Could you be using Uber and Flex at the same time in order to double your income?
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@kinnth Better yet - you'll be delivering your Etsy creations to customers via Amazon Flex in your UberRV in which you rent out the back room to people on Airbnb. #NewEconomy
@rrhoover It's an extension of what Amazon's contractors (namely Ontrac) already do so it's more of an incremental step of what Amazon has already been doing (going in-house) than anything new. As for Postmates, the core anti-Amazon nature of Postmates is that they rely on the city as inventory, i.e. the small businesses that make a city thrive vs the warehouse at the edge of town. That's unchanged.
This is a pretty clever move by Amazon - it should allow them to scale up same-day deliveries across the US pretty quickly!
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This is interesting. With Ontrac deliveries in San Jose, I've had Amazon packages dropped off by what appear to be "civilians." It's pretty bizarre for customers who don't realize that their packages could be delivered by the average joe, but with Amazon Flex it seems like they'll be very clearly employed (well, contracted) by Amazon, so it'll provide a more comfortable experience than what I've had happen with Ontrac.
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Cool idea, but why wouldn't Amazon pay per delivery instead?
@apitt24 I imagine they do. The hourly they present is probably an estimated possible earning range based on how many delivers you can do in the blocks of time.
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Why do you only have to have an android phone for this?
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