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It might be interesting to see a video of him recording a full day of how many trips(trip cards), miles, and of course the total pay at the end after gas.
Neither do points. The Acceptance Rate is supposed to get drivers kudos from the apps and supposedly gets a driver to the rider more expediently, which is supposed to get drivers more earnings. The earnings are for the apps, or course. I found that if you're in a busy market like Las Vegas, and you take every ride, you average about $1.00/mile in X. If you drive both X and XL, you will still only average $1.00/mile unless you meet quests and bonuses and get surge pricing. Little by little, the apps restrict your ride requests, mainly due to oversaturation of drivers. But when they went to upfront fares and no surges, and dispatching drivers outside of the airport waiting lot to go further to the airport and not paying drivers until after the drivers ate the first 8 miles and 8 minutes, plus making drivers wait for 5 minutes for free, and two minutes for free on add stops, it clearly was no longer enough to pay rent there. Uber can push out any driver they want. I lost a brother to drunk driving too, so that's why I drive the night shift, too. It's called survivor guilt. I can relate to this guy. Being interviewed. He should get his money while he can. All new drivers need to be aware of these apps' bait and switch games. I had a 100% acceptance rate for a long time in LV. No regrets. It was working for me until one day it wasn't. The only control we have over being an independent contractor is whether or not we accept or reject certain rides. The legacy of these apps is that they have allowed drivers and riders to discriminate against each other in subtle ways. But there is no protected interest for "destination." Cherry pick. Don't worry about your AR. You're right. The AR does not pay our bills. Maybe at one time it did help out. But seasoned drivers know their games now. 🙌🇺🇸
@@sergioSMTMC1 Driving taught me one thing: if you're not building a private client base, you're driving to your own demise...one mile at a time. That's just being real. Unless this guy is talking to 100% of the people he lets in his car about being a private client, he's slaving for nothing. And we know 100% of the riders out there ARENT private material. I've done 2 rides today for a total of 40 miles...$140 so far. I'm at home waiting on my airport ride to arrive for another $65 for 5 miles to the airport and then 15 miles up the highway. That's what I learned.
@@MicDropBBQ we should discuss this really, you do realize those premium trips can't be done in an 8 year old Prius. Although I agree Rideshare is dead, private trips is not everyone's cup of tea.
@@MicDropBBQOnly way to make actual profits for your time spent out driving. I live in Canton Ohio pro football Hall of Fame City x fare is .75 base .70 per mile.16 per min. The airport here is regional and the staff leaves by 10pm so late flights zero ride share drivers makes the best time to negotiate private trips when Uber is 3x the fare id receive!!!! Good luck to anyone taking pennies hoping for tips or the next trip will be better! I learned so much from this channel and yours 💪🏾
Competition drives down prices! I do close to 100% acceptance and I know how to do math. You probably don’t understand how it works now in smaller cities with the rate card setup being used. It’s not possible to determine good from bad before accepting in my town. Except you can look at that pickup distance.
@@user-me3jf8cs6eGet your money while you can, Travis! I can relate to you! I also lost my brother in a dui. It's called "survivor's guilt" when we just want to get all our little brothers and sisters home safely so they don't drink & drive! It's a calling for some people. But keep paying attention to the miles and minutes. I used to be a Diamond Pro in Las Vegas. Now I'm all the way back down to Blue, as if I were a new driver. But the market I'm in is still pretty much operated by Yellow Cab and the population is under 70,000. As far as picking up intoxicated people, if they are off balance and hardly able to walk, they may be suffering from alcohol poisoning and should throw up before getting in your car! Keep your doors locked and don't let anyone put a drunk person unable to walk into your car and just leave them with you as a third party rider (not the account holder). There's nothing wrong with calling an ambulance and letting the EMTs do their job to help the sick, too. Check out The Mic Drop BBQ (Jeff Watt's channel). We The 300! 🇺🇸
@@user-me3jf8cs6e Sorry but drivers like you are pulling the wages of other drivers in your area down. They get offered crap because the algorithm realizes that drivers like you will accept everything. Learn the job and do some research into how this works. You'll thank me later. You're accepting crap because you're used to making even less, when you could be easily be making more than double working the same or less than you are now.
Rate card or upfront fares, does not matter, gig companies should not be allowed to withhold ANY information from independent contractors that they (the companies) already know. That includes tips on food delivery apps. Whatever information gig companies have at the time of sending an offer out should be available for workers in order to make proper decision. Gig apps are the new wild west but they are protected on the highest level, unfortunately. They should not be regulated, they should just be forced to follow the already existing laws.
