Advision:
I am happy to see mindsets are now changing towards the opportunities this hussle provides.

What cheerfulgiver makes in a month is what a manager in a big four consulting firm makes (probably less the bonus). For those that will argue its gross not net, the real net that most employees can count on from what their employers pay them is probably 75% or less. transportation, dressing, managing bosses n customers and other expenses cost a lot.

About 2 years ago, there was this lady that I took to the Island for 2.5k. She she saw I was dressed for work myself, she asked for an offline arrangement for 2k every morning.

After a while of our arrangement, I got to knw where she worked and here role. Madam likely doesnt earn more than 250k, yet to keep her appearance sparkling (which was necessary for he role) n for comfort she spends 10k every week on going to work alone.

After we got comfortable with each other, I made the mistake of opening up to her on what I make driving part time n weekends (nothing less 120k in the worst months). Madam went further to check my linkedin profile to see where I worked. Madam started skipping payments afterwards . Had to end the arrangement by telling her I am taking a leave of absence at the office.

Some here may not realise but what many of your riders earn in a month is not up to what a hard working driver makes in a month, particularly when the car is his.

Let's learn to be grateful for the opportunity this hussle provides to step on to greater things. A winning mindset is one that sees a cup as half full and I am inspire by what I see some drivers here doing to also double my hussle.

For the ones that will complain that 40k a week is too much, too much police wahala, they have to spend 20k treating malaria, the job is too hazardous, they need hmo and pension ....they are people leading others to a pit

Ghost1994:
A woman forget 850k in my car on Saturday how did this happened?

Her son ordered bolt for her from vgc to marina. He didn’t sent her number to me just gave me code to type and told me to park at the pick up gate maybe he doesn’t want me to call her mother whatever reason though.

Well, I picked the woman saw marina but told her “ma’am I can’t park around UBA oh but I’ll park inside oando”

The woman flared saying that all drivers she has ever picked always dropped her at marina UBA because her leg is bad to walk.

I said to myself wahala 1.9 surge I’ll risk it but ma’am I’ll chuck my car for UBA gate so for you to quickly get down and moved on.

I forget to add that she had like 3 bags and she also sat at the back.

Hmmm getting to marina I ended the trip while descending the bridge before UBA trip ended with 7,800 mama it’s a card trip.

Mama replied thanks she horridly get down.

Me not knowing she had forgot one of her bag

It’s a long story I’ll try and go to the point…

Me got a request from same oando to admiralty thank god for life that the rider is a guy and sat in front haaa naso Gbege for happened.

Well I was getting close to Lekki Ikoyi toll naso my phone rang I picked and hearing a crying old woman voice…. Hahah mama please who’s this?

Mama: okomi please owo oja ni (it’s her goods money help me) I was like wrong number jare. Naso I end the call

Her son called that her mum was the one calling please pick it sir

Mama: please brother shebi you be Yoruba I beg you in the name of your creator with Yoruba prayers my bag is behind I forget 850k please help me I beg I don’t mind to give you something please. I replied with calm voice cos I don’t want the rider I picked to know what’s up.

Me: mama please go and stay inside oando kindly wait for me their I’ve seen your bag behind immediately I dropped my rider, I’m coming ma'am

This woman called me more than 30times at some point I lose my cool “madam it’s your money I’m just heading back kindly wait please now “ I was later mad at myself that I shouted for an elderly person.

Well getting to oando I saw the woman with all those agbero boys wey Dey pursue us whenever we come park and also that yellow chicken republic guy all of Em gathered already.

Gave the woman her bag filled with cash told her to count it. Which she offered me 10k but I told her MAAM ITS YOUR MONEY I CANT TAKE 1 kobo from that money ma and I’m sorry the way I spoke earlier.

Madam was so happy to the point she gave 5k to petrol attendant to fill my vehicle come see drama and cry of joy…

CheerfulGiver:
Its just 1500.

donfortune48:


He didn't even remove Bolts commission on his analysis.

Besides, this month is 100% same with Xmas season.
Bolt is never more than 1.9 surge, and that's the only difference xmass season have always had. And this month came with it.

Bigsunny01:
My question

Please which of dis car should I go for to embark on dis business Toyota Camry (big daddy) or Honda civic? And if chosen out of them what particular year is best OK and reason?

