Better than Flex? £145 First Day as a Relay Driver

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Sign up for Relay here: eu-1.fountain.com/apply/relay-tech/opening/north-west-england-courier?RE6ZJONE01&LM-New&

[@RoaminRob]

I've sent my docs in 👍 kept telling me my pics were blurry 😂 I sent them anyways after retaking them 50 times 🎉

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@RoaminRob 😆😆

[@revolucjan81]

How long does it take to onboard? I applied a couple of days ago in the north West

[@RoaminRob]

@@revolucjan81 I applied 3 weeks ago in the northwest and nothing yet, just 2 emails saying don't reapply I'm on a list lol

[@MsBelle-cv3mu]

Well done for showing people what’s involved in delivering parcels I wish my delivery drivers were as good as you in making sure parcels are delivered to the right people 😳

[@alphakennybody2583]

As a ex flex driver in the US I used to bring a black marker and write the numbers on the box/package. It makes things easier

[@JBMtravels]

Zac I love these videos. Keep them coming and one day you'll be a full time KZbinr. Love the great content

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

I appreciate that!

[@Elias-ns2lg]

loving the videos Zac keep them up! hope you feel better soon - Ezza

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Thank you my friend already feeling better 💪

[@Jesus-f3x9n]

​@@ZacJonesKZbindid Amazon try insurance fraud I've worked for 4 companies all tried to hit my van, DPD included. They plan to make u damage the vans and hit Ur van all insurance cops can't do nothing and i can do the job I'm quick on my feet but started driving slow slow, lol and still finish on time. U never make money in the UK it's a joke, went uni worked in telecoms, deliveries, retail 50hrs b and m but I can't go back to the same place I'm basically lost, it's like my only option is Amazon again. Did civil engineering degree and turned out useless. The world is a lie theirs nothing in it but fake jobs that me and you run about doing, you're a true g tried the lot.

[@lindaedge6674]

Enjoyed watching your relay deliveries 📦

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hamzaahmed2815]

Zack mate when you can each parcel it tells you the route number so take a marker with you next time and number each parcel as you scan easier mate

[@drippiannidrayko2811]

Is this in London?

[@liamkennedy8864]

I’ve literally just started on Relay a few days ago and was looking for a video on it to see what it was like, but couldn’t find one. Then as if by magic the guy I looked to for DSP vids uploads one 🤣

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@liamkennedy8864 no way 😆

[@Kareem12786]

Easier way is separate the letters, the book folders and polybags. And then the big parcels.

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@Kareem12786 💪

[@SweetPeaG]

Yes you do sound sick, hope you feel better soon

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Already better thanks 🙏

[@homoerectus4923]

Used to do relay back in 2023 oct-nov not worth it anymore, using ur car getting tickets. The pay was £720 weekly for bonuses, it was fun as u feel like ure own boss but the office people are annoying and rude sometimes. It was fun in its own way as ure doing less drops compared to working at amazon or any other big delivery corporation, currently work at asdas delivery easier than doing relay and amazon

[@lancethrust9488]

HOW IS IT EASIER YOU CHOOSE TO WORK WHEN YOU WANT CANT GET EASIER THAN THAT

[@liamkennedy8864]

I’ve found the limit is 8 hours per day, not sure if they’ll lift this nearer Christmas though

[@Gold.Circle.]

Looks good that mate. Nice and simple

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Exactly 💪

[@helfarkmar5043]

Very interesting, looks like you got a good route

[@drippiannidrayko2811]

Is relay driver jobs available in London

[@ajtame]

I have an MG4 also, how you finding the milage/efficiency cost for a shift?

[@rante1318]

Hi Zac, great video, thanks for sharing your work. I didn't quite understand how many orders you made and how long it took. Greetings, friend!

[@Silverbear1967]

👏well done pal 😀

[@MrTosa43]

i dont think theyre available in ceryain areas ie am in birmingham no option atm hope they unlock it soon

[@williamkerr2304]

Good luck zac hope it works out for you

[@Zpeter84.]

Obviously you pay an insurance premium how much per year seems well better Amazon

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@Zpeter84. you pay hourly/daily

[@Michala-g8e]

Hi zac

[@raahimmahfooz8141]

Is this only for Manchester or London What about Southampton?

[@rendezyt]

Great but the money would not be so good in London due to congestion charge costs that need to be factored in.

