How To Make Money Charging Bird Scooters
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2019
- Electric scooters from start-ups like Bird and Lime are popping up around cities like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Bird relies on contractors to charge scooters overnight at between $3 and $5 per scooter. Here's how to make money charging electric scooters.
Harry Campbell, founder of The Rideshare Guy podcast and blog, took CNBC reporter Kathleen Elkins on a "Bird hunting" trip in Santa Monica. The sign-up process is simple if you live in a city that has Bird scooters with chargers using the same app they would use as customers.
Once approved, Bird sends charging supplies for three scooters. Bird provides additional chargers to those who establish themselves as reliable and consistent. In some cities where Bird has too many charging contractors there might be a wait to join the program.
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How To Make Money Charging Bird Scooters
Thanks for tagging along Kathleen - was a lot of fun! And a lot easier than doing it on my own. PS - Where do I send your cut? 😂
You have to split the revenue and you only made $5/hr and cost more for gas. This is nonsense... Just go to garage sales and flip stuff..
she obviously didn’t do it for the money, and it was obviously taking longer than usual because of the filming etc.
They were out for only a half hour. So most likely within a 5 mile radius.
I'm positive his car get more 5 miles on a tank.
He maybe spent less when a dollar worth of gas.
I am current s ooter and this video is wha k not as easy as she makes it. Yea you can get paid but realistic payments are about 40-55$...and it can drive you crazy at times because it seems easier than what she saying. You have Hoarders who take s ooters without capturing scooters. This is a huge issue. That both Companies ignore as much they can. Because the hoarder eventually captures most of their wrongfully taken scooters while they drive home. This means many captures are chasing ghosts. So what should take an hour now is a 3 hour annoyance many days.
Oh best part she intentionally left out. Wake up call is 3:45 am yes Morning.. All scooters have to be dropped before 7 am or no payment or cut in half. Hoarders hurt this P/T job too bad Bird & Lime dont take it seriously.
There's other issues but this is the Big Issue
I took your advice LITERALLY. I went to a yard sale and LITERALLY flipped all their stuff and tables.
This message was posted 😂😂😂
So cool to see Harry on here!
This is how companies are passing expenses to independent contractors.
It's called crowdsourcing.
No one cares baby
I applied ages ago, finally got an email and set up a phone call. They never called, wont reply to emails, and their fleet is sitting in my City over 60% of them are dead, or in the Red. One outside of the Zoning area. I have two vehicles and plenty of storage and I'm ready to go but I don't work for free so they can sit there.
No Communication, No Way to Reach Them, No responses from Emails, and Support just tells you that someone will contact will you and nobody does.
You can't work for them if you tried, I'm proof.
This is a great informative video, I love this new journalist!!!
This is actually a very Lame video and doesnt show at All what it takes as a REAL Charger ... l am a current Charger and went to this to tell you all this is a Joke video..smh
We just got these in my city I may have to look into it.
On another note that young lady has a gorgeous smile 💯👍🏿
What about the additional electricity cost for charging scooters every night? Also fuel costs have to be factored in.
They were out for only a half hour. So most likely within a 5 mile radius.
I'm positive his car get more 5 miles on a take.
He maybe spent less when a dollar worth of gas.
@@saulgoodman2018 / The actual cost of charging the scooters was how much?
@@MikePitt The video said $1.
@@saulgoodman2018 :-) It's only $1 if you have only 4 scooters taking the quoted 25 cents as the worst case scenario. Never mind...I'm out.:)
@@MikePitt You people think everything is so expensive. You think he used like 10 gallons of gas. You think he used like $10 worth of power.
My time and gas is worth more than $20
Well aren't we posh.
I knew someone was going to complain about gas. They were out for only a half hour. So most likely within a 5 mile radius.
I'm positive his car get more 5 miles on a take.
He maybe spent less when a dollar worth of gas.
Charging scooters is for the stupid and desperate.
@@saulgoodman2018 actually you definitely spend more than 1$ of gas as a REAL Charger.. this video is LAME l am a charger..dont believe this stupid video
@@saulgoodman2018 stfu you replied to every comment
How do juicers get paid? I can't find anywhere on the app that covers pay out or bank routing. Am I missing something?
think it's good for those uber drivers going home and grabbing some of those scooters along!
Seriously? what about my sleepless nights, gas, car costs, work time, electricity, space at home, etc. That's how Bird wants to recover from losses on vandalized scooters? I thought that the Ride share guy on this video was a more honest and reliable youtuber. Thanks, but no thanks.
Cry, clown. Like any other gig job isn’t as predator and down right fraud. Gig companies ride off the back of broke drivers for free gas and unlimited miles on their cars.
Awesome business for the hustling young people out there. I wish I could have been charging scooters for a few bucks when I was in school!
Great job for a College kid actually. But you need a pickup large SUV or Van to do it correctly. Hers is to small and this video she does is stupid!! She make it seem so easy. You got to Hustle. Plus lime a ooters are heavy birds are light. But either way if you cant lift 10 awkward pounds of metal. This isnt for you.