I await an urgent response from de experts ..thanks

CheerfulGiver:
My yesterday.

I play a 4-2-1-3 formation

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.

Pearl1910:


Sometimes, u just need that 10minutes nap to be reinvigorated for another 6hrs.

Sometime u r feeling so sleepy and can't even drive to the next Nepa pole. Talkless of ur house.

Don't judge until u find urself in his shoes.

donfortune48:


When people say that agreement is agreement, the image below comes to my mind.
Why will you rent a car, rough handle it and bring to the owner to fix?

The fact that car owners take responsibility in fixing the car, simply means that how much you make using that said car should concern them. No one should compare this with house rent and Landlords.

The more hrs you spend online making more money, the more likely it is for the car to brake down. And the owner takes responsibility of repairing it from the fixed rental amount while you're smiling with more money in your account.

My own advice to car owners is to find a way to make drivers solely responsible for repairs. Even if it means collecting only 20k/week rental. And before the driver drops the car, he must fix and repaint the car back to the condition it was when he rented it.

CheerfulGiver:
Check for yourself.

Proverbs 6 vs 6 - 11

CheerfulGiver:
This is not my hand writing.

dapotemi:


LOL...Aiye oooooooooooooooooooo....Cheerfulgiver pls have mercy...This is manslaughter...This is inhumane....only a SAN can handle this boy's case.......I pity his rider today, na straight to lagoon......Make i quickly go inform Oba of Lagos.

CheerfulGiver:
Airtel pocket Wi-Fi and 9mobile

lagusboyyy:
Try Airtel.

They are quite reliable.

Passionate888:

Whats 'rider app?'

Godfather10:


Very nonsensical argument.
Based on laziness

Bigsunny01:



A question dat have been going tru my vails

Does de Honda Civic brands also have ball joint issue like de Accord series?

Felicity0001:


Guy since you no invite me to come eat salah meat let me dish my annoyance on u.

Now, look at my earning for the whole of last month. Lets round it up to 300k for both offline and indriver which I dont do much. Offline I also dont do much again because of bonuses.

Now, assume rental to be 25k/week... Which is 100k/month.
I buy fuel 4k daily... 26days it 104k/month but let's leave it at 100k/month.
Let's forget minor money's I give as sara, police and others.

300k-100k-100= 100k

So can you see? 100k for 13hrs on the d road daily for 25/26 days... Mind you this money is not even guaranteed because there're lot of factors that can take 50% or 75% away in just ine day.

No health insurance from my partner
No pension
No leave allowances
To housing allowances
No feeding allowance
No transportation allowance (I've to pay for a cap to take my family out or go offline to do that)
No live insurance
No harverd allowance from partner.

All the partners I've had ever since I know how much of my money entered their car for maintenance so forget all those 100% maintenance... Audio ni

If I've to pay you 30k how much will be left for me? To foot my bill? All in the name that you bought a tokunbo car of 1.8ltr engine my ass that still belongs to you even after 3 or 4yrs? Guy are you kidding me?

Listen business is patient and for you to break even it has to take a minimum of 5yrs so where are you guys getting the notion of 2yrs?? Aren't you a highway robber

Come of it pls... Its because it's your car that's why you see it that way. Don't compare Mr. A with Mr. B they don't have the same strenght, tenacity, endurance and tolerance. My ideology is different from yours.

I can rent Your car and decide to park it in my garage and pay you at the end of every week from proceeds from my other business... I've done this b4 for like 3months erratically with the civic... Anyone could tell from the millage. Why? because I needed to be mobile for personal and business purposes so why tell me pay 30/40k, for what??

Guy if you need that lets sigh a hp agreement. So car owners should stop having the mentality of entitlement or thinking you're doing yje driver a favour ok. Its business. If it doesn't favour you sell the car and look for other things to do.

25k/30k is okay for rental any body not okay with that should hit the road and see how difficult it is to be faithful with even 25k for straight 3months first b4 thinking of 30k.

dapotemi:


LOL....25K a day, less 5k (i doubt you will use 5k fuel going anywhere in this lagos in a day)! I will just assume 5k...so 20k a day it is.

for 7 days he get 140k abi, then the man that put down 2.5 mil get a whole 25k..What a fair bargain..