[@leecooper8589]

The MG4 he's driving is electric so that's not an issue for over 12 months and who knows, maybe the rates are better in central London than in Manchester/Liverpool. Personally I'm more concerned that these apps mean you are responsible for fuel, insurance, running repairs, vehicle wear and tear and ultimate replacement. Where is your sick pay, pension contributions and holiday pay coming from? Maybe it would suit someone to make a little extra money as a top up with the flexibility just logging on when it suits allows but I certainly wouldn't consider it a living, not when you factor all of the above in. I would doubt it comes close to minimum wage. What would it actually cost these firms if they actually had to employ their drivers and provide a vehicle?

[@LegendJ0e4]

@@leecooper8589 cry cry cry

[@FSshizz]

What was the hourly breakdown total? It showed in the app but did you manage to do it quicker than the estimated times in the app?

[@JustMe-mq1gh]

Zach how good is the routing compared to flex, I find flex almost perfect mapping especially in rural areas or blocks of flats

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@JustMe-mq1gh almost perfect as well - very similar

[@zainwayne]

I quit Amazon dsp and now I’m going back It’s tough out here 😂

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Been there and done that, around 5 times 😆😆 very tough, you not consider flex/rodeo man?

[@zainwayne]

@@ZacJonesKZbin I think DSP will suit me for a bit just cuz it’s reliable work

[@learnbasicscs]

Which insurance ?

[@DaveSmith-go3hk]

Do they cover west Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford?

[@jal786]

How long did the route take you

[@dreamingdawn8686]

like everything else, will be amazing at the beginning, but once everyone else starts to join up it will just be another job paying pennies people will be fighting over, love the content though bro

[@abbas4ah]

How long does it take to get accepted? I signed up a few days ago but got an email saying my account has not been activated yet.

[@MultiZombiekiller96]

What MG do you drive?

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@MultiZombiekiller96 4

[@scttrdgr]

Wish this was in Scotland also

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Could be there soon

[@scttrdgr]

Hope so av done the taxi thing the uber eats thing Amazon & Evri etc so this looks like be ideal Amazon Need competition, did you have the same checks background etc

[@INCREASE.THE.PEACE.]

​@@scttrdgris true you got banned for stealing some of the parcels on a regular basis?

[@scttrdgr]

Dunno about that maybe they do get banned ​@INCREASE.THE.PEACE.

[@E0mm24]

Wish it was in London

[@davidhargreaves1728]

If you had been delivering for a while then why didn’t you know to put them in order?

[@troygardner8870]

Marker pen to write stop number as you scan and place them in last stop first and first stops on the top

[@PCG2022]

He's said he's only just started with this specific company but worked previously with Flex, at flex Amazon already pack your bags in sequence. 😉

[@anythingpeteives]

​@@PCG2022Don't think so. Yes, if you have more than 1 bag then each bag will have the parcels grouped, but you still have to organise the parcels as you remove them from the bag.

[@PCG2022]

@@anythingpeteives I understand what you mean. I only take them out of the bags and sort them into Polly, small parcels, envelopes, etc. A bag of 25 only takes 2-3 mins. :) I had 15 bags today. haha :)

[@jettersafc5625]

looks good but there not taking any new drivers for london :(

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Keep your eyes peeled

[@LegendJ0e4]

bro in london you drive like 40km in 4 hours for like £70-90. its shit down in london

[@johnbarlow2243]

All Amazon jobs are rubbish paying peanuts mostly foreigners

[@Soarness]

£145 for 5 hours of work isn’t bad. £4 for fuel (in your case electric so a bit cheaper) £3 for delivery insurance for the day £15 to out aside for the car (general use like tyres, mileage, service for the car etc. Roughly £24 per hour, do that every day and it’s £600 per week for 25 hours of work excluding driving to the premier shops, to and from home and breaks. Edit: after doing a bit more research I can see that the pay is pretty bad after training (14 days of training days). Looks like Amazon flex around 4-5pm seems better as its minimum £60 for 3 hours and upwards of £120 for 3 hours.

[@LegendJ0e4]

no one cares about the 4th line my guy

[@paulbroomhead2214]

​@@LegendJ0e4Until your car/van breaks down! 😢

[@danielwillow1979]

Understand you can’t take pictures of the people. But you need to take better pictures of the closed door. Maybe showing a further away picture. Door number, door frame etc. helps so much with fraudulent claims people saying not my property

[@Gold.Circle.]

