[Ray Crews]

I sign up for to a Uber Driver last night and finally got approve today. I'm very new to this and a former Veteran too. I live on the Northside of Jacksonville, FL and looking this as a part time job right now. I'm a contractor for United States Navy at the Naval Station Mayport. I'm a father of two boys and married to a wonderful person. I'm looking for some advice how I can make this work for me. I'm looking to make at least a $1000.00 a month if I can make at 250.00 a week. I know reading this form it's hard to do. I have seen some people on the form talking about teaming up in this business. I know it a cut throat business. I would love to read the comments on this post.

 

[Chef Aarron]

I sign up for to a Uber Driver last night and finally got approve today. I'm very new to this and a former Veteran too. I live on the Northside of Jacksonville, FL and looking this as a part time job right now. I'm a contractor for United States Navy at the Naval Station Mayport. I'm a father of two boys and married to a wonderful person. I'm looking for some advice how I can make this work for me. I'm looking to make at least a $1000.00 a month if I can make at 250.00 a week. I know reading this form it's hard to do. I have seen some people on the form talking about teaming up in this business. I know it a cut throat business. I would love to read the comments on this post.

Don't gauge earning potential from what you read here! This board is full of bitter, angry incompetents amd cab drivers trying to discourage drivers. PM me and we can talk. Your goal is pretty easy if you're smart about it. Advice given here is rarely a way to be smart about it.

 

[Hatchdriver]

Just being smart about driving you can make 200+ just on fri and sat night. the rest of the week is fluff to me.

 

[MrsUberJax]

You can make $250 a week easy driving for Uber. Just get out there and drive. You'll get the hang of it really quick. Just a couple of pointers, make sure everyone is happily settled into your car before you start the trip. Starting the trip too early, or while sitting is not worth the extra pennies you'll earn and can piss off a passenger. You rate the passenger and the passenger rates you. If you do not start the trip and there is a problem they can not rate you. If there ever is a problem and the customer wants out, try to get them to cancel the trip, because again, they can not rate you. You work on the northside, so you might want to head into Riverside on Saturday afternoons. Riverside is a pocket of trendy folks, just south of downtown and you'll catch a bunch of little rides really quickly to get the hang of it. Use the passenger app to see where the other drivers are. If you don't have the passenger app you can download it from the app store or google play store. You'll be able to spot where other drivers are hanging out and my suggestion would be to go in the opposite direction. Watch where events are happening around the city. There are concerts and festivals all over, try to show up to those just as they are shutting down and you'll catch some rides. On the weekends the entire city is out and about - so as the evening begins, stay away from the hot spots, stay away from the bars and restaurants, go down to southside, or arlington and pick up folks who are going out, and bring them into the city. Then towards the end of the night, reverse your strategy. Stick closer to where the events are ending and take folks home. You'll read tons of stuff on here about surge pricing. Surge pricing is what you want, because it is much harder to grind out a profit for .65 cents a mile. Surge is what Uber uses to send drivers from one side of town to the other. If you happen to be in a surge zone, pick that call up because the fare is multiplied by the X, 1x. or 2.1 x. etc. Don't chase the surge, Uber uses the surge predictably, to put you where they know the demand will be, they get you to go to the other side of town racing after the surge and then by the time you get there, the surge will be gone because the area will be flooded with other drivers chasing the surge. There is so much to learn, we could never give it to you in one post. You don't have to keep your app on all the time, if you know that it gets busy at a particular time of day, and there are not alot of cars around you, go ahead and turn the app off until it surges, then turn the app on and catch a surge fare. It is entirely acceptable for you to accept tips. Tips are NOT included in the fare. Most folks will not tip you but if they offer do not turn it down. If folks ask you how you're doing say fine, the tips are great today.. and you'll see that you'll get a few more tips here and there. But tips are not required, Uber frowns on them and there is no way for you to be tipped electronically through the app. So there you go, that's enough to get you started. Good Luck and come back now and then and let us know how you're doing. Good Luck. Mrs. Uber Jax.

 

[daytonadave]

Sounds like good advice. Thanks for info.

 

[onsmart]

Read the ride shares stated purpose. They provide an ap service to link drivers and riders. The algorithm only covers cost, not a wage.

Don't gauge your decision on anything that anyone tells you. Do your own research, listen to experience, do the math, and then decide how to spend your time.

If you wrap your time up in the wrong enterprise, you make not enough money. The real damage is the loss in opportunity cost.

This may be just right for you, after all. Choose wisely!

 

[JaxUberDude]

I consistently make 700 to 900 per week putting in about 50 hours... and even there I have room for improvement, so yes... there is money to be made despite what some on this board will tell you.

 

[Chef Aarron]

I consistently make 700 to 900 per week putting in about 50 hours... and even there I have room for improvement, so yes... there is money to be made despite what some on this board will tell you.

Yep. Did almost $750 last week on 37 hours. Just need to be smart about it.