I'm a London, UK driver. I love the way destination option works - only gives you towards your home when you are tired and only want to work towards that direction. The problem is that most of the time Uber disables filtering the trips and offers rides in other direction - I never accept them and my acceptance rate is about 59%.
14:17 I make $26-$34 an hour in Miami. I used to work in IT on the backend systems for sone large IT companies, on algorithms. I am at 100% acceptance with zero cancelations and 4.99 stars and 98% CMT rating in Miami. We are on the New advantage program in Miami. The algorithm Uber is using, is Metric based. The higher your ratings, the larger percentage per ride you will make. I have the data since the program launched last month on July 15th as verification. I am very good with Math. The new algorithm CAN be manipulated, to receive larger paying rides. I have been driving since the beginning of this year using a Hertz/Uber rental, a Polestar 2 Electric vehicle. Uber deductes an additional 3-5% per ride from me, for using the rental option, but i am still making on average, $30 per hour. I did the Math and I've seen the results in my bank account...
I am in Philadelphia great minds think alike. I rent from Uber rentals, with an electric car, started about a week ago started ride share coming from UE , seeing major results currently in a great space. Best to you in all your endeavors. @kookiekindacrazy
He must really need that money to accept 💯 of the ride request. Not being judgemental but looks like he is neglecting his health through these rideshare platform. Young man, in due time you will have 15% acceptance rate. Give it time. Get a real career job and make this gig part time but be profitable.
@@damoneymaker his market, and mine too, don't have upfront fares. We drive blindly and accept the trip request as is. We only see the fare after the trip completion
Mr Sergio, I always applaud you for your information and help you bring to gig drivers. However I disagree with you on that statement: " Uber can't deactivate the drivers for low acceptance rate ". You are wrong, brother. Any driver driver who wants to avoid a low acceptance rate can do this: Close the Uber X and use other options.
What’s the problem. I am 5 Star, 100% Acceptance Rating, 1% Cancellation Rate 11K Plus Rides Driving Since 2018. Washington DC Area. My bottom line is very much profitable. Everyone’s situation is different, so to refer to someone as being stupid etc. is disrespectful and unnecessary. Moving on😢
If i had Upfront Fares believe me i would not accept 100% either. But right now, we are on a Fixed Rate Card. For UberX we get 80 Cents per mile at a $.80 Cent Base Fee, and Uber Comfort is $1.10 base fee for the first mile and $.88 cents per mile after that. I know when we are at Stops, we are paid $.15 Cents a min after waiting 2 mins as well as if we arrive and we are waiting for the customer to get into the car we are paid .15 Cents per min after waiting 2 mins. We also get Paid for Long Distance Pickup as well as Long Distance Pickup Time which the Time is .80 Cents for Each per mile it takes us to get there as well as $.60 Cents Per Min that it takes us to get there. In my Area Long Distance Pickup is anything more then 5 Miles.
I am in an area about 1/3 the size of Lubbock, November will make 5 years doing this. Uber is still on rate card, Lyft has been on Upfront pricing for several months. Upfront greatly reduced what we get. Where they were the same before, Lyft minimum fares alone are 40-50 cents less than they were, longer trips much worse.
Completely agree that a lot of riders treat ride share as public transportation. If I am taking a rider to/from work I can almost guarantee that there will not be a tip at the end. It doesn’t matter what your vehicle looks like, how good the communication is, or how safely you get them to their destination.
It based off of where you live to be honest when it comes to tips. At least that what i think because in Lubbock i make good tips. Last week i made a total of $85.15 in tips, and the week before last i made $52 for the week. But every week i average anywhere between $50 to $100 in tips for just 1 week. And to be honest it more shocking to because when i started with Lyft i never recieved much in tips maybe $5 to $10 a week and i even have a 5 Star Rating as well on Lyft but could only get $5 to $10 in tips and Lyft at the time when i started was much cheaper then Uber. Then when i switched to Uber that when i recieved more tips.
Uber's acceptance rate in Austin Texas has been fixed with standard and advantage. If they publish the data per city, I guarantee Austin has gone up 20% and that could be understating it. If you're not advantage you're not working. I used to average 22 rides a day on Uber. I've done 42 rides in 28 days. Uber has increased their profit from 3% to 7% on my rides to 28% consistently. I'm making under 30% of rides I do actually get. Guaranteed advantage standard is rolling out worldwide. It has turned the tables for Uber profitability. I suggest buying Uber stock right now because their profit is going to blow up they're going to be so flush with so much money they could be the richest company in the world.
