austinbrown:
This one just dey carry every trip, I have been doing for 4 yrs now I’m not telling you that it is the best but I’m comfortable I make 15k to 20k everyday and I work only on the island!!! In one week you can safe upto 100k if your car no Dey give you problems!!! I made more than almost 1.5m during last festive period. I use only InDrive though

oliverwrites:
Drop your phone number. Ideally WhatsApp. I will be supporting your with a token.

No one else should bother me. I won't be moved. I am led to support the OP and him alone. Your stories won't move me.

CollectMoney:


PH is not in the category of Ilorin and Ibadan. PH sits exactly where Lagos & Abuja sits. People make money & sustain their family from Bolt in PH. The driver is a newbie and hasn't mastered the dynamics of Bolt driving.

Acidosis:


I have made my point; so always ensure you check people's profiles very well before asking them to go offline. Try that with me, and you'll be tagged a potential ritualist. We'll both have to stay online and monitor my destination together. If you want to ride offline, go and register your car with a state taxi council.

You're not the only freelancer paying commission to a platform. You don't want to pay commission but wants the privileges of the platform? How does that make sense please? Go and ask freelancers and upwork workers and employers how much they pay per gig.

The crazy examples you're citing aren't any different. Before Bolt, conventional taxi riders pay commission to their owners and levies. The bottlenecks, registrations, and the known faces make them relatively safe.

With bolt, you can't risk my life because you want to cash out. You're not doing me any "huge favour" by choosing to drive offline.

And please quit the cheap lies. I frequent the bolt rider thread on NL and I saw firsthand how you people were rejoicing for making huge money after Bolt increased passenger fares by over 50-100% before Christmas. Who wouldn't rejoice seeing how Bolt billed riders 15-18k within Lagos state??

Na only una sabi complain, yeah? If you think it is easy to cough out 8k from Ojodu Berber to Ikeja, go and dump your car and try to be a rider for once. Staying online is for your own safety too.

Ceeman2o:




What safety are you talking about. Bolt has any police on the road? abi bolt is the man on the steering or its online bolt that will stop you from having accident?. Can you highlight any usefulness of online bolt if not to eat their commission?. Thing is what you don't know you won't understand it .

Ordering a trip online doesn't stop you to screenshot the drivers plate number. That's all the security that is needed. Going online doesn't secure you. . If I drive you nd Purge you off at the lagoon, we're all gone. No be online dey drive you. Your utmost safety is from the drivers ability to take you to destination without involving in accident.



Going offline doesn't stop you from reporting any bad experience with bolt or reporting to security agencies. There's always details of trips both cancelled or successful. So don't assume offline means no trace.


Only security you have is to snap or share driver info on ur app before he goes offline. And more over, can you highlight or tell the online community how many reported or broadcasted theft from bolt drivers and at the same time show us uncountable number of car hijacked and death of drivers which police has successfully convicted or caught.




Between you and a bolt driver, he should be the one scared . But every driver knows there's no single security for them. They don't ask for more, it's taxi business and so..

It takes a drivers full ID and particulars to drive on those platforms while it takes a passenger just a fake phone number to order ride in other to kill, thief or kidnap a driver. So who should be afraid of offline again?

If I meet you and ask you to pay me what ever that's on your screen for offline and you refuse. I'll just evict you, you can look for who would be running slave and rat race on bolt with your insecurities

All the deaths and car theft of bolt drivers in Lagos, have you render any voice for bolt to atleast profile there passengers to reduce evil attacks on the innocent drivers.

Whatever thing that could go bad with you on bolt, there's nothing bolt can do for you if not to ask you to tell police to write or meet them for them to release the drivers ID on there disposable. That's all, police can use it to do whatever they can.online Bolt will not stop you from the evil waiting for you.

Even if a driver cancels your ride, you can still see the ride history on ur app nd contact bolt from there. So going online has no meaning and isn't your security.

If I have bad intentions against you, I will still do it online. I'll kill you or kidnap you and still end the trip, use your phone to make series of request just to exonerate myself as the last person who carried you. So nobody is your security Mr man

oyeb15:
That your money will give good income on sure odds.

Eg Today

Bologna vs Fiorentina serie A 19:00
1&over 1.5 = 3.1 odds

Al Makalwon Arab vs Enppi Club 15:00
2 2.3 odds


I drive nowadays to make little money to play. I will buy 15k fuel and make profit of just 3k. If I put dat 15k at 1k each on single sure 2odds , my returns will be better.

