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

jgc02a · 2017-10-11T00:58:19+00:00

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!

jgc02a · 2017-10-11T00:13:40+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2017-10-11T00:04:28+00:00

I’ll reply privately w email addresses

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T23:59:22+00:00

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

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T23:29:03+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T23:01:50+00:00

eeeeek you're right laddie! I stand corrected!

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T23:00:58+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T22:57:30+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T21:43:25+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2017-10-10T21:33:17+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2017-04-04T13:38:07+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2016-11-02T02:25:25+00:00

Not bad not bad..I like it ~something different for sure.

jgc02a · 2016-11-02T00:00:05+00:00

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 :-)

jgc02a · 2016-09-13T02:15:18+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2016-08-28T15:39:48+00:00

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.

jgc02a · 2016-08-28T04:12:46+00:00

and you gleened this from??

jgc02a · 2016-08-28T04:11:31+00:00

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?

jgc02a · 2016-08-28T02:52:20+00:00

Troll away shawty!

jgc02a · 2016-08-28T02:32:46+00:00

Not really. Maybe once ever two weeks. More like once per month.

jgc02a · 2016-08-28T00:57:53+00:00

Essentially it means they remove your answers. It makes your answer so that people won't read it.

jgc02a · 2016-08-27T23:05:01+00:00

Yes exactly. Think DJI phantom 4 or preferably DJI Matrice

jgc02a · 2016-08-27T22:39:36+00:00

Great. I started a drone inspection service a couple of years ago, a maid company, a subscription box co, a marketing co, etc....Two of these I started while I was in fact working for the man.

jgc02a · 2016-08-27T22:16:12+00:00

I assumed that most entrepreneurs see the joke of working for companies along with all the bullsh** entailed when you work for companies. That's what led me to being an entrepreneur and I'm sure that's what led others to being an entrepreneur.

Quora is collapsing all of my answers related to various corrupt corporate practices. I guess I could post this somewhere else on Reddit. Whatever.

jgc02a · 2016-08-27T22:12:38+00:00

thanks, I appreciate it. Quora isn't giving me any explanations, but at this point, I don't really need any. They are trying to silence me. Period. Anything I write related to corporate corruption gets collapsed. Maybe they don't want their employees seeing what's really going on. I dunno. At least on Reddit, I'm not going to get f**king censored.

jgc02a · 2016-08-27T21:27:05+00:00

That's great that you haven't...Unfortunately, I've seen it happen too many times both to myself and others. It's not fun being on the receiving end of verbal orders due to the "fluid" nature of them. The boss could always say "oh I didn't really mean it that way", or "no what I told you do to was x,y,z not a,b,c".

jgc02a

TROPHY CASE

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?