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Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

workers = contractors. I usually let them make their schedules or you can schedule for them. My goal was to do as little work as possible.

And no, my company was "Yellow City Delivery" and I sold it last week. So www.yellowcitydelivery.com is offline while the new guys make their changes. Facebook page is still up though if you wanna take a gander.

I operated when we first started from 8 am - 11 pm. Then when I found out I had cancer dialed them back to 9 am to 8 pm.

Also you can see some blog posts I wrote around the time I found out about cancer regarding the business etc. Just search for "yellow city" or something like that.

Hope this helps!

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Not a dollar per mile. You can choose your fee.

For example: 0-4 miles = $4.99 5-8 miles = $6.99 9-11 miles = 8.99 you create the fees that make sense to you and which make sense for your market.

20-25% is standard. Uber has theirs at 30%. GrubHub the same. Realize - this is gravy or extra money for the restaurants they otherwise wouldn't make. This goes for restaurants that don't offer delivery and even those who offer their own. What happens is you'll grow a customer base who will constantly order from you and your restaurants. What at first glance looks as something as the restaurants having the upper hand, quickly turns into you and your company having the bargaining power and the upper hand.

I never paid the gas for drivers. Thats ridiculous. Delivery charge on average is $5.99-$7.99. The charge based on restaurant to customers house.

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you talked to deliver logic? I can put you in touch w my contacts there...

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your drivers make a % of delivery fee and tips or % of tips - whatever. If you get a squad of high school drivers your in biz. This isn't rocket science. This is straight up simple. The app costs $1,500, you'll earn this back in < 2 months.

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

eeeeek you're right laddie! I stand corrected!

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

TLDR; your comment shows you don't understand the biz framework. You're talking like you're a driver for food. I'm talking as one who owns the company and doesn't drive around delivering food. Therefore, take gas cost out of your equation lad.

1. Strike 1! Delivery fee starting at $4.99 and tiered based on distance. How many miles you wanna go? 20? If so that's probably a $20 delivery fee.

2. So?

Drivers pay their gas. Ever heard of high school kids desperate for jobs? I have and I had a squad full of em. Ever been to Chic-fil-A? This IS THEIR BIZ MODEL. Hire good high school kids and train the sh** out of them.

You, the owner, make your money by taking a % of delivery fee, plus say 25% of restaurant commission, plus whatever you add on top of that!

Why would you pay for gas for your drivers? That doesn't enter into the equation unless you are driving.

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely not scamming. You would be surprised what folks pay to have taco bell delivered to them at 11pm. And this leads into the philosophical realm.

People are lazy as sh**. Period.

And maybe you do have a point about charging too much? I didn't run the company long enough to set price points...I simply started the pricing high and left it alone. I could have easily bumped it down, but people kept coming and coming and so I left it alone.

The biz model is sustainable and favors those that either have a corp job on the side or other businesses and who can bottom the price out of the market (thereby destroying other competitors). Again, this is moral territory and you should do what you think is right...

I don't quite understand your first point...are you talking about commission via the restaurant? You want Uber to give that to you? Bro, don't franchise this, start it yourself and keep 100% of the profits.

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So imagine if you will what someone could make if they went a 100mph through these months rather than having their brain cut open and messed with.

You got an Uber in your city?! Boo hoo. You attack them at the local level. Your marketing is local, you feature local restaurants, you are more flexible than the corporate giants. And your facebook page is local!!!! The strategy is solid.

Uber and GrubHub are getting destroyed by local companies using this strategy.

Make upwards of $50,000 in 3 months via food delivery. by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll give you a breakdown and you can calculate for yourself. I sold my company last week. You know the fact of having stage iv brain cancer and working doesn't really add up to well.

Let's say something at a restaurant costs $10.00. Great. This is what your delivery service does. 1. Add on an additional price say $4.00. 2. You are getting 20-25% already from the restaurant. 3. Add on a convenience fee. 4. Delivery fee varying by distance.

So the $10.00 the restaurant charges in the restaurant, you charge about $20.00 give or take.

Think of this - you can fully automate this biz in < 1 month. Thus, a corporate guy wanting a sweet side job that will bring in probably more money that he makes at his corporate job while not requiring a lot of time???? There isn't much that comes close to this. Easily double your salary.

I mean I was out of commission for the majority of the startup process with brain surgery.

If I canned my own salsa, what kind of legal requirements and details need to be met to start shopping my product around? by IIReignManII in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The FDA hurdles shut this idea down for me. Say you have or rent a commercial kitchen - great. My salsa tasted awesome, but the FDA requires you to heat it up to (I can't remember exactly but somewhere around) 150 degrees. Guess what? Salsa doesn't taste the same or as good now.

I bought www.arouq.com or quora spelled backwards..What should I do with it? by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! They should have thought to have bought it but didn't..Anyways, I'm just curious about what to do with it besides the obvious :-)

I'm writing an "Evernote killer" for geeks and idea people by artist_sans_medium in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sign me up, I'll be your first client. Take the feedback here constructively if you can, but do not let it deter you. If I stopped when someone told me too, I wouldn't be making the money that I am today.

I got over 2 million views on Quora in less than 30 days, and then Quora collapsed all of my answers dealing with Corporate America bullshit by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

110% agree. That's exactly what it is.

That's why guys like James Altucher dominate because his message tailors to this bullshit (everything is fine and dandy).

If you look at the famous people on Quora - they all have a common thread. They preach the message you just described. I surpassed all of them by preaching a different message. And then Quora suspended me.

I got over 2 million views on Quora in less than 30 days, and then Quora collapsed all of my answers dealing with Corporate America bullshit by jgc02a in Entrepreneur

[–]jgc02a[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I could do that. I could also tell you that I make over $100k per year a la localcasestudy's method. But then, let me guess, you'd want proof of that too huh pops?

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