Mate what insurance company do you use for this one? Same as amazon. Pay per the time delivering??

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Yeah you can do Zego etc - or contact them and go on their Aviva policy for a few quid a day

[@Gold.Circle.]

@ thanks pal.

[@tscetomirapetkova2456]

and how much insurance did they deduct from you? for two blocks with a total value of £49.03 they deducted £8 from me. without knowing. my bills were not connected - finally I managed to get to an email - in which they explained to me that I had a £8 deduction for insurance. and added £6.50 - for a block/s cancelled by them the agent in the chat wrote me £15/. This is incredibly frivolous.

[@Silversqueeze2025]

Do you lease that mg4

[@joebyrne6129]

Relay looks decent but it doesn't seem go have anything in south wales sadly

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@joebyrne6129 it’ll come I’m sure

[@jasonclayton9408]

Do they pay like Amazon flex weekly, and it just goes into your bank?

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Weekly yeah

[@liamrobinson5311]

What insurance do you need to have to do this bro

[@Laser2120]

I really do wonder why people order things when they live some place that has no way of receiving the item, it clearly wastes everyone's time including their own.

[@longlivefreedom9853]

What do you do with parcels that are not delivered ? ( customer not at home )...

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Take them back to the shop at the end of the round!

[@learnbasicscs]

I am trying to get a quote from Zego and Insure but it is giving me error

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Shame man I struggle with Zego too, for this job they can put you on their aviva insurance

[@learnbasicscs]

@@ZacJonesKZbin hire and reward (Pay as u go) from Aviva?

[@danereeves7174]

💙💙

[@Rallysport1000]

Can i do this in south yorkshire?

[@Mike_5]

Nice one Zac do they send you on a Training Course to drop kick parcels Rugby style over the fence

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Yeah you have to make 8/10 shots to be enrolled

[@thedriveraccount]

Amazon style 😂😂

[@gonelookin]

How you long keep photos of delivery route plz

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@gonelookin it’s all on the app so I never have the actual photos

[@LegendJ0e4]

how did you get reinstated to amazon flex a while ago? i just got a reply from them saying "we understand that was out of your control and have removed it from your delivery history", but i follow through and say im still banned, and they keep copy/pasting "you do not meet our requirements so you cant be reinstated". when you got terminated, what did you say and do please. im so desperate to get back with amazon flex. thanks

[@leemo3176]

Well below minimum wage when you take off fuel, insurance and maintenance of car and i hope he got hire and reward insurance for carring goods that are not his as accident and he stuffed his insurance will be void if not

[@WalkmanRP]

do you need business insurance to do this?

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@WalkmanRP yeah

[@Mattvlogs-l3z]

Can i ask how pay your tax and n.i?

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@Mattvlogs-l3z I don’t - any brown letters get shredded 😜

[@Mattvlogs-l3z]

@ZacJonesKZbin wow hope don't get found out

[@LegendJ0e4]

​@@ZacJonesKZbinreally?

[@thedriveraccount]

People who say you don’t make money or the money is shit doing courier work are the ones who are slow. This type of game you need to be quick and making decent money is possible if you quick. I do yodel and make 250+ per day 👌 You just to be fast and take nothing back 🏃

[@SlapRoundTheChops]

That a full time job or can you pick up blocks etc?

[@thedriveraccount]

@ yeah I use to pick up blocks but because I’m good at it and don’t let them down and been doing it a while, the manger on site just text me daily and offers me blocks. I can accept or decline. They just want reliable drivers and if you are then they will give you whatever you want. Give you better rates etc than they offer to everyone.

[@SlapRoundTheChops]

@@thedriveraccount I might give yodel a call near me, see if they’ve got anything

[@FSshizz]

​@@thedriveraccount do you do yodel in your car or do they give you one of their vans?

[@thedriveraccount]

@ they don’t give you vans unless you are employed by them, so I got my own vans. But a lot of people do it in cars. If you do it in cars you get smaller parcels mainly just packets, but the pay rate is lower for them. If you do it in van and take larger parcels then you can get an even better rate. Some parcels you can get over £3 for.

[@charliesb_2063]

get a little shit box car to do this sort of mileage mate if you plan on doing it for a while. Not worth putting the mileage on that nice car.