Acidosis:




The funny thing about this write-up is that you seem to know all the risks involved with driving a taxi in Nigeria, yet you ignore your own safety just to evade paying a 30% commission.

Why should I fight for you and other riders when you clearly don't value your own life because of 30%?

Nothing I say here will change your mind, I guess, but I hope you don't learn the hard way. Simple words like "digital footprint" exist for a reason.

If I am embarking on a trip from Berger to Ajah and you tell me to go offline before leaving my location, how will such save me as a rider? How will such dubious "one chance" attitude help the security agencies if things go wrong with you? You're literally going offline without traces (probably the same as shutting off your phone) so no one can trace your movement. Is that what you compare with a digital device with live location?

You want me to go offline in Berger so if I get kidnapped in Ikeja, Bolt can assume I arrived at my destination safely or never embarked on the trip at all? Make it make sense.

Since that map you signed up for has no value to you, I have advised and will advise again to go join conventional taxi drivers. They clearly don't need it, but you know what? That levy you don't want to pay, you will pay double to NURTW and the park Chairman.

Sirchiboy:
Last week I started bolt with fuel of 25k.
After all the drive.
My net income after bolt commissions was 20k.
I lost 5k.
On Sunday I bought fuel of 30k and the thing had enter reserve already and my net income after bolt commission is 26k.
Losing 4k already.
I think I have to give up

Jeffrey22:


Bro make I give you small orientation about this work, I've been a bolt driver since 2019, I stopped some times in 2021 then started again last year August

Firstly which car are you using
Car matters a lot
Secondly which state?

I work here in Abuja and I drive 2006 Corolla S

I buy 20k fuel daily and after bolt commission I take home about 32k my gain is about 12k

Now here is some tips about this work

You don't need to accept all trips due to distance, always check your map to know where surge is, reduce your radius to 2m so you don't get trips far from you


I posted your post in our drivers group them don laugh tire

JOHNFBOSCO:


Chai bros you funny sha 😆...Well any way na way, but between me and you no lie, bet don chop than you chop them, oyaa talk

As A matter of fact what's your highest winning, no lie

Acidosis:


I have made my point; so always ensure you check people's profiles very well before asking them to go offline. Try that with me, and you'll be tagged a potential ritualist. We'll both have to stay online and monitor my destination together. If you want to ride offline, go and register your car with a state taxi council.

You're not the only freelancer paying commission to a platform. You don't want to pay commission but wants the privileges of the platform? How does that make sense please? Go and ask freelancers and upwork workers and employers how much they pay per gig.

The crazy examples you're citing aren't any different. Before Bolt, conventional taxi riders pay commission to their owners and levies. The bottlenecks, registrations, and the known faces make them relatively safe.

With bolt, you can't risk my life because you want to cash out. You're not doing me any "huge favour" by choosing to drive offline.

And please quit the cheap lies. I frequent the bolt rider thread on NL and I saw firsthand how you people were rejoicing for making huge money after Bolt increased passenger fares by over 50-100% before Christmas. Who wouldn't rejoice seeing how Bolt billed riders 15-18k within Lagos state??

Na only una sabi complain, yeah? If you think it is easy to cough out 8k from Ojodu Berber to Ikeja, go and dump your car and try to be a rider for once. Staying online is for your own safety too.

olancho:
Don’t just drive on bolt app alone get Uber and the rest apps. Avoid long pickups and traffic areas too. Avoid buying bulk fuel because it will discourage you from running around without passengers. Buy 10litres and when it finishes you buy another one. Avoid buying fuel from most NNPC stations forget the 568 naira they are selling it is scam buy from mobil, total or north west there fuel last more than NNPC fuel. Lastly start early and close early too. Don’t be discouraged with time you will master

Ceeman2o:


You're still replying on something you're not clear about. Listen again. As a platform driver there's no single security for me, non whatsoever so to say I would be bypassing 30% commission to the detriment of my safety is non existent. A driver has no single shield or security driving taxi in any platform. Even if I was hacked to death in any corner of the state. Nothing can be done to find my killers and that's just the truth, I wasn't expecting any security agencies to find them cos they won't find them. So as a driver going offline can not be against my security because both the online and offline is useless to my security. The riders only requirement to kill or rob me is just a prepared dubious phone number and a nickname. So who will find them?. Nobody.

If I kidnap you on my ride. I will still edit destination to wher I Ended the trip and still use your phone to request other drivers

Being on my car doesn't mean you can't change ur destination or end or go to anywhere you like, nothing concern me. So I would have no business with your whereabouts. Even if you want to jump into lagoon. No problem, after you jumped I'll still end the trip there and move on. So sharing a ride with me has nothing to do with your security In Lagos. No be bolt drivers carry you come Lagos. Even if I drop you where people you went to visit kills you, it will never consign me. Bring your case come up. Nothing will happen

Is laughable how a total stranger who's untraceable and can get away with anything with enter your car , sit dangerously at the back with bag that could contain weapons only to start suspecting a driver who has all his ID and details all in the app.

In the name of what exactly?

folake4u:

Hmmmmm.

In Abuja, no Bolt driver had ever asked me to book offline. I don't think I've experienced that.

But coming to Lagos, my first trip, a driver asked me to book offline, I was suspicious but he then explained that the fare is not commensurate to the distance he'd cover. I just obliged him.

I've been doing offline for a while now. Didn't think it was that risky.

Acidosis:



Not everyone has evil intentions though, but you may never know. These things are not easily discernible. We have read reports of how some drivers molested their riders on Twitter, and so on. People believed their stories because the victim (rider) came with receipt and all. For someone who cancelled a ride, he/she will struggle convincing anyone.

For many of these drivers, it is just greed and nothing else. Going offline is as good as canceling your ride/order and choosing to enter a 'one chance' scenario.

You can easily compensate a driver who chooses to stick to the rules. You could see how concerned this guy has been about his safety and financial gains, so it is every man for himself, dear. Stick to the rules and compensate later if and when you feel like it.

Bullfallo:
Taxi business done spoil. The thing nor de pay again considering car maintenance

SaLongs1:
. I do small gardening and since the so called removal of subsidy I suffered terribly from the cost of petrol to pump water till someone saw my effort and gave me free fuel to alleviate the loss I was suffering. Any business reliant on petrol is not profitable to be honest.

SaLongs1:
. I do small gardening and since the so called removal of subsidy I suffered terribly from the cost of petrol to pump water till someone saw my effort and gave me free fuel to alleviate the loss I was suffering. Any business reliant on petrol is not profitable to be honest.

oliverwrites:
Now delete your number, I have messaged you on whatsapp. I will send sending you some money as directed by what I believe is the spirit of GOD.

folake4u:


Hmmmmm.

In Abuja, no Bolt driver had ever asked me to book offline. I don't think I've experienced that.

But coming to Lagos, my first trip, a driver asked me to book offline, I was suspicious but he then explained that the fare is not commensurate to the distance he'd cover. I just obliged him.

I've been doing offline for a while now. Didn't think it was that risky.

Love800:
What do u mean by small gardening?

GloriousGbola:


Izzôu come and chip in.

You know how I feel about offline

GloriousGbola:


Izzou come and chip in.

You know how I feel about offline

folake4u:


Lol.

You don't like offline trips? I didn't know they're risky actually.

When the Bolt guy said they don't get the full money, I just oblige the offline trip to support their ministry. I nor too think am.

GloriousGbola:


I am a stickler for process. Especially when I am engaging private enterprises.

I worked in a maintenance role for 5 years and a lot of people had our oga at the top on speed dial. So I expect good service as well. I have actually copied ceos in instances when I was getting poor service.

So when an Uber guy told me to take a ride offline I was vexed and I went to the Uber thread to complain. I forgot I am in Nigeria where people love gaming the system. I got a lot of insults which I gave back.

The issue for me is - Uber or bolt is providing you the platform. Connecting you to client. So by going offline with a client bolt connected you to - you are stealing from bolt /Uber.

All that talk is just justification. If you feel Uber or bolt is not fair to you then you can simply opt out.

This is basically the situation when you engage a contractor for a service, and then his boy comes to you and says I can do it for you at a better price. Stealing his ogas customers right in the office.

You are not seeing it up north possibly because the guys up there, for all the bad things I say about them have more integrity.

Now let izzôu come and lay into me

oyeb15:
That your money will give good income on sure odds.

Eg Today

Bologna vs Fiorentina serie A 19:00
1&over 1.5 = 3.1 odds

Al Makalwon Arab vs Enppi Club 15:00
2 2.3 odds


I drive nowadays to make little money to play. I will buy 15k fuel and make profit of just 3k. If I put dat 15k at 1k each on single sure 2odds , my returns will be better.

SaLongs1:
Small scale gardening.