So out of every 20k, partner is getting just about 3,500 naira. Did you see the mentality that some of your colleagues are dishing out there?.

Did you see why PDP/APC is treating all of us this way? Did you notice the resemblance between PDP/APC and you guys here?

Pearl1910:


Height from the ground up and length from booth to bonnet is small. Not a myth
03-05 Civic is comparable to 02 Corolla or 05 Elantra, 03 Cerato, 03 Nissan Sunny etc
It's a mini sedan.

Effect on rating is a fact if u used the car 3yrs ago. Don't know about now.

3-4yrs ago if u arrive with any car other than a Corolla or Camry rider will squeeze face...in fact Some cancel the request Immediately they see on the App that it's not a Corolla or Camry.

Pearl1910:


Civic 03-05? Never used it, I personally don't like the car because of its size. I feel drivers will not like it either because it may affect rating. But with some pimping up, bigger rims and tyres, like the one I saw here last week. I have had a rethink, and am currently searching for one to buy. Car is as rugged if not more rugged than the Corolla, parts are cheaper too and fuel consumption is better.
The only disadvantages are second hand value and car size. With the good fuel consumption it should deliver 30k

kanuisagoat:


How was your experience with the civic? I ask because it seems like the only person who has good things to say about civic is dru23.

If I recall, pearl1910 and jpworld said they used it for ehailing at some point and the experience was not good.

hopefullight:


It will be add to see that car tokunbo in 1.5m.

I am thinking of buying 2 from these...any Suggestion would be appreciated

kanuisagoat:


Good luck getting a good one at that price.

lanrexdo:
What about Nissan Sentra 2005?

spartacus11:



I plan riding myself Sir, trying to learn about the business side of driving bcus i plan to get HP(Hire Purchased) one of the company i am in talk with requested i look for a car of my choice negotiate and they will make payment why they work out the amount i will be returning within 12-18 months

Reading few page from this thread has thrown open a lot of thought on my mind

1- Which car (brand and model) should i go for ( the company only want tokubo)

2- What should be the price range I should not exceed, to enable me meet up with repayment ( Note if i get the car i will be a first time driver)

3- what should i check out for why negoting terms and conditions, at what point should i back out if the terms will not be favorable

What advice will you give for a first time driver

I really want to succeed

dapotemi:


Waking up by 4am and getting home by 11pm everyday does have its own HEALTH IMPLICATION. Quit this mentality oga

Godfather10:

The average of a hard working driver for a day is between 20k and 25k, for lazy drivers like Felicity l can say btw 10K to 15k everyday, so he will need 3days
To make what a hard working driver will make, in order to be fair to all parties and for the success of the value chain 2/3 days should be dedicated to car owners and 4/5days for drivers, in a nutshell delivery shoud be btw 40/50k weekly so every person on the value chain will be contented, the platforms have set the ball rolling by increasing what drivers earn to keep them happy its only logical that everyone on the value chain should be happy.
From my observations, a lot of UBER drivers in Nigeria are well educated and think logically, not like danfo drivers, UBER driving should be seen as a stepping stone to better things.
For drivers that have big dreams and hope to become successes in life, show your dashboard to encourage others, as to what can be accomplished,
Nov/Dec is the 2m gross period for those hardworking drivers with a plan, and January is the month that you invest the 2m you have saved to generate a new income stream, implement your new business idea,
The choice is stark and simple you are either a Felicity, who talks a lot and accomplishes nothing
Or you are a Kanuisgoat who shares his dashboard and is born to be great, Kanuisgoat has a plan & becos he has a plan and he is not bothered about greeting or such infintesimal nonsense.
The ball is in your court folks.

LordVarys1:
Good morning guys, I have being a silent reader here.

I recently lost my job and things are relatively tough for me right now, I really want to go into Uber/Bolt business, I have a corrola and I really would love to deploy it. I will be relocating to lagos soon. The only problem is that I do not know much about lagos roads. I am good with driving direction apps though.

I want to ask, is driving app enough for me to do this business in a location I am new to?

Your candid advise please.

CheerfulGiver:
Since men have learnt to shoot without missing, birds have learnt to fly without perching.

Corolla will be the downfall of many.