Remember am on a Fixed Rate Card so my area is different then yours. If u listen to the interview i have Less Expense, I make more then my W-2 Job, and after paying my Expense i still have enough to spend on myself.
The questions are how long does it take you to make $200 how many miles are you giving yourself to make $200? How much gas do you have to pay in your car to make $200?
When Uber was good, $20 in my gas tank and I would make $200 Nissan Sentra 2017 under 200 miles that day a dollar a mile and with tips I would end up at least 210 or 220 for that day. My average day would start at six done at two I would lock myself 200 miles no more that needed to get me $200on a good day I could make $200 without going 200 miles including tips. That was a great day. I came out ahead working eight hours.
I can make $200 in 8 Hours. My car is pretty good on gas so in a 8-hour shift i can probably burn maybe $10 to $15 in gas. I would not 100% know for sure because i only fill up once every 2 days. I don't fill up every day like most drivers would. Once my car gets at a Half Tank i fill it up which is Once every 2 days. And as far as miles go i roughly put on around 130 to 150 that day.
So many drivers treat this as a job (40hrs) and not a business, He gets what he needs currently, Big repair? New car? Will daddy buy the next car? Probably not, His city is twice the size of mine and I’m sure we have three times the drivers!
Thank you so much so much for opportunity to do this interview with you. I enjoyed it. Also there are some other reasons on why i Accept 100% which i forgot to bring up with the interview. 1st Thing: My car has a Warrant on it so if something was to bring down it covered. Now recently that Warranty though my dealership did expire so i went to another Warranty Company and went with them. This company i went with is the Number One Car Warranty company. I pay $150 a month and the Warranty on the car is 100K Miles or 4 Years whichever comes first. It covers anything related to the Engine as well as Electrical, Brakes, and much more as well as Free Tire Replacements, and Tow of up to 100 Miles if needed. Before getting this Warranty i did research as well as looking at reviews. The reviews had over 4K positive reviews as well. So if anything happens to the car such as Engine goes out, or a blow a Head Gasket i know it covered and all i pay is $100 Deductible. The warrant also covers Free Hotal Stays of up to 3 days if i am 100 Miles away from home. So for the most part my Car is 100% Covered.
So yes, in my city when we turn on UberX it automatically accepts rides for both UberX and Uber Comfort as well as UberXL. I have contact support about this because i notice that some drivers do have this option and when i brought it up to them they told me they no longer do it anymore and the reason the other drivers do have it, is because they are on a older version for Uber, and that once they update there Uber app they will get the same thing that i have.
Still trying to figure out how a reservation for $9 turns to $17 on cancellation. Would love to actually like to see the pay card for this trip. It seems odd.
Okay so in my area if u cancel a Reservation as a Passenger your Fee is much higher then if u was to request a normal ride without making a reservation.
I live in a resort town, so for the summer season Uber added a $5 surge fee to every ride that begins or ends in my town. Uber is passing the $5 fee to the driver. The problem is since starting this, the number of trips basically have reduced by almost half. The program ends on 9/14. I'm waiting to see if after the 14th if the number of trips goes back to normal.
Last weekend a rider vomited on the back of my head! Would love to email you the pics with customer support. If you see this let me know if you would be interested in me emailing you this.
I drive Lyft and Uber Black… acceptance rate is super high on those rides… lowest I got was 96%. Do not cherry pick that much (such as Uber X), they are much more strict and bump you back down if you are not a “Good Boy”!
In new Jersey Uber knows very well if they show upfront details driver will not accept trip..NJ uber my accept accept rate is 1% and taking only profitable ride freom EWR
@@sergioSMTMC1 last weekend pretty much the final straw 400 miles $248 13 hrs $100 in expenses. Uber pennies for real especially when u take the $40 in tips away.
Dear Mr. Sergio: We appreciate all the videos and the interviews, who else would defend the drivers like you, thanks and lots of thanks,, but we need to see solutions, we need you to convince the Uber CEO to reactivate our accounts!!
They may not kick you off the platform because of low acceptance rates, but with standard and advantage, they effectively have removed you from the platform. Can you still work? You can still log on but even in a city like Austin Texas you just sit there and don't get any ride offers. When a trip radar does finally come around, the hundred other drivers that are just like you that used to make money by cherry picking rides all except the piece of crap ride that they never would have accepted before. And then Uber says which one gets it. Any other 99 drivers are screwed for the next however long until they get to fight over scraps again.
