Amazon flex - earn 120 -140 per hour
Ecommerce market leader Amazon India is launching ‘Amazon Flex’ – a new delivery programme for part-time delivery personnel looking for extra income and flexible timing. It targets housewives, security guards, college students, and anyone who has spare time to make deliveries in their areas and on days of their choice. They will be paid Rs 120-140 per hour.
The programme, which piloted over the last two weeks, is officially launched today across Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi. Amazon Flex has been operational in Amazon’s six other markets in North America, Germany, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and the UK.
The person needs to work for four hours a day and can earn ₹120-140 an hour delivering packages. The “part time delivery partner" will be paid every Wednesday.
Amazon entered India in 2013 and delivers to over 99.9% PIN codes. Its catalogue offers nearly 170 million products from over 400,000 sellers. Last year, it boosted its infrastructure (fulfilment centres) by 1.5 times in storage volume to more than 20 million cubic feet over that of 2017.
“There is a stickiness that comes with faster, reliable deliveries. It’s not important that it comes in 1-2 hours (barring groceries and medicines)," said Devangshu Dutta, chief executive of retail consultancy Third Eyesight. “The competition here is (with) malls and shops that give instant gratification. Hence, the earlier the product comes, the better it is. It takes away the desire to check out alternatives."
According to Dutta, Amazon Flex will help the company handle demand peaks and improve service performance. “In retail, particularly during peak seasons, brands hire part-time workers as there are more transactions and footfalls. Amazon India is doing the same, it’s not seasonal, though. There are days in a week when deliveries are high, which can stress the current network of an e-tailer."
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