Amazon Flex is a platform for independent contractors to provide delivery services. Drivers for the program use a proprietary app to complete deliveries. The contractors do not wear Amazon branded apparel and deliver using their personal vehicles.
January 7, 2021In the humming world of gig apps, three variations dominate. There’s the platform model, where contractors create profiles and upload portfolios; we’ve got the on-demand type (think restaurant mobile order-ahead ...
November 10, 2020The PYMNTS Gig Economy Index has found that while 84 percent of gig workers would do more work if they were paid faster, 17 percent of gig workers lost up ...
February 10, 2020Many gig economy workers will do anything to stand out and get ahead of others engaged in their side hustles as significant changes to nearly every aspect of traditional work ...
February 11, 2019DoorDash and Amazon Flex are not taking a page from Instacart when it comes to using tips from delivery workers to meet their flat rate of pay, vowing to continue ...
February 19, 2016Amazon is prepping itself to tighten its grip around the delivery side of its business and squeeze more profits out of it by expanding its Amazon Flex service.
In its latest ...
August 19, 2015It appears Amazon’s delivery plans are ready to expand.
According to a GeekWire article, Amazon is prepping for the launch of its new Prime Now one-hour delivery across the Seattle area, but ...