Would be nice to know if these high AR drivers are getting quests/challenges/bonuses. Obviously, it would make more sense to have high AR if you're still getting decent quests to go after.
So the only quests that we get is when Texas Tech University is in town and in school and usually it $3 per ride that u accept when in that certain area. However i sometimes get that chance and sometimes i don't because Uber keeps u pretty busy when there in town so usually u never get that chance to wait in that area.
Oh, come on. I have been doing this for ten years and doing ride share for a matter of months does not make an expert. Frankly, acceptance rate is not my priority. My bottom line is more important
Got some screenshots for you. Just was hung up on multiple times. Some market manipulation/bait and switch tactics. Gaslighting support staff that never gets your issue correct. Imagine getting transferred 15 times in one call or hung up on 10x starting from call one.
Gainesville, FL Uber does not show upfront pricing also does not have trip radar. Jax which is about 90 minutes northeast, has upfront pricing with trip radar. Being a former Miami and NY taxi driver, I accept every ride unless the rider really pisses me off? Been driving since September 30, 2014 for Uber only as part time.
NO ONE TALKS about Expenses: The I.R.S. says .67 a mile includes Gas, Maintenance, Repairs, Insurance, Depreciation for all the miles your putting on your Vehicle, Plus if your at $20 labor rate per hour broken down to $5 for 15 mins.for the rides you take., or Half hour for $10 Ect. So now let's look at Ride request Here's one $4.15 for 5 miles and 15 mins. so -3.35 for mileage and let's say $5 labor totals $8.35 - $4.15 fare you loss (-4.20) Here's another request Fare $6.17 9 miles 15 mins. Mileage expense $6.03 and if you want $5 labor that ride you loss for ride ($4.86). # 1 Thing what you gross a hour is not how much your making per hour Mileage expenses have to come off of that. That's WHY RIDE SHARE DRIVERS need a Model of Total Mile expenses. Once drivers say NO to Uber to No upfront Pricing. and Ride share riders so NO to Lyft low ball pricing. Then both Ride Share companies won't have the Drivers it needs. That's why I refuse to advertise for new drivers. That's what the companies want lots of new drivers. Not knowing how much money there really make. Until there figure out how Ride share is not that profitable for the drivers on most ride requests. IF THE RIDE SHARE GUYS put out a MODEL for ALL DRIVERS New and current drivers on mileage costs your going to see huge decline in Accepting rides for Losses for Drivers. Just Saying :)
So it does record Sound. I use both my Dashcam because it has a Cam inside the car as well as record outside. Also i have the Record My Ride Feature turn on in the Uber App so as soon as i arrive to pick someone up the Uber App will automatically record, and it automatically stop recording 20 Second after i complete ride. With the Record My Ride Feature through uber if anything happens i can automatically send it directly to the Uber Safety Team.
Oh my God man, just think if someone throws up in your car you get $150. As you said that's an entire day's worth of work for you to just clean up some throw up. I don't have barf bags in my car most of the time because I want someone to throw up in my car. My car is set up to be thrown up in. I had the Toyota fake leather seats. I have the floor mats that protect the carpet on the floor so if someone throws up it doesn't get in my carpet. I have blocks in my door pockets so it doesn't go and get trapped inside there. For me to clean up the worst throw up I've had in my car literally took 15 minutes. $150 for 15 minutes Yes please. True, I'm no longer working on Uber for a few hours to make it seem like I'm not set up for it. But I run Lyft in that time and I'm still making money.
It is but the $150 u have to show receipt that you got it taken care of before you even get paid by Uber. Now at 2am when customer start leaving the bars everything is closed so if they do Throw Up in your car you can't go to a Details Shop to clean it because there closed, you can't go to walmart to buy stuff to clean it because there closed. All of our stores are closed at that time expect for Gas Stations
It works be nice to know what you're getting into. Honestly it's crazy Uber is allowed to send trips with no end destination just a fake time you have add 5-7 mind too
I felt like Sergio was interviewing me! I also started this year, I am also in a market (Toronto) where we drive semi blind (as Serg calls it) by Uber (while Lyft also here shows the price). I also like to drive Uber mostly because it is the dominant app here. And I also don't do nights as the idea of someone vomiting in my car drives me nuts! Where me and Travis differ is that I hate these apps and feel that they steal us and don't respect us
@@TahoeKing Do you drive in Toronto Canada? I'm in Toronto Canada, I'd love to talk with you about your experience. Maybe I'm crazy but I do pretty good here in TO compared to most and I'm curious if I'm the exception to the norm.
