge was what tempted you..the moment I see the UK number I for don cancel since

lanrexdo:
For Indriver buddies

I only drive on indrive and only on mainland only.

Never be in a rush because the next trip might be better than the one you are evening bidding for.

Always position in a central place and safe, so when trips come you can go in multiple direction avoiding dead driving.


It takes time so best is to stay and drive to location you are familiar with

Put you car stereo to Lagos Fm as it helps to know if there impedements on the road or where let's stay a broke trailer an accident etc. When going to a destination always look at the return journey.

Stay focus and comot your eyes from the fuel Guage and just drive.

Some trips are so good that you will be happy .

But some are just okay.

Some riders believe the estimate price is the price they can only pay because it is what the app is saying .

New format.

After waiting for 5mins.

As soon as the rider is close to the door expecially those long trips of 8k.

Click cancel and keep your 800.

😂

the last advice no follow, pay your commission

konkoabove:
Reprint o, not new one. This country no go kill person.

yes it cost me 30k at frsc office in oshodi..reprint

CheerfulGiver:
Yo.

I've told you guys.

All you need is:

1. Strictly indrive app
2. Buy 15k fuel daily for 5 days. 0 fuel for the 6th day
3. Gross 45k daily

45k x 6 days = 270k

Fuel 75k

Commission 27k

Net earnings 168,000 weekly

I don't know the jazz you use bro...for the next 5 days now your car won't disappoint, you'll meet up with the target I'm sure about it. kudos

Conner44:
If my words worry you then skip them

they don't boss. peace

Conner44:
Great please what vehicle do you drive? Please update us on how your day went later.

This is what we should be doing now. Finding ways to stay afloat. I'm sure no driver here was forced to drive on ehailing, circumstances and choice is what made it happen.

We are supposed to be together, brainstorming on ways to make the most profit out of this hustle as a team.

Xghost is driving only on uber today. Let's see what he will net on their app with the current fuel pricing.

sorry to ask you, do you drive on uber? have you ever driven on uber? aren't you the one that said you will piss on your boss head if any1 made 1m last December? enter road and tell us your experience too..too many talk here from you

peacefulhome:
Pls how much did you buy? Also his the guy base in Lagos? Buying fake dollar has been my major concern.

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Pearl1910:
Actually, I have discovered this thread is 90% lazy drivers, part-time drivers and people that aren't even in the business.

Arguing with them is a waste of time.
One would ordinary expect serious and genuine questions as to how to achieve success in the business, or just copy what they see. But no, na to sitdon dey press phone they talk "it's not possible", "it's not profitable"
They have been complaining since 19kokoro, period within which serious people have saved and travelled out, some have built houses and big busineses, some have multiplied their fleet and all manner of good reports from ehailing.

Fuel price is just another talking point and excuse for them, devil dey beat drum for their head and them dey dance to the rhythm. Within these 4days someone has made 80k driving with the same price increase, but some people have parked their cars, and are home crying and wailing, some say they are still observing. some say it is a rat race some say it is running like a headless chicken some say it is moving lagos up and down
Well, as our faces are different so are our challenges and destiny. Make everybody do wetin dem like with their life. Not stressing myself to proof anything again. But I will still be here for the people that really want to work and succeed in the business, I only pity the people that will be deceived to follow the ones that are secretly working and making it while discouraging others on this platform.

you and the hardworking 10% are the problem and reason why the various app coy don't respect drivers

konkoabove:
Bro, how much is the reprint?

30k as at last year

since the fuel increment, uber has remain silent. I too have been home watching and observing

CheerfulGiver:
Pope191. I posted this yesterday.

If you have been paying attention and were comfortably grossing 30k daily on Indriver, your new daily target is 45k. You're basically doing same number of trips but re-strategize to 3k for 30 mins trips and 5-6k for 1hr trips. Anything less, rejecto.

Same time, same energy, same number of hours. This is for a 6 day work period Indriver... (Fuck_Bolt)

Weekly fuel 75000
Weekly commission 27000
Weekly gross - 270,000
Weekly net - 168,000

No time

If you have more energy good. But stick to this.

What you do with your net, your biz

sorry bro, but are you saying you don't look at kilometers? just time? because for me the major determinant of price Is km

victor abeg try and be calming down

artificial fuel scarcity loading....make I go house go dey observe first. today's rice no get stew at all

donbrowser:
People in USA, Canada or UK don't have that time. Their time is money because bills chase them every minute.

so in Nigeria our time isn't money?🙂

HonourablePomk:
I appreciate the advice the pros here give. Thanks a lot.
Please I have a question.

Sometime back I took a trip to the airport which was my first time. I’ve read here how you can’t park anywhere in the airport and how hostile it is. That night a Good Samaritan led me to the car park which I dropped off and paid 700 naira before I could leave.

Now this is my question. I get trips on bolt to some hotel or agency which states airport road. Please will this trip lead me to the airport? Or it’s just a normal trip? As I decline such requests becuase gurus here have told me to avoid airport because I’m not to familiar with it.

Another question please. When you are to drop a rider in computer village, where do you drop them? Because most streets there don’t look like cars enter soo I drop them along the road.

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I remember telling you that you don't have to go to the park to drop off a rider, drop off at the drop off zone and move, it's free of charge, you just wasted #700 just like that.

