delivery business bid

I though Amazon used the Post Office for a lot of there stuff not cargo van courier services.

 

They use a variety of services but they more heavily rely on companies like FedEx and UPS. But of course with their type of growth they have to constantly make an effort to reduce shipment volumes which is how the cargo vans came into play.

 

So they just went and put out bids for guys with cargo vans and cutaways to make final mile deliveries for them?

 

Pretty much except you're required to own your own business and have insurance coverage that meets their standards. All that information is on their website. https://logistics.amazon.com/

 

Amazon do UPS to the local USPO who delivers final mile, which makes sense because that's where UPS and Fedex fail most often (they're better at B2B because receiver availability is predictable). USPS also has lockable reception boxes at rural locations which the corps do not.

I've had a UPS truck drive all the way out here, 3 miles off pavement and 20 miles from town, then leave without delivering, next day I get the package via USPS at my box 2 miles away even though it was 15' from my door 24 hours earlier.

There are new players like OnTrac who have been adding new states quickly and are far faster than UPS or Fedex.

I ordered two items from the same vendor last week. The one delivered by Ontrac was a day early in two days, the UPS one still isn't here, if it comes tomorrow will only be a day later (plus weekend) than promised. OnTrac uses contractor drivers but employees in their DC's, and even decent office jobs pay sub-50k, so not worth looking into other than general interest.

Meanwhile Amazon is struggling with delivery service on their own because they hate to have actual contact with icky unclean real persons who aren't anointed with a tech degree; they do everything they can to distance themselves from such contact. When someone has a question they didn't think of answering on their web page there is no way to ask; it's probably an unworthy question anyway.

Like dealing with Google. They're all like that, far as I can tell. Take take take and no give. For example, a package gets lost or stolen, guess who pays for it? How many customers out there would like a free TV, or a second one for the price of one?

A little OT, but if you want to read more about the contractor app economy, this forum has lots of posts about real experiences with various app-slavery plantations...http://uberpeople.net/forums/Deliver/

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How is that Amazon delivery going?

 

What I'm reading is that Amazon is using Flex drivers to figure out logistical efficiencies. They started out with 4-hour blocks (get paid 4 hours no matter ow long it really takes), drivers were getting them done quickly and bragging so now more of the blocks are 3-hour and drivers are groaning (yep). At lots of terminals the Flex drivers are noticing more "white vans". They've essentially helped Amazon figure out the optimal white van operator bidding.

 

Have you got anymore updated information on the Amazon Bids?

 

Good luck getting a reply from Amazon . I submitted a bid weeks ago and never heard back from them.

You honestly need a minimum of 10 drivers making minimum wage to turn a reasonable profit at Amazon's maximum bid of $250.