My city got these a few months ago and it’s been driving me nuts wondering how they charge them😂
Binbin a company from turkiye just brought 500 scooters in skopje and im trying to get in contact with them to see if i can charge and try to make some bucks lol
if chargers Stopped for 1 week doing this.. then just probable the charge per scooter price, will go up from $5, to $10.make it worth your while..
The Bird Is The Word
I just got hired to pick these up. The only good thing is their letting me use their company van.
$24 for all that work
For only a half hour. And less then a dollar worth of gas.
You also have to bring them back
But weres the charger 🤔 & were do i leave it when its done ?
Anyone have a link where i can apply?
Did anyone notice the ending,
Until then,
''We'll make money while we sleep."
im confused. once you charge them, how do YOU make the money back (and not bird)?
Is it possible to get free rides if you bring the scooter home and charge it yourself?
No, don’t be silly
Lol okay. They playing Pokemon Go.
So when u charge it how do u get chargers for the bird scooters like do the company gives u them or u have to provide for your self
You have to buy chargers…
@Oscar Martinez seriously 😂
All you people who are complaining about gas, do you think it cost a gallon of gas every 5 minutes?
They were out for only a half hour. So most likely within a 5 mile radius.
He maybe spent less when a dollar worth of gas.
Ahhhhhh dude you need to quit sniffing gas fumes..if you think they spend less than 1$ in gas as chargers..SMH.. now go back to bed and dream of the sheep LoL
Dear Comments,
Thank you for saving me 3 minutes of my time.
So basically when it's all said and done you're working for free, sounds more like community service,
look like we can get pocket money in that way but what about the expenses of fuel and car???????
They were out for only a half hour. So most likely within a 5 mile radius.
I'm positive his car get more 5 miles on a take.
He maybe spent less when a dollar worth of gas.
Your a 1099 so you have expenses write off but... this job requires you to be good at hustling. If you want to be slow at it. Stay home on your couch, this is a P/T job only. If you cant lift a 10lb bag of potting soil you need to stay home..
Several in the river.
I just started juicing limes and it really doesnt seem worth it.
Surprised people don’t just steal them?? And surely don’t make that much with the cost of electric
Oh birds they Steal and jail break them easily they through in ponds and lakes. That's just a beginning. This Cideo is Stupid and NOT Real at all.... l am a current charger this is a JOKE!!
@@sexyblackmen2 So Im curious. Is there decent money in this?
posted you have to hustle and a pickup truck helps tho
..or very large SUV...scooters payment per scooter depends on the Cities Lime payout per scooter. Baltimore it is rare to see a $5 scooter.which is top pay for a scooter. So best way is to take 4$ and it for how many scooters you think you can capture.
Bird has no Cap Lime has Caps of 10, 20, 25, 40.
Have fun paying ur electricity bill after charging all those scooters. The only way u could possibly make money is if u have a solar set up but those things cost a lot.... I looked into this once and for me to even break even I'd have to charge scooters for like 8yrs straight after spending 20k on a solar set up. So after 8yrs then I could start making cash. But then u have to factor in the time and gas spent tracking them down. Basically the company gets gullible people to go around charging these things so they don't have to. So unless u are stealing somebody else's electricity or u have a huge solar set up that has already been paid off...u won't make money. But also then u will be using the batteries from the solar and those things cost alot alos. So basically like I said, the company gets gullible people to charge their scooters for them. This is a scam....don't do it
Costs 25 cents to charge a scooter… unless you’re already paying ALOT for power, but if you were then you’d already have solar panels…
my power is free
Bird hunting
Go to school, learn, get a degree, learn a skill that only 1 out of 100 people can do and earn $50 - $200 / h. Don't take the easy road because 99 out of 100 dare doing it
Not worth it if you not working at a large scale. Ok whern you're young or dont have a proper job. I make like $20 every 30 mins
So the gas in the SUV was free or something?
Not worth it waste of time, gas and electric bill
Nonsense not worth it
lol not worth
This was not helpful what so ever
Was this paid for by Bird? The math doesn’t add up. What about gas and wear on your vehicle? This seems like just another “gig” job that pays nothing when you break it down. I have trouble believing a real journalist would put out this level of analysis. Paid spokesperson?
They were out for only a half hour. So most likely within a 5 mile radius.
I'm positive his car get more 5 miles on a take.
He maybe spent less when a dollar worth of gas.
Lord Ba'al Uhhh a tank of gas isn’t 5 dollars. This is CA gas. A gallon is almost 5 dollars and he has to return the scooters in the morning. I’m guessing he is netting less than $5 an hour
@@beme0207 That's BS. Even if gas is $5 a gallon, he still us about a quarter to a half gallon or less.
No it's a P/T job that if you can get rid of Hoarders you can make $$ as a 1099. So you have tax advantages. But you have to be a hustler, if your slow stay home not your type of job. This video is a JOKE tho..
Wear a helmet!!!!
Scam
Great way to burn your house down .