Glithronix:
Good evening, legends.
Been a while I noticed that AC doesn't chill properly during the day until evening time like 7pm upwards it will start proper chilling.
Today's own come worse pass. So, I want to take the car to an ac tech tomorrow for rectification. I no like anything lacking in the car.
I dey go house like this, grossed my 25k already. Make I know what the AC issue be before the AC man go wan rip me.
Much respect, bosses.

it's the filter, it's dusty

pope191:
Once I've met my target or it is certain. You can take all the time in the world. Mostly by 3/4 I am done for the day, the rest is playing.

are you for real? even on indrive you don't mind rider taking all the time in the world as long as you've met your target?

I have not driven for two weeks now, I decided to drive today, after just two trips and endless waiting under the sun for trips, I went home. I don't know how you guys are doing it but the winter period is lasting longer than expected for me. last month a rider tipped me 1k5 after seeing the low fare he was asked to pay. even some riders know that the fares without surge are poor.

ReadaDream:
Yes, the rider can take you anywhere inside Lagos during the reservation period.

that's not true...that is a maximum km per hour, if it exceed the kilometre the price increases according

northbird:
Really, so how will uber get their own revenue,? Regardless, 2.8k for 1 hr is mepagre.

when the trip ends, the rider will be asked to pay higher than what you as a driver saw before accepting uber hourly. I've done it twice

konkoabove:
Boss I greet you. Please advise a newbie in Lagos. I am starting tomorrow with bolt. My concern is those one way traps that google map doesn't pick. Which locations should I be on the lookout?

Google map is reliable most times, just make sure you always update it on play store regularly

northbird:
and Uber will still cut 25% from it? what's wrong with Uber?I mean,that one drives does not make one a dummy now #2,800 for a whole hour? Uber no try o. Maybe some drivers still accept such..

no uber won't, the amount you see is yours 100%

Welz:
today was a very good day on uber. soft work with surge everywhere

life of an uber driver, after having a good day yesterday, today is a day to forget. but we moove

today was a very good day on uber. soft work with surge everywhere

it's like some drivers here use water instead of petrol because i don't understand the kind of ridiculous bids I see on rida. App will suggest 4,500, rider will place 3,800 and one driver will bid 3,000. How? why?

YeyeGbami:
Ipaja ayobo if una see me again ehn

🤣🤣🤣...the way I ignore this place eh, na one of the reason why my cancellation rate dey high for uber

northbird:
Was there a discount given on the display page. I doubt if Uber is more expensive than Bolt.
BTW, Is uber now showing destination ? or they are still in their analog mode since 2015.

no destination boss, but I call to confirm destination before moving to PU most times.

Pearl1910:
U had waiting time added to your fare. Bolt came and left without waiting.
Did u find out if the Bolt price was discounted?

I didn't have that...on uber you can't click "arrive" you only arrive when you get to the location which I didn't.i was outside the gate with the passengers waiting for the bolt guy, so the uber app was still telling me one minute to pickup.
I don't know if the bolt was discounted sha

so on friday I got a request from hakuna metata in ahmadu bello going to elegushi beach, as I arrived I saw 5 adults and 5 kids, I told the lady to other another ride so we will both share the passenger(5/5). now this is the gist.
I drive on uber and this was a surge less trip, the lady then requested on bolt. when bolt driver came, we left. when we got there, my fare was #2,300 and the bolt was #1,900. Does that mean uber is fairer than bolt to drivers, also the commission I paid was 5%

HonourablePomk:
Hello guys I appreciate the encouragements

Noticed nobody here has talked about food
I went back home twice today to eat 😂.

Bold driver score is somehow. I told rider to cancel a trip to opic cos it seems out of Lagos. He canceled and the next 3 orders I got were from him and befor I could cancel he cancels. This thing dropped my score now 68. Bolt gave me order around today I only canceled Lekki and ajah cos I didn’t plan going far today. And airport cos it’s confusing

Please gurus here what’s your advice on airport? I see some orders which says airport road and I cancel cos I read here that it’s an offense to pick or drop at airport road. Please can anyone clarify this please.

And also if bolt blocks your account cos your score is below 50 is they a way around it? And how long does their blocking stay?

at one point you really have to tell yourself that this ehailing thing might not be for you bro. you really cancelled lekki trip?🙂

ReadaDream:
Waste of time, yes?

yes

Barbiturate:
After waiting for 20 mins, you still didn't pick her. She won't feel anything. She'd rather order another. You are the one that wasted your time and still didn't get the deal. I'm not supporting her, don't misconstrue me. The normal waiting time is 5 mins, of which you can choose to cancel after that or call let her understand that she has just 5 mins waiting grace, anytime after that, she would add to the fare. It is the fault of the App. Bolt charges rider after waiting for 5 mins.

As long as you render a service, you should be patient and tolerant. If you see what bar owners go through from customers, you will understand how hard it is to render service in this part of the world. Nigerians are difficult and frustrated people and they sometimes unleash their frustration on service renders. You need to follow them with patience and tolerance if you want good score/rating and offcourse, the money, which is the reason you're in the biz.

If she entered the car and you politely explained to her that it's only 5 mins waiting grace and she needs to add a little to the fare for your 15 mins wait, she might oblige, but if she refuses, you move on and go drop her. If she alights, give her 1 star and explain why on the App.

Simple

I did it for the next driver not to wait as long as i did. I have also benefitted from that too. everyone has their ways. Also, i don't renegotiate or ask riders to add anything to my fare.