[@icewallowcome4955]

Lmao, you got to be joking. EV's are awful

[@charliesb_2063]

@@icewallowcome4955 nothing to do with EVs. Why put mileage doing this sort of work on a car which still holds decent value.

[@icewallowcome4955]

@@charliesb_2063 his car is like 20 grand in value brand new. it decreases as soon as he leaves the dealership.

[@jimmyfam8832]

Not uk wide atall

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@jimmyfam8832 did I claim it was?

[@Losos-glazbeni-kanal]

​@@ZacJonesKZbinWhat a silly billy he is lad

[@GedDevlin]

Do you need personal business use for this job … cheers

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@GedDevlin nah you can get flexible business insurance like Zego, or you can go on their aviva cover for a few £ a day

[@motivehouse]

Rates go shit after training period

[@motivehouse]

Also only 2 mins in but as you're scanning put the first 8 in pazzy seat area, next 12 in back seats left to right, and last 20+ in boot. Deffo quickest way imo.

[@skruffs1537]

Do you need to pay tax on that £145 ? just wondering

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@skruffs1537 yeah you will do, assuming you earn over the threshold per year! It’s a self employed job like flex

[@LegendJ0e4]

do more of relay, i worked with them since june 2023

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@LegendJ0e4 decent that, how do you find it?

[@LegendJ0e4]

@@ZacJonesKZbin in london your travelling like 40 km, for £80 for around 4 hours. would you do that?

[@LegendJ0e4]

@@ZacJonesKZbin this route in london right now, is £166, 56 drops, 65km, 8 hours 10 minutes. would you take this? lol

[@davis6439]

They only pay well first 2 weeks after that it’s shit

[@SayyedMuhammadAli-n3n]

Invitation code

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Don’t need one with the link 👍

[@Happy-mh8xq]

Driving a - my grandad mg

[@BermondseyBoy]

my sexy driver making that money.

[@Emtbwebb]

Just drove for evri done a week and left 😮 money is dreadful and it just wrecks my van keep stop starting

[@LegendJ0e4]

How much was your parcel rate

[@Emtbwebb]

@LegendJ0e4 50p and o have a large van was a joke

[@poo7481]

That dunt seem like much for 3 hours work

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@poo7481 how much would you expect for 3 hrs

[@icewallowcome4955]

mate you're having a laugh, 41 pound for 3 hours work? own petrol too?! nah

[@recall2880]

And own tyres, own mileage going on the car. Basically trashing your vehicle. This is way less than minimum wage. May as well get an actual job

[@icewallowcome4955]

@@recall2880 exactly these shitty side hustle jobs arent worth it

[@bishoculaj2282]

Less than 2 hours and less than 30 miles all in

[@timoverington5177]

Try paying the proper insurance… A net loss and you will get nicked by the boys in blue as you are bang to rites with all them parcels in the boot if you are only fully comp or cheaper.. Hmmmmm not for me.

[@pickeledminister317]

It's an electric car 😂 cost about £4

[@IT-li3ul]

sick of delivery drivers ,couriers etc ... jumping lights and speeding ... ruining the roads 🤬

[@bountygaminguk8511]

LINK DOE NOT WORK MATE

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Corrected

[@MaxJames597yompfitness]

Rather claim the old universal credit than use my own car for crumbs

[@uknick12info1]

Manchester

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Cool I’ll do it!

[@michaelmarsh-bl9mg]

Its a far cry from selling luxury properties in Dubai Zac.

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Thanks for the positivity

[@michaelmarsh-bl9mg]

​@@ZacJonesKZbinMy pleasure.

[@brianwebb191]

£ 145 for a days work ? plus you have to operate a vehicle for that ffs, You would need that for the vehicle lol so i take you need to be on social as well to make that pay??

[@LegendJ0e4]

english???

[@Floppyaloo]

🤗🚗🤑

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

Come on 💪

[@leemo3176]

Why would you advertise this when there's loads of work bet your life every immigrant in Liverpool are going to do this now and he will be lucky to get 3 drops a day!!!

[@liverpoolmarxist6611]

Bellend ye ma

[@alridd7038]

What a crap job

[@asif3876]

At least he's working and not scrounging on benefits like some

[@ZacJonesYouTube]

@@asif3876 doing both! 👀 JK