How do you make money on Amazon Relay?

[Truckman1000]

Hi, We recentrly registered with Amazon Relay. I was surpised of how low Amazon pay for some loads. Not only it is mostly night work but also the pay rate is rubish. Am I missing something?

[imnobody]

I go through Platinum Freight Services, they give £500 a day even if loads are cancelled. most of the time I'm travelling really light or empty even with DD'ers. so 5 day tour £2500. pretty good and better than what containers give you.

[Truckman1000]

I go through Platinum Freight Services, they give £500 a day even if loads are cancelled. most of the time I'm travelling really light or empty even with DD'ers. so 5 day tour £2500. pretty good and better than what containers give you.

Are you talking about this company?

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07979866

[LL79]

Hi, We recentrly registered with Amazon Relay. I was surpised of how low Amazon pay for some loads. Not only it is mostly night work but also the pay rate is rubish. Am I missing something?

so how low they pay? if its not good you dont need to worry someone else will jump on it....so make it PUBLIC to save others time to register only to find out!

[Wally Webb]

As an example here's one on Relay for today.

Drop empty trailer at Speke 15.30 and collect part loaded trailer - fill trailer at Manchester - drop Rugeley 20.00 and collect an empty.... grand total 185.37 quid

[Franglais]

As an example here's one on Relay for today.

Drop empty trailer at Speke 15.30 and collect part loaded trailer - fill trailer at Manchester - drop Rugeley 20.00 and collect an empty.... grand total 185.37 quid

One pound a mile?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 06671.html
Same rate to take one passenger nowadays!

[JSingh]

So Amazon Relay is ok if youre heading for a backload. If yo have a look there will be some short notice loads as in the next hour or tonight etc they are paid better. for example Coventry loading tonight tip Peterborough 0800 in the morning £321. Most people pulling Amazon trailers do it through the likes of Slam Transport who pay a shift rate.. i dont know what that is, probably £450 region

[James12barney]

By the way how many trucks amazon consider to take on board? Any minimum number of trucks?

[kjw21]

By the way how many trucks amazon consider to take on board? Any minimum number of trucks?

I’m sure I’ve seen some OD’s/1-3 truck sort of firms on there recently but that may have been the Christmas rush that allowed them to get a foot in the door.

[Wally Webb]

We've got one lorry and got on there OK.

[coiler]

St Helens to Milton Keynes. £169

We did have a good laugh at that one.

If the jobs getting you down, log into amazon relay job board and it’ll cheer you up that some other mug is actually doing these loads. How the [zb] do they get stuff moved for these prices is beyond me. Prices tend to range from £1.11 to £1.54 per mile


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[good_friend]

The Industry charges more than a quid a mile to move horses around for the general public, to shows etc.

How the hell can you make any money to live on earning just over a quid a mile for an artic? Am I missing something?

[Silver_Surfer]

The Industry charges more than a quid a mile to move horses around for the general public, to shows etc.

How the hell can you make any money to live on earning just over a quid a mile for an artic? Am I missing something?

They’re back load rates I presume so they’re banking on hauliers who have delivered in the area the load originates from on primary rate and rather than drive back empty will take Amazon’s goods for a few pork scratchings.


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[good_friend]

Thank you. Of course that makes sense.

Horses have to be taken home again!

[fonzi]

The Industry charges more than a quid a mile to move horses around for the general public, to shows etc.

How the hell can you make any money to live on earning just over a quid a mile for an artic? Am I missing something?

No you are not missing anything. But its the same old story. If morons will work for them rates then thats what you will get. Its unsustainable for the haulier but for Amazon they are laughing as even more morons will fill the gaps.

[coiler]

These are not even backload rates, they’re suicide rates in the most part.


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[Franglais]

These are not even backload rates, they’re suicide rates in the most part.


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Better off saving time and getting back for a paying load.
Unless you have too many trucks and not enough good work.

[cav551]

These are not even backload rates, they’re suicide rates in the most part.


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Better off saving time and getting back for a paying load.
Unless you have too many trucks and not enough good work.

That rate's only if you turn up with a double deck so they can get more on. A standard trailer is 1/2 as much.

[coiler]

I had an email off amazon this morning (Sunday) the first one I’ve had with a “critical” load that hadn’t been covered.
It was from Manchester to Rochester. Now I’m not that proficient at decoding their emails, and there was a seemingly load reference on it that could have meant something special and it could have had a special rate on that job, but when I had a look at the load board it did indeed have a load from Manchester to Rochester.
It paid £274.
I logged off the computer and got back to eating my bacon sandwich.


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[blue estate]

I had an email off amazon this morning (Sunday) the first one I’ve had with a “critical” load that hadn’t been covered.
It was from Manchester to Rochester. Now I’m not that proficient at decoding their emails, and there was a seemingly load reference on it that could have meant something special and it could have had a special rate on that job, but when I had a look at the load board it did indeed have a load from Manchester to Rochester.
It paid £274.
I logged off the computer and got back to eating my bacon sandwich.


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Blooming heck my boss gets paid more fore taking a load of timber from Rochester to Southampton


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[hoty2008]

These were Amazons offerings yesterday

Erith to weybridge £132.38
Peterbourgh to Swansea £220.63 by there own admission £1 per mile


How? Why?

Park em up, tax off, insurance fire and theft and furlough the driver.

[coiler]

These were Amazons offerings yesterday

Erith to weybridge £132.38
Peterbourgh to Swansea £220.63 by there own admission £1 per mile


How? Why?

Park em up, tax off, insurance fire and theft and furlough the driver.

Exactly


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[the maoster]

These were Amazons offerings yesterday

Erith to weybridge £132.38
Peterbourgh to Swansea £220.63 by there own admission £1 per mile.

That's scandalous! Seriously I was running a LWB Sprinter for them rates back in 2000.

A wise man once said to me "anyone can be a busy fool", how true was that?

[Juddian]

Jesus wept, those rates don't even cover a proper wage for the driver.

[coiler]

So - todays loads on the Amazon board - Warrington to Dunfirmline.

How much?




Wait for it.....




£217.81

[the maoster]

Please tell me that's for a hotshot in a Transit connect sized van? Somehow I doubt it though.

[coiler]

Please tell me that's for a hotshot in a Transit connect sized van? Somehow I doubt it though.

Nope, an artic.


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[Truckman1000]

Does anyone here who is working for Amazon and have on time performance score higher then 90%. I have been told that the higher the score the more money you got for Amazon loads. Could some one confirm if it is true? At the end of the day how companies like stobart, slam, maritime with all new unit making any money with them.

[LL79]

hated Amazon even before this...never used them greedy [zb]!

[idrive]

I did a run last year for stobarts, Manchester to bathgate.
Full size artic, only 5 pallets on board, ran back empty..
Busy fools