@@wilderr67yes sir I'm in Canada. I hate Toronto downtown mess specifically in rush hours, so I'm mostly in Etobicoke, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Milton, sometimes Brampton. I don't mind doing it in Toronto but I try to avoid downtown specially with all the ongoing construction and also Gardiner mess now. If you wanna reach out for more talks and experience chat I'm ready
@@TahoeKing That's great, yup the downtown core is brutal. Sounds like we drive similar areas. If you want to connect on X/Twitter I'm @wilderr67 Send me a DM I'll give you my # maybe we can talk over a coffee sometime
I have the same in Augusta, I was doing 100 for a week until I realized the more I accept the farther the pick up’s would be, I declined everything longer than 4.5 miles if I was driving a Camry maybe 6 miles be ok.
We do here as well but it’s so little I don’t even bother, I drive a V6 Buick Enclave that gives me 21 mpg, so mileage is huge for me and XL rides are almost non existent.
In Houston Uber and Lyft both show the earning pick up and drop off distance on all rides. I'm not sure why they don't in Lubbock. Maybe this guy doesn't know the app very well.
Serg, it's easier to take 100% acceptance when the calls are not back to back. For example he might have 10 minute waits between calls. Just like working in a call center, if you have time between calls then of course.
There are times when Texas Tech is not hear where you can wait 10 mins to 15 mins without a call. But when they are here it can be back-to-back. There were several times when they were here before going on Summer Vacation where i would accept a ride and as soon as the rider got in my car and i started the trip uber would send another one to me.
you can't be smart accepting 6-mile rides for $4, and a few minutes later the same ride is for $9...when his car will brake down (and iit will) a bill of $2000-$3000, will send him to be Homles.
My car has a Warranty on it for a Reason. And after doing research and looking at reviews i have the Best Car Warranty Company out there. I only pay $100 out of pocket for repairs but however i do pay $150 a month for it
I definitely need advice from somebody who looks like he just got out of bed and hasn't showered and is wearing a t-shirt that comes five in a pack for 10 bucks?? please give me advice on success,q1, so I only make about $200 a week in tips what can I do to increase my tips?q2 I drive a brand new Ford Mach e electric mustang should I get some other type of vehicle ?is that reason I'm not successful? q3 am I making my passengers uncomfortable because I'm standing there with the door open to a brand new car addressing them saying welcome ma'am sir while wearing a collared long sleeve meticulously clean dress clothes and shoes? did I mention freshly shaven?q4 should I respect them when they say I do not need to get out of the car and open the door as I have done over 1600 times in the past 5 months? well anyone willing to give me any advice on being successful please let me know because my ratings are taking and my are has gone down in the past week and a half, and I 100% think it has something to do with the way that I dress the way that I act and what I'm driving and obviously I need to look and act like this person in the video because my acceptance rate has gone down to 60% because they're giving me four star riders and teenagers that are only 15 that I cancel on
@@sergioSMTMC1 I can tell you would definitely be the person that not only would one star me after I showed up in my brand new Mackey and open the door and said hello sir welcome you would then probably report me, obviously you don't believe in my American values of freedom of speech how dare you tell me not to come back that I'm not right for this channel you're not right for this channel you have way more hate against you than I do against me, why are your comments welcome in mine or not? I'm not going to be the troll to your channel I may or may not comment but lol, you took the time to tell somebody I'm not right for this channel it's a public channel, maybe you should block me look up my email report me to your friends at Uber and have me banned for life, the only thing you've done with your comment is convinced me and likely anybody reading it that you really do work for Uber why would you tell people that make you money my comments make you money to not comment anymore,furthermore what part of this guy who is a new driver who takes every single ride has better advice than me a diamond driver they don't he doesn't you're wrong I'm right anyway no more comments for me have a good day
Question how much do u make Cherry Picking? I would really like to know your numbers. I make $700 easy with a Acceptance Rating of 100% when Texas Tech is here. I doubt you can make that much just Cherry Picking. If you have watched the interview Fully you would have known that i Doubled if not Tripled my last W-2 job that i had which i was making $520 every 2 Weeks and $1,040 every month.
Respect Travis 🫡 I'm at 98% unlike many people here I take great pride in what I do Let money be the by-product of your efforts and it will pay off. It has for me Disclosure: I was NOT paid to post this 😂
