{"id":23827,"date":"2018-07-02T09:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=23827"},"modified":"2018-07-02T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:17:37","slug":"wanted-hundreds-of-entrepreneurs-to-start-businesses-delivering-amazon-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2018\/07\/02\/wanted-hundreds-of-entrepreneurs-to-start-businesses-delivering-amazon-packages\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted: Hundreds of Entrepreneurs to Start Businesses Delivering Amazon Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon\u00a0continues its long-time commitment to supporting small businesses with an innovative new offering that helps individuals build their own delivery companies. <\/em>Over time,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0will empower hundreds of new small business owners to hire tens of thousands of delivery drivers across the U.S., joining an existing community of\u00a0Delivery Service Partners. <\/em>Amazon\u00a0commits\u00a0$1 million\u00a0to fund startup costs for eligible military veterans to start their own delivery businesses<\/em><\/p>\n

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 28, 2018– (NASDAQ:AMZN) \u2013\u00a0Amazon\u00a0announced today the launch of a new offering that helps entrepreneurs build their own companies delivering\u00a0Amazon\u00a0packages.\u00a0Amazon\u00a0will take an active role in helping interested entrepreneurs start, set up and manage their own delivery business. Successful owners can earn as much as\u00a0$300,000\u00a0in annual profit operating a fleet of up to 40 delivery vehicles. Individual owners can build their business knowing they will have delivery volume from\u00a0Amazon, access to the company\u2019s sophisticated delivery technology, hands-on training, and discounts on a suite of assets and services, including vehicle leases and comprehensive insurance. Over time,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0will empower hundreds of new, small business owners to hire tens of thousands of delivery drivers across the U.S., joining a robust existing community of traditional carriers, as well as small-and-medium-sized businesses that already employ thousands of drivers delivering\u00a0Amazon\u00a0packages.<\/p>\n

The offering provides technology and operational support to individuals with little to no logistics experience the opportunity to run their own delivery business. To help keep startup costs as low as\u00a0$10,000, entrepreneurs will also have access to a variety of exclusively negotiated discounts on important resources they\u2019ll need to operate a delivery business. The deals are available on\u00a0Amazon-branded vehicles customized for delivery, branded uniforms, fuel, comprehensive insurance coverage, and more.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u00a0is constantly looking for hands-on leaders who think big and deliver results for our customers. These principles are very familiar to those who have served our country in the armed forces. The company is committing\u00a0$1 million\u00a0towards funding startup costs for military veterans, offering\u00a0$10,000\u00a0reimbursements for qualified candidates to build their own businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have great partners in our traditional carriers and it\u2019s exciting to continue to see the logistics industry grow,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Dave Clark, Amazon\u2019s senior vice president of worldwide operations. \u201cCustomer\u00a0demand is higher than ever and we have a need to build more capacity.\u00a0As we evaluated how to support our growth, we went back to our roots to share the opportunity with small-and-medium-sized businesses. We are going to empower new, small businesses to form in order to take advantage of the growing opportunity in e-commerce package delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had prior experience running my own business but not in logistics,\u201d said\u00a0Olaoluwa Abimbola, one of Amazon\u2019s beta participants in the new offering. \u201cI was driving for Amazon Flex when I learned about the opportunity to start my own delivery company. Backed by Amazon\u2019s resources and logistics experience, and its encouragement to \u2018learn while I earn,\u2019 this opportunity was a no-brainer. In just five months, I have hired more than 40 employees, and it\u2019s encouraging to know that any driven individual can use Amazon\u2019s support and the Delivery Service Partner community to build a successful, thriving business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazon\u00a0has a long history of supporting businesses of all sizes connect with customers around the world. The creation of Marketplace, which uses Amazon\u2019s websites and logistics operations to connect customers with third-party sellers, has enabled more than 140,000 small-and-medium-sized businesses to do more than\u00a0$100,000\u00a0in sales. Today, more than half of all the items sold on\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0come from third-party sellers.\u00a0Amazon\u00a0has also developed technology, devices and services, such as\u00a0Kindle Direct Publishing\u00a0and Amazon Web Services (AWS), that benefit authors and developers who operate as small businesses. With today\u2019s announcement,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0will help entrepreneurs in a new way, by empowering them to build their own delivery businesses. This new\u00a0Amazon\u00a0offering continues the company\u2019s longtime commitment to enabling small-and-medium-sized businesses to grow with the rising tide of e-commerce.<\/p>\n

To learn more or get started today, visit\u00a0logistics.amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0Amazon<\/b><\/p>\n

Amazon\u00a0is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by\u00a0Amazon, AWS,\u00a0Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by\u00a0Amazon. For more information, visit\u00a0www.amazon.com\/about<\/a>\u00a0and follow\u00a0@AmazonNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PLEASE NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Questions or concerns should be addressed to Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amazon\u00a0continues its long-time commitment to supporting small businesses with an innovative new offering that helps individuals build their own delivery companies. Over time,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0will empower hundreds of new small business owners to hire tens of thousands of delivery drivers across the U.S., joining an existing community of\u00a0Delivery Service Partners. Amazon\u00a0commits\u00a0$1 million\u00a0to fund startup costs for eligible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23831,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827\/revisions\/23831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}