I Tried Amazon Flex UK As A Side Hustle (worth it?)

A good indicator for me whether I should do this, was a guy who works for another similar courier, who's had 4 different vehicles in 3 years. A BMW touring, a Fiat combo, a Ford Transit Connect and now a LWB VW. Every car got absolutely ragged. Unless you know how to do work and servicing on your own car/van to save yourself money, it can soon end up costing a packet.

This was very interesting. Thanks mate 🎉

I do Flex occasionally so good to see from another perspective - I had no idea there were numbers indicating the order of the deliveries, I usually just stack them up based on whether they're envelopes, boxes etc...don't forget with your tax you can claim 45p per mile after collection so in most cases this will more than cover it, HMRC will probably owe you money.

Nice video and informative description appreciate it

I did Amazon flex for 18 months during Covid and loved every second of it. A little tip to get more money for your block…Have another person register for your region (ideally your other half or someone you live with) and get them to grab a block. Leaving yourself enough time to get to your depot, have them forfeit the block as close to the start time as possible whilst you continuously refresh the new blocks available. Their block will drop back in, but because it is so close to the start time, Amazon will be offering a much higher rate. I would rarely do a 3 hr block for less than £60. And the block would usually take closer to 2 hrs. I only stopped doing Flex because of the lack of blocks available. Great fun (In Norfolk at least), and easiest money I’ve ever made.

Thanks for sharing this video.

Letters on a front seat, middle size in the boot, big boxes on the rear seats. Never use flex navigation and use waze :) did it for a year, working 4-6 hours a day, made approx £16k in a year. Not much money, expect to do around 20k miles in a year, that's 2 full services on the car. I loved it, still have an app and account :)

Mate, people are giving you too much shit. Excellent video that gives a real view of Amazon Flex. It's not groundbreaking money but it's flexible money. People are stupidly comparing it to a 9-5, rigid schedule job which just isn't a fair comparison

Top man. I work for Amazon. Been here 7 months and love it! Easiest job I've had for sure for the amount I get paid! and I don't understand why more people are not doing it. Yes it can be stressful with traffic etc at times but what job don't bring stress at times. I start at 11ish finish at 8ish and get paid very well for it :) Whats not to like? I rent my Van for £210 a week with no worries about it! If it breaks then they either send out someone to repair it or simply replace it. :) My insurance etc is covered with in that price as well and If I want to leave I'm not committed to a van on finance etc and can leave when I want.

The real side hustle for deliveries in the evening in uk is, take out business insurance and do Chinese or Indian deliveries a couple nights a week..Cash in hand pay no tax, tips plus an evening meal.. If you can't pay your own business insurance sign up to dominios and use their insurance as it covers you everyday of the week

You also need to factor in wear and tear of the car - so mileage + consumables like tyres.

It's great if you have a caddy or similar mini van.

Hi mate, like just eat etc do they allocate shifts for the following week like a rota aswell as you can pick up offered shifts or is it all about just picking up whatever is available on any given day?

just subscribed, how long was each block,, what time do the blocks start and can you do more then one block a day?? great video mate

Here is a reasonable calculation..... 3 hour shift pays £45 and you do 50 miles, deduct £8 for fuel, £1.80 for insurance and £1.50 for wear and tear. That leaves £33.70 so hourly pay is approx £11.24 before tax and NI.

Thanks for the great video Just couple of question 1. Can you deduct your petrol cost/insurance costs from what you earn when doing the tax return for amazon flex? 2. Do you keep a record of all the every single delivery for the purpose of tax return? This can add up to 1000s of items, how is the best to track and keep a record ? Many thanks If also anyone want to comment on this please feel free to do so. Thanks

Hi mate do I need to complete the accurate background checks first buddy ? Only last time I tried to do it it never said anything about these, thanks

Would I still need to register as self employed even with only a couple blocks a week ?

How long was his working time?

I was thinking of doing about 5 hours a week doing this.. is that allowed or is that enough?