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Why not take advantage of the opportunity? Yes you know you lack control and it could be taken away, but if it’s not your only or entire basket, why not make some side income?
Hi Amazon, would you like 100% control of “my” business?
No thanks.
365 days a year is pure bullshit.
But for what it's worth, I have a friend that was trucking for Amazon from Chicago to Louisville and back everyday. He made over $200k last year and got a nice bonus as well.
It could be a lucrative gig short term.
Also depends on how the agreement is structured. If you're able to sell the route later on then it's worth it.
Look up https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-problems-in-buying-a-FedEx-route-Is-it-a-profitable-investment Fedex delivery routes. Essentially you can trade profitable routes like real businesses at significant multiples. If that's the case for Amazon then it could make sense to buy in at $10k and then sell later on at a premium when you've proven cashflow and are tired or being an Amazon slave.
Basically Amazon wants to help you start a company delivering its packages for the last mile or so from the local Amazon fulfillment center. They will handle much of the back office stuff but will set standards for employee wages and benefits. Also you must scale under their guidelines. This sounds very intriguing, but I don't think it is ultimately fastlane. It is somewhere in-between because it appears Amazon still holds the control and has quite a few stipulations. Interesting never the less.
Amazon wants its delivery network to include hundreds of startups
The learning experience sounds incredible with pretty good financial upside.
You are required to work every day of the year.
This is basically a franchise model, from the sounds of it.
Lol exacy what it is. They repeat it so much and in every link I clicked they tell you about the team building culture.That's exactly what I thought. The same concept as McDonald's or any other franchise seller. It provides a business operations plan, suppliers, qualities standards, and customers just show up. McDonald's recently announced they are getting rid of all corporate-owned restaurants. They believe franchisers are better equipped to do some growth focused investments like remodeling stores. Looks like Amazon figures the same thing. It's more scalable to have a lot of little independent business owners running their model, without Amazon having to fund every local last mile.
Thanks for sharing that note, Kelvin. They had a typo for the word culture. I think what they really meant is "You'll develop a cult inside our cult." How do they expect any business owner to work literally 365 days a year, with no time off ever?
Also makes a difference if you have to be available or if your service needs tonne available, one is scalable.365 days a year is pure bullshit.
But for what it's worth, I have a friend that was trucking for Amazon from Chicago to Louisville and back everyday. He made over $200k last year and got a nice bonus as well.
It could be a lucrative gig short term.
Also depends on how the agreement is structured. If you're able to sell the route later on then it's worth it.
Look up https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-problems-in-buying-a-FedEx-route-Is-it-a-profitable-investment Fedex delivery routes. Essentially you can trade profitable routes like real businesses at significant multiples. If that's the case for Amazon then it could make sense to buy in at $10k and then sell later on at a premium when you've proven cashflow and are tired or being an Amazon slave.
You are required to work every day of the year.
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