AMERICAN would-be truckers will be able to lease liveried Amazon blue vans, buy Amazon drivers uniforms and get support from the online retail giant to expand their wholly independent businesses, reports CBS News
AMERICAN would-be truckers will be able to lease liveried Amazon blue vans, buy Amazon drivers uniforms and get support from the online retail giant to expand their wholly independent businesses, reports CBS News. This will allow Amazon to have more ways to ship packages without having to rely on UPS, FedEx and other package delivery services, said the report.
As a result shoppers will be able to track their packages on a map, contact the driver or change where a package is left - all of which can't be done via UPS or FedEx trucks, Amazon said.
Amazon now has a fleet of cargo planes it calls 'Prime Air,' and is building an air cargo hub in Kentucky, and pays people as much as US$25 an hour to deliver packages with their cars through Amazon Flex.
Recently, Amazon came under fire from President Donald Trump, who tweeted that Amazon should pay the US Postal Service more for shipping its packages.
Through the programme, Amazon said it can cost as little as $10,000 for someone to start the delivery business. They don't have to lease the Amazon blue vans, but if they do, those vehicles can only be used to deliver Amazon packages.
The entrepreneur will be responsible for hiring delivery people, and Amazon would be the customer, paying the business to pick up packages from its 75 delivery centres around the country and delivering them to shopper's doorsteps.
