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The business owners will be able to make as much as $300,000 a year in profit running a full-sized fleet of 40 vans and managing 100 employees, according to Amazon. They'll be plugged into Amazon's software, which will determine where the drivers go.
HalifaxAg said:
Having worked for UPS and then WM doing this exact same job...let me tell you, 40 routes and 100 employees will eat your lunch. That is not a 1-person job. Maintenance of vehicles, payroll, driver safety training and accountability, human resources aspects... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
This. Amazon has shown time and time again that if they can make the lion's share on it, they will do it. Them outsourcing this type of stuff should tell you all you need to know with how they feel about handling this aspect.planoaggie123 said:
...if it was a great money maker don't you tend to think Amazon would continue to do it itself? Good opportunity for people willing to put in the work with maybe limited other opportunities but will be a grind. There will be so many facets to deal w/ on this as mentioned above in addition to just ensuring your employees are doing their job
Here is an old thread I remember reading on this subject including reddit and quora links to for in dept discussionsGuitarsoup said:
FedEx essentially does the same thing, don't they? I've heard owning FedEx routes is a great money maker.
I believe this. Amazon should be pissed when USPS reports "Address does not exist" on every random odd package now and then when they've sent hundreds of packages to the exact same address for years. And they have the data to prove it.JSKolache said:
Yeah but Fed-ex uses USPS to do some last mile deliveries.
My guess is Amazon is growing tired of hearing feedback from Prime Customers that USPS is effing up package delivery times. It happens daily in every neighborhood in America. AMZN is wise to want to take control of its own delivery to solidify the Prime brand.
I love Amazon but I hate to say this is borderline deceptive practices. Some unwitting people are going to take out loans or plop down $10K thinking it's something it's not and lose their investment when they realize what this really is.planoaggie123 said:
...if it was a great money maker don't you tend to think Amazon would continue to do it itself? Good opportunity for people willing to put in the work with maybe limited other opportunities but will be a grind. There will be so many facets to deal w/ on this as mentioned above in addition to just ensuring your employees are doing their job
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Not sure how you'd be able to use the subsidized trucks in that scenario, though.
Where is he going to get the liquidity to buy/lease 40 vans; how is maintenance paid for, insurance. Seeing lots of expenses and potential liabilities with a hard road to recover your capital and then make a meaningful profit.HarleySpoon said:
Last post on this topic was 2018.
My youngest thinks this is a real opportunity. Does anyone have any practical experience, knowledge, insight or thoughts on this now three years later? My impression is that it would require 80 hours a week, constant headaches, and produce very low margins that could be taken away in a heartbeat by your one and only customer. In short, an opportunity for a really hardworking person that doesn't have any other viable options and doesn't want a life. Is that too harsh? Any insights/experience now that it